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Alara Berkmen; featured image for From Maui to medicine, Viterbi helped her chart her own path

From Maui to medicine, Viterbi helped her chart her own path

CLASS OF 2026 – The daughter of Turkish immigrant physicians, Maui-raised Alara Berkmen is graduating from USC Viterbi with a bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering on the pre-med track, a business club she …

THE SYNAPSES OF A ZEBRAFISH BRAIN ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY A MICROSCOPE (PHOTO CREDIT: USC); featured image for USC team shows how memories are stored in the brain, with potential impact on conditions like PTSD

USC team shows how memories are stored in the brain, with potential impact on conditions like PTSD

What physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made? A team of researchers at the University of Southern California has, for the first time, answered this question by inducing …