The USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work has issued a report that offers a glimpse into the lives of aging Latinos and African-Americans living in East and South Los Angeles and the challenges they continue to face amid the ongoing economic crisis. More than half of those surveyed reported a household income below $15,000 per year, and 28 percent of respondents said they were unable to pay bills they were able to pay before the country's economic situation worsened. Read more
Assistant Dean of Global and Community Initiatives Cherry Short, left, is honored for her work in the community by Dean Marilyn Flynn at the British Consul-General's residence in Los Angeles. The gathering recognized Short, a commander of the Order of the British Empire, and celebrated USC's Olympic history in advance of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families has teamed up with the King's Centre for Military Health Research at King's College London to bring together international scholars in an open exchange of ideas on military-related behavioral health with the goal of developing more effective treatments and solutions. Read more
Avelardo Valdez has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration to examine existing scientific evidence on the dramatic increase in U.S. incarceration rates since the 1970s, and explore alternatives that could maintain public safety levels at a lower social and financial cost. Read more
