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Keck School’s Ophthalmology, Physiology/Neuroscience departments top NIH funding list
Seven departments at Keck School of Medicine USC are in the top 10 nationally in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the rankings of medical schools released for the 2019 federal fiscal year. Two departments rank No. 1 in the country: Ophthalmology, and Physiology and… Read More »Latest News

Keck School’s Ophthalmology, Physiology/Neuroscience departments top NIH funding list
February 19th, 2020Seven departments at Keck School of Medicine USC are in the top 10 nationally in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the rankings of medical schools released for…

Adam Huttenlocker, PhD quoted in Science Daily
May 24th, 2018Adam Huttenlocker, Assistant Professor of Clinical Integrative Anatomical Sciences, was quoted in Science Daily about the significance of a fossil cranium discovery that suggests mammal migration continued during the Early Cretaceous period…

Renowned concept artist discusses fossils’ role in creature design
December 1st, 2017(Illustration by Terryl Whitlatch) As part of the USC Paleosciences Research Seminar Series, illustrator Terryl Whitlatch took the stage in Zumberge Hall October 17 to shed light on the role animal fossils…

Tiny fossils reveal backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive today
June 22nd, 2017Chinlestegophis jenkinsi, a tiny subterranean carnivore, is an ancient relative of frogs and salamanders. (Illustration/Jorge Gonzalez) The discovery fills a significant gap in the evolutionary history of frogs, toads and other amphibians….

Newfound primate teeth fill a hole in the evolutionary tree of life
March 16th, 2017The new species Ramadapis sahnii existed 11 million to 14 million years ago and is a member of the ancient Sivaladapidae primate family. It consumed leaves and was about the size of…

Dispelling Dinosaur Movie Myths
September 28th, 2016An anatomy expert looks beyond Hollywood’s depiction of prehistory’s most popular creatures. Accurate or not, the fantastical portrayals of dinosaurs in movies shape our perception of prehistory’s most popular creatures. Think of the…

On the prowl for an elusive rodent called ‘the ultimate Pokémon’
August 16th, 2016Illustration/Wikimedia Commons Biologists seek Zenkerella, a scaly-tailed squirrel that has never been spotted alive by scientists. Researchers are on a real-life search for what one calls “the ultimate Pokémon”: Zenkerella, an elusive…

For minority students who dream of being doctors, ‘Keck is where you want to be’
November 20th, 2015Djani Robertson, a first-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was a 2014 Bridging the Gaps participant during his time as an undergraduate student at Rutgers. Attending medical…