The university announced a $25 million donation from Professor Leonard D. Schaeffer to endow the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics on Tuesday. Schaeffer, who is a Judge Robert Maclay Widney chair, and his wife Pamela founded the center in 2009. The USC Schaeffer Center, which falls underneath the USC School of Pharmacy and the USC Sol Price [...]

Monday is the last day for Californians to register to vote by mail and online. Registration forms must be postmarked or electronically signed no later than Monday, according to the California Secretary of State’s website. California residents can register by filling out an online form or picking up a paper form at a public library, [...]

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department temporarily blocked off Budlong Avenue west of campus around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in pursuit of a robbery suspect. According to Officer Rivera of the LAPD, the officers responded to a tip that the suspect fled to Budlong after the incident occurred on Normandie Avenue. The suspect was not [...]

USC Trustee and developer Rick Caruso will not run for L.A. mayor in 2013, he announced in a statement Thursday night. Caruso, the namesake for USC’s Catholic Center, is known for developing the Grove and the Americana at Brand shopping centers and for serving as a former city commissioner. “As a lifelong Angeleno, I have [...]

The Planning and Land Use Management committee approved Wednesday an amended proposal for renovating the University Village during a meeting at Los Angeles City Hall. Councilman Ed Reyes, a member of the committee, said USC’s cooperation led to the approval. About 200 stakeholders attended the meeting, most of whom were in support of USC’s $1 [...]

At the Visions and Voices event, Poetry: A Career?!, poet Kay Ryan read her work aloud and discussed her career with students in the audience on Monday. Ryan expressed her intention for her poems to be read in silence because of the sacredness of the inner voice that the reader adds to the piece, but for the event Ryan [...]

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved Friday the plans to build a $1.2 billion NFL stadium in Downtown, in turn reaffirming the city’s desire to once again have a professional football team, according to the Los Angeles Times. If all goes as planned, Farmers Field would open in 2017. The council approved the plan [...]

A fatal motorcycle accident occurred at approximately 9:40 a.m. Tuesday on Exposition Boulevard near South Figueroa Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD and Los Angeles Fire Department are investigating the accident at the scene. The victim’s name is being withheld until notification of next-of-kin. Westbound Exposition Boulevard will be closed between Watt [...]

USC researchers have found a correlation between recreational marijuana use and the possibility of getting specific types of testicular cancer, according to a study published online on Monday. The study, published in the American Cancer Society’s journal, cautioned that therapeutic use of marijuana by young men could possibly result in a higher risk of getting [...]

While some high school students covet popularity, a joint study conducted by the University of Southern California and the University of Texas found that their lungs could suffer from it. The study’s findings, featured online this week in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found a positive correlation between students’ popularity and smoking. The study, which [...]