Year: 2021

It’s not easy for people experiencing homelessness to find their way to a vaccination site. That’s why the Street Medicine team is focused on bringing the vaccines to them. Every afternoon, Kevin Mowrey rides his bike a half hour from the San Gabriel Foothills to Azusa to purchase food and supplies for the night while…Continue Reading USC’s Street Medicine team delivers COVID-19 vaccines to homeless clients

Once USC alum Darin Gray got his first taste of teaching, he couldn’t give it up. For decades, he’s helped educate Angelenos in science and math through USC Viterbi’s K-12 STEM Center. by Gustavo Solis As a young engineer at the Hughes Aircraft Co. in the 1980s, Darin Gray worked on technology that was so new that…Continue Reading Why a successful engineer left the career he loved to teach kids STEM

An enduring program that reclaims old computers helps students and local families bridge the digital divide while also keeping more than 1 million pounds of used electronics out of landfills. by Ron Mackovich At one of the entrances to USC’s University Park Campus, forklifts load pallets bearing a half-ton of electronics onto trucks emblazoned with…Continue Reading E-waste isn’t wasted at USC, thanks to partnership that helps the community

As the pandemic began to threaten people’s lives and their livelihoods, USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative staff stepped in to help. by Gustavo Solis While many schoolchildren in Los Angeles were trying to keep up with remote classes this winter, several kids in a USC college prep program faced deeper struggles: They lost their mom or…Continue Reading Unsung heroes keep kids and families together in neighborhoods around USC

Five years ago, Christopher Chavez and his family committed to the university’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative, a decision that transformed their future. by Gustavo Solis Fifth grader Christopher Chavez came home from his first Saturday school session at USC and couldn’t contain his excitement. His mom, Maria Rodriguez, still remembers that exact moment and even his…Continue Reading Youngest son aims to be family’s first child with college degree, with some help from USC

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