NBC News: How LA’s Sewers Could Be an Early Warning System for Coronavirus Outbreaks

August 5, 2020

Researchers believe waste water could serve as a warning sign for coronavirus outbreaks.

KCRW: Scientists turn to LA wastewater to track coronavirus outbreaks

August 5, 2020

USC: Mars Perseverance Launch

July 29, 2020

USC experts including Professors Sengupta and Reisman talk about Thursday’s Perseverance Launch

USC: Nichole Phillips Receives USC Staff Recognition Award

July 28, 2020

Viterbi’s Director of Research Administration received the July 2020 recognition award.

Forbes: Fake And Manipulated Videos Find Fertile Ground As Elections Approach

July 20, 2020

Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed about his team’s efforts to create deepfakes.

Discovery Channel: Tribute to Alumnus Grant Imahara

July 20, 2020

Discovery Channel pays tribute to Mythbusters host and EE alumnus Grant Imahara

Indian Express: “The world will impatiently need you”

July 10, 2020

Indian Express featured excerpts from a letter written by Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos to international students in the Viterbi community and worldwide.

USC News: Coronavirus Vaccines Are Coming, But When Will They Arrive?

June 29, 2020

Humanity has never seen a global research collaboration on this scale — but USC experts note that the vaccine development and approval process remains a long and laborious one.

USC News: Research Team Will Help Los Angeles Reduce Bias and Disparity in Homelessness Services

June 29, 2020

A $1.5 million grant will allow researchers with the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society to investigate ways to reduce racial bias in the housing system.

SpaceX Makes History & Along With It, Continues the Trojans’ Legacy in Space

May 30, 2020

Contributions of USC Viterbi students, researchers and alumni to the groundbreaking next chapter of space travel

USC Viterbi magazine: SpaceX Made History Today. Meet Some of the Trojan Engineers Behind That History.

May 30, 2020

USC Viterbi magazine article: SpaceX “employs more engineers from USC Viterbi than from any other school.”

Crosstown: The day the traffic died in Los Angeles

May 28, 2020

Researchers at USC’s Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), including Cyrus Shahabi, IMSC director and computer science professor, worked in partnership with Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization, to examine vehicle volume data across Los Angeles during the COVID-19 shutdown.

CBS News: Today’s Space Launch: USC Professor Garrett Reisman Live on CBS

May 27, 2020

USC Viterbi Professor Garrett Reisman, a former NASA Astronaut and former director of SpaceX Space Operations, is covering today’s historic space launch live with CBS’ Norah O’Donnell. Tune in at 1pm PST.

Adobe Spark: AthenaHacks 2020

May 21, 2020

AthenaHacks was founded in 2016 by a group of USC seniors, led by computer science student Kelly Lampotang, with the idea of creating a friendly hackathon event to inspire more women coders and engineers to work together.

KPCC : Digital Contract Tracing to Contain the Coronavirus

May 21, 2020

As more places across California start to reopen, contact tracing is set to play a crucial role in containing the spread of the coronavirus. Cyrus Shahabi, USC computer science professor, discusses how much of the work could be done through digital contact tracing and how it would work. (Listen ~00:19).

Mark Humayun wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

May 20, 2020

Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, director of the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and co-director of the USC Roski Eye Institute, was awarded the 2020 Medal for Innovations

Viterbi magazine: A Day in the Life

May 14, 2020

A day in the life of the SWE President, Gabrielle van der Velde-Kraft

USC ECE Department Blog: Honoring My Father’s Memory: The Joy of Electrical Engineering

May 14, 2020

Growing up, my dad always let me pursue my constantly changing interests – everything from English to history, to art and politics. He always told me that studying engineering would give me a good basis to do whatever it was I desired in the future.