While USC-UCLA Global Health Awareness Week seeks to educate a wide pool of students about the plight of global urban communities, it also incites active service from students within the more immediate Los Angeles community. Read more...

Marika Tsircou's oil paintings feature circle shapes painted in bright, vivid colors. Strewn across the canvas are different textures, a technique meant to tempt viewers to touch the painting, she said. Read more...

Photo: “Through Positive Eyes,” a photography project highlighting those living with HIV, features Pleasure’s hands. Diagnosed with HIV in the late 1990s, Pleasure said this image of his hand represents the comforting role hands play in our lives.

An indication of his vivacious persona, Vu Tien Kinh celebrates his birthday every day "“ but his practice is not one of vanity. Read more...

Photo: Vu Tien Kinh returned to UCLA to thank Dr. Barry Halpern who helped treat Vu 35

A recently published UCLA study has identified interactions between genetics and environment that may affect disease susceptibility among individuals. Read more...

Photo: courtesy of ROSA CHEN Casey Romanoski, a graduate student, led a study analyzing how genetics and environment determine an individual’s susceptibility to disease.