Month: March 2021

Diversity and academic achievement distinguish the newest Trojans, including a record number of first-generation college students. by Ron Mackovich This week, 8,804 outstanding students are being welcomed to USC. The university selected them after carefully examining an unprecedented number of applications. “They showed resilience, determination and optimism throughout,” Timothy Brunold, USC’s dean of admission. “We’re honored…Continue Reading More than 8,800 offered fall admission to USC, from historically large pool of applicants

by Sarah Nightingale The good news: 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been injected into the arms of Americans by Friday, March 19. The bad news: Black and Hispanic Americans are receiving smaller shares of the vaccine compared to their shares of the population. “We’ve heard a lot about vaccine hesitancy among people of…Continue Reading Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati lends expertise to White House COVID-19 task force

Laura Mosqueda knows that many of her older patients can’t make the trek to mass vaccination sites. That’s why she’s administering at-home COVID-19 vaccines. by Grayson Schmidt Laura Mosqueda is as amazed as anyone at how far COVID-19 vaccination efforts have come in the last few months. However, as she sees mass vaccination clinics administer thousands of doses…Continue Reading ‘It was just the right thing to do’: USC geriatrics physician brings vaccines to the most vulnerable

As eligibility expands widely, the city opens a COVID-19 vaccination center in University Park, close to underserved South L.A. neighborhoods. Traffic on Flower Street has been thicker than normal as cars queue up to enter the parking garage near the southeast corner of USC’s University Park Campus, where the city is operating its newest vaccination…Continue Reading A shot at equity: USC vaccination site aims to expand access to immunization

An East L.A. native, USC’s vice president for state government relations has fought for universal broadband access for two decades. The pandemic has brought renewed attention to the issue — one that could make or break California’s future. When Martha Escutia started worrying about the digital divide in the 1990s, almost nobody knew what that term…Continue Reading It’s time to address disparities in internet access, says USC’s Martha Escutia