In the new digital environment, what impact do intellectual property rights have on innovation and creativity?

The Methuselah Receptor. development of a single protein that inhibits aging in fruit flies: opens the possibility of developing new therapeutics and also may hold implications for human longevity.

The largest of USC's academic schools, the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences plays an integral role in the intellectual life of the university.

USC's faculty includes Nobel Prize laureate George A. Olah, National Humanities Medal winner Kevin Starr, Turing Prize winner Leonard Adleman and University Professor Michael Waterman (co-developer of the Smith-Waterman algorithm, the cornerstone of computational genetics), as well as 43 National Academy members.

Founded in 1929 in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the USC School of Cinematic Arts is the oldest film school in the country.

Founded in 1929 in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the USC School of Cinematic Arts is the oldest film school in the country.

The USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music brings together a distinguished faculty of world-renowned teachers and musically gifted students from around the globe.

Visions and Voices is a university-wide arts and humanities initiative established by Provost C. L. Max Nikias in order to fulfill the goals set forth in USC’s strategic plan, to communicate USC’s core values to students and to affirm the human spirit.