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Located in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology and international trade, the University of Southern California is one of the world’s leading private research universities. USC enrolls more international students than any other U.S. university and offers extensive opportunities for internships and study abroad. With a strong tradition of integrating liberal and professional education, USC fosters a vibrant culture of public service and encourages students to cross academic as well as geographic boundaries in their pursuit of knowledge.

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Donald Trump souhaite faire figurer son portrait sur un nouveau billet de 250 dollars, dont la création nécessiterait toutefois une modification de la loi américaine. Kent Nishimura/AFP

Des dollars à l’effigie de Trump ? Une pratique rarissime hors des monarchies

L’administration Trump veut faire figurer le président américain sur des pièces et billets. Une pratique presque exclusivement réservée aux monarchies héréditaires, selon une analyse des monnaies en circulation dans le monde.
Yayoi Kusama reached toward the concept of infinity through polka dots. Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

Before the infinity nets, there was ‘The Pacific Ocean’ – what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama’s mental illness miss about her art

Retrospectives on Yayoi Kusama often point to mental illness as the source of her inspiration. But before she made it big, she was a young girl inspired by traveling the world for the first time.
Dans la chambre noire d’un atelier pour enfants de développement de pellicule et de photographie argentique, organisé dans le sud-est de la Turquie, le 14 juin 2026. Yasin Akgul/AFP

Pourquoi la génération Z est tombée amoureuse de la photographie argentique

Longtemps considérée comme condamnée par le numérique, la photographie argentique connaît un spectaculaire retour en grâce. Un engouement porté par la génération Z, qui y voit une façon d’échapper aux algorithmes.
Is your hospital under the same corporate roof as your health insurance company? Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects

Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.
Tree canopy like in this Wyoming forest affects stream flow, the climate and life on land. Elyna Grapstein/BLM

Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened

Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
Voters of all ages come to climate policies with different views, and those views are not always tied to party affiliation. Scott Olson/Getty Images

5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t explain everything

Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.
Sejumlah anak mengamati lembaran rol film yang telah dicuci di dalam kamar gelap saat lokakarya fotografi analog yang digelar di Turki pada 14 Juni 2026. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images

Mengapa Gen Z jatuh cinta pada kamera analog?

Bermodalkan gulungan rol film, sebagian generasi muda kini memilih keluar dari belenggu algoritma media sosial demi menikmati hidup dengan cara yang terasa lebih terencana, personal, dan nyata.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds up an image of the proposed $250 bill in May 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company

A professor of international relations counted the sitting leaders on over 1,000 of the world’s banknotes and coins; almost every one of them is a king or a queen.
Le séisme du 24 juin 2026 a réduit des bâtiments en ruines, piégeant et tuant des habitants à Caracas, au Venezuela, ainsi que dans les communautés voisines. Manaure Quintero/AFP

Ce que l’on sait des récents séismes au Venezuela, et des risques qui subsistent

La faille qui a rompu au Venezuela présente un mouvement et des risques similaires à celle de San Andreas en Californie. Elles ont toutes deux déjà été à l’origine, par le passé, de séismes d’une violence extrême.
A review of the 2020 deal underpinning the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship will likely be hamstrung by President Donald Trump’s trade-deficit fixation and aggressive use of tariffs. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

As key trade talks start, the US‑Mexico relationship will likely limp along – but at a cost

Even though Mexico is the US’s top trade partner, the fate of the pact underpinning that relationship is uncertain.

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