Subu Goparaju was one of the "Infoscions" attending the “thought sharing and collaboration event that brings together the best academicians, researchers, practitioners and thought leaders” that came to the USC Viterbi School in October.

Tzung "John" Hsiai hopes to help clinicians distinguish cardiac emergencies requiring immediate surgery from chronic problems manageable with drugs and lifestyle change.

The American Society for Nanomedicine (ASNM) recognized PhD candidate Jae Kyoo Lee’s research presentation, "Observing the Death of Cell on the Nanoscale: Real-time Molecular Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Apoptosis under Elevated Pressure", by a “Young Investigator Award” at its inaugural conference, October 22-25, 2009 (Potomac, Maryland).

Faculty members from the Ming Hsieh and Computer Science departments teamed up with a Keck School professor to win the Best Technology Award at a recent conference on implantable medical devices held at USC.

The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) has launched a website that highlights its broadened focus, including services for the entire biomedical community and enhanced data-sharing and analysis tools and capabilities.

Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will support a wide range of Viterbi School research in numerous engineering disciplines

Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman brought his message that current methods of teaching subjects like physics, chemistry and engineering are inefficient to about 100 USC faculty members -- and left behind continuing interest.

Mark Humayun has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine for his groundbreaking work to restore sight to the blind.

The Biomedical Engineering Society has selected Xiwu Cao, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, to receive a Graduate Research Award for his paper, entitled "Dependence of Retinal Ganglion Cell Responses on Textures of Natural Scenes". This paper will be presented in the form of a platform presentation at the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Society Conference in Pittsburgh (October 7-9).

Five-month old Charlotte Aquarelle Bayona Chew was the youngest listener to Dean Yannis C. Yortsos' September 23 report to engineering faculty and staff

The Ming Hsieh Department professor's new responsibilities include student recruitment and retention.

Andrea Armani and Ellis Meng have been named to the 2009 class of the TR35, an annual list of the world's top young innovators selected by the editors of Technology Review, the much admired MIT magazine.

Eighteen interns from all over the U.S. spending the summer doing individual research with Viterbi School professors reported on their research.

The Voice of America Hindi language video channel focuses on the success of students from IIT Kharagpur in the Viterbi School's summer undergraduate research program

New MS degrees, new short courses, 5-year terminal masters programs and much more are part of changes embodied in a new division, the Viterbi School Office of Master's and Professional Programs, headed by Associate Dean Kelly Goulis

The Viterbi School of Engineering has made education for engineering professionals a top priority, ranking alongside graduate research and undergraduate study.

Dozens of the talented undergraduates spending summer at the Viterbi School working intensively with faculty gathered on a sunny Wednesday for burgers, hotdogs and conviviality.

A new study suggests controlling muscles in even simple movements taxes our minds to capacity, countering a long-held belief that an inability to complete dexterous tasks results from properties of the muscles themselves.

Lisong Ai, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, has been awarded a prestigious predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association. The fellowship will support Ai’s research project, entitled “A Real-Time Model to Assess Vascular Oxidative Stress and Mechanically Unstable Plaque”.