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Innovation at USC

Innovation can come from the arts and social sciences as well as engineering or medicine. It can take the shape of new products or services; new ventures, ranging from venture-backed startups to non-profits; as well as new organizational models. Innovation can be any groundbreaking approach or advancement that changes the way we live, work, and play.

In fact, some of the many innovations that found their start at USC include:

An antiviral drug to inhibit HIV and influenza A.
The revolutionary approach to social networking that has become the sixth most popular website in the world
Prosthesis to restore sight to those suffering from blindness.
The cotton t-shirt

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Innovation at USC

USC Reseach Centers and Labs

Counter to conventional belief, USC understands that innovation can be technological or scientific; social, or artistic; can take the form of start-ups or licenses, new products or services, or even non-profits and new organizational models. Click through these themes to learn more about Innovation at USC!

Arts, Media and Gaming

Medicine and Life Sciences

Engineering and Physical Sciences

Information Technology

Energy, Clean Technology and Environment

Business

Social Sciences

Architecture, Planning and Design

USC is home to some of the most forward thinking labs and research centers and collaborative groups of researchers in the world. With a knowledge base spanning arts and humanities, socail and natural sciences, interactive media and cinematic arts, and engineering and technology.

Arts and Humanities

Communication and Information Sciences

Engineering and Technology

Life Sciences

Medicine and Health

Physical Sciences

Social and Behavioral Sciences

"There is simply too much at stake not to pursue technology transfer more vigorously, not only for what it can do for universities, but even more important, for what it can do for society as a whole."

Steven B. Sample
President
University of Southern California

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