KCBS: Effectiveness of UV Light to Sanitize Surfaces Amid COVID-19
CBS featured Andrea Armani who discussed the use of UV light to sanitize surfaces amid COVID-19.
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KPCC-FM: First Day of College During COVID
Andrea Armani was interviewed about helping first-year students navigate college during the pandemic.
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KCRW: Triple Digit Heat in LA
Kelly Sanders was interviewed about how heat in Los Angeles disproportionately impacts low-income and minority residents.
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ABC News: LA arson fires increasing amid COVID-19 pandemic
KABC-TV featured research by Crosstown, a collaboration between Viterbi and Annenberg, which found that arson fires in Los Angeles are on the rise.
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Fox 11: School district halts distance learning after ransomware attack
KTTV-TV interviewed Cliff Neuman regarding a ransomware attack affected a school district.
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KPCC-FM: The Future Of DTLA: Is The Pandemic Just A Bump In The Road Or Something More Serious?
KPCC-FM interviewed James Moore on what the post-pandemic future holds for downtown Los Angeles.
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WIRED: How to Break Out of Your Social Media Echo Chamber
Work by Kristina Lerman about online echo chambers was featured
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CNN: Wildfire-weary Californians, ‘tired of this being normal,’ consider uprooting their lives
Computer Science Professor Bistra Dilkina, who has modeled migration patterns from sea-level rise, discusses climate-driven pressures as wildfires devastate the West Coast.
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CNN: How SpaceX and NASA overcame a bitter culture clash
Garrett Reisman was interviewed on the role of SpaceX in the industry and the company’s evolving relationship with NASA
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Popular Mechanics: We Can Get to Mars Faster
Research by Ivan Bermejo-Moreno and Xiangyu Gao on how engineers could possibly mix jet fuel with shockwaves to travel through space faster was featured
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Hindustan Times: Why International Students Must Remain Optimistic
Dean Yortsos contributed an op-ed showcasing the school’s commitment to our global student body
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WIRED: Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped
Wael Abd-Almageed was quoted on the viability of this technology to detect deepfakes
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NBC News: How LA’s Sewers Could Be an Early Warning System for Coronavirus Outbreaks
Researchers believe waste water could serve as a warning sign for coronavirus outbreaks.
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KCRW: Scientists turn to LA wastewater to track coronavirus outbreaks
Published on August 5th, 2020Last updated on August 5th, 2020
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USC: Mars Perseverance Launch
USC experts including Professors Sengupta and Reisman talk about Thursday’s Perseverance Launch
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USC: Nichole Phillips Receives USC Staff Recognition Award
Viterbi’s Director of Research Administration received the July 2020 recognition award.
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VentureBeat: How AI can empower communities and strengthen democracy
Viterbi AI research that tries to help individuals who are homeless as well as robots to identify problems in infrastructure were featured
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Forbes: Fake And Manipulated Videos Find Fertile Ground As Elections Approach
Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed about his team’s efforts to create deepfakes.
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Discovery Channel: Tribute to Alumnus Grant Imahara
Discovery Channel pays tribute to Mythbusters host and EE alumnus Grant Imahara
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Indian Express: “The world will impatiently need you”
Indian Express featured excerpts from a letter written by Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos to international students in the Viterbi community and worldwide.
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USC News: Coronavirus Vaccines Are Coming, But When Will They Arrive?
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.
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USC News: Research Team Will Help Los Angeles Reduce Bias and Disparity in Homelessness Services
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.
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SpaceX Makes History & Along With It, Continues the Trojans’ Legacy in Space
Contributions of USC Viterbi students, researchers and alumni to the groundbreaking next chapter of space travel
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USC Viterbi magazine: SpaceX Made History Today. Meet Some of the Trojan Engineers Behind That History.
USC Viterbi magazine article: SpaceX “employs more engineers from USC Viterbi than from any other school.”