NYTimes : USC Will Infuse A.I. Across University With $200 Million Donation
A gift from Mark and Mary Stevens was highlighted, showing USC’s commitment to infusing AI into areas like health care, cybersecurity and and the arts.
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Bloomberg News : Early NVIDIA Investor Gifts $200M to USC
President Kim was interviewed at the Milken Institute about Mark and Mary Stevens gift to USC, and the role of AI to address disease and improve human health.
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CNN: Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science
Research by Patrick Lynett and colleagues was featured.
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Spectrum News: How USC’s ISI helps internet users from around the world
Terry Benzel and John Heidemann discuss B-Root, cybersecurity and other internet research at ISI.
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NYTimes: A landslide in Alaska set off a tsunami. There may be more to come.
Research by Patrick Lynett and colleagues to create a simulation of how a landslide generate a tsunami, was featured.
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Mark and Mary Stevens give $200 million to power AI research across USC
The university will name the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to honor their investment in research and innovation at the intersections of AI and health sciences, business, security and the arts.
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Nature (subscription): No humans allowed: scientific AI agents get their own social network
Emilio Ferrara was interviewed about the site Agent4Science
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Fortune (subscription): The world has entered a ‘global water bankruptcy
Research by Essam Heggy was cited.
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The Mirror: US cities mapped that will be underwater within a lifetime as sea levels rise
Bistra Dilkina commented that cities far from rising seas will feel the effects of climate change, since they will have to take in millions of “climate refugees.”
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IEEE Spectrum: The USC Professor Who Pioneered Socially Assistive Robotics
The publication wrote a profile of Professor Matarić’s career including the use of robots for mental health support.
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USC News: USC Viterbi Faculty Recognized at Academic Convocation
Yannis Yortsos, Andreas Molisch, Azad Madni, Amy Childress, Satyandra K. Gupta , Shrikanth S. Narayanan, Massoud Pedram
and Shang-Hua Teng were all celebrated
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Daily Trojan: Outgoing Viterbi dean remembered as ‘caring,’ ‘humble,’ ‘discerning’
USC’s student newspaper featured Yannis C. Yortsos.
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USC : Yannis C. Yortsos Named 2026 USC Presidential Medallion Honoree
The Presidential Medallion is USC’s highest honor and is awarded to individuals who have greatly contributed to USC in areas that promote the excellence of the institution.
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Town and Country (Subscription Required): The 15 Colleges Best Preparing Students for the AI Economy
USC Viterbi and SAC’s programs were highlighted.
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The Chosunilbo: USC president Beong-Soo Kim integrates disciplines for AI
USC Viterbi’s new AI degree and its joint degree with Marshall were featured.
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Inc.: Researchers Created a Computer Chip That Can Survive the Heat of a Volcano
Research by Joshua Yang was featured.
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Forbes: Agents Are Ready. Companies Are Not
Yolanda Gil is listed as a co-director of an annual report produced by Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI.
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CNN: Artemis II Astronauts Share Moon Flyby Experiences
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about experience of astronauts prior to Artemis II press conference.
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Wired Italia: A new chip survives temperatures higher than lava and could enable exploration of Venus.
Research by Joshua Yang’s The Ionic and Electronic Device and Materials (IEDM) Group was featured.
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The Brighter Side of News: Groundbreaking memory chip withstands temperatures hotter than lava
Research by Joshua Yang was featured.
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Spectrum News: Inside the Navy’s role in bringing Artemis II astronauts home
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about the reentry process after an astronaut crew returns to Earth.
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Reforma: Robot dogs are being trained to go to space
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Diego Caporale was interviewed by a leading publication in Mexico city about research he was involved in within Feifei Qian’s lab
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Science: AIs can ‘memorize’ data they shouldn’t. Can they be forced to forget?
A tool created by a team led by Robin Jia was featured, noting that it will be debuted at ICLR 2026
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NYTimes: It Will Take Months to Get Oil and Gas Flowing Out of the Persian Gulf
Najm Meshkati was quoted about the structure and operations of oil and gas facilities in the region.