{"id":1412,"date":"2023-01-24T23:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/?page_id=1412"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:34:23","slug":"inventing-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usc.edu\/research-creativity\/our-impact\/inventing-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventing Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-title-with-summary \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-title-with-summary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Our world no longer fits into neat little buckets. Today&#8217;s issues dismantle traditional organizational structures and require interdisciplinary approaches. Our community of collaborators work across disciplines to apply new approaches to solving problems. We bring unconventional partners together &#8212; scientists, storytellers, visual artists &#8212; in an effort to inspire one another and find solutions in the space in between disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>A Mindset for Breakthroughs<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>With a mindset rooted in problem-solving, USC researchers are confronting urgent global challenges through bold thought-leadership, whether rethinking cancer treatment, advancing national security or developing early detection tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/out-of-options-the-drugs-dont-work-therapy-doesnt-work-whats-left\/\"   aria-label=\"Collaboration between USC engineers, doctors provides hope for patients with severe depression, mood disorders\" >\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iStock-1482773020-1920x1080-1-320x320.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iStock-1482773020-1920x1080-1-768x768.jpg 768w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iStock-1482773020-1920x1080-1-320x320.jpg 320w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"Image of a human brain with digitized pinpoints\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Mental Health<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/out-of-options-the-drugs-dont-work-therapy-doesnt-work-whats-left\/\">\n                  \n                    Collaboration between USC engineers, doctors provides hope for patients with severe depression, mood disorders\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/hacking-for-defense-students-take-on-cybersecurity-from-a-new-angle\/\"   aria-label=\"\u2018Hacking for Defense\u2019 students take on cybersecurity from a new angle\" >\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-stanfield_working-web-1280x720-1-320x320.webp\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-stanfield_working-web-1280x720-1-320x320.webp 320w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"A group of four USC students in front of their laptops in class\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>national security<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/hacking-for-defense-students-take-on-cybersecurity-from-a-new-angle\/\">\n                  \n                    \u2018Hacking for Defense\u2019 students take on cybersecurity from a new angle\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/could-a-simple-blood-test-detect-cancer\/\"   aria-label=\"Could a simple blood test detect cancer?\" >\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kuhn_cancerresearch_top-1920x1080-1-e1753208980922-320x320.avif\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kuhn_cancerresearch_top-1920x1080-1-e1753208980922-768x768.avif 768w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kuhn_cancerresearch_top-1920x1080-1-e1753208980922-320x320.avif 320w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"A magnified cancer cell in black and white\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>early cancer detection<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/could-a-simple-blood-test-detect-cancer\/\">\n                  \n                    Could a simple blood test detect cancer?\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Having a critical mass of faculty across our different campuses, bringing in our different expertise areas, is really about ameliorating the risk that is associated with drug development. The other aspect of critical mass is that we also want to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Steve Kay, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">University\u00a0and Provost Professor, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/michelson.usc.edu\">USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Interdisciplinary Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    <div 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USC Information Sciences Institute\">USC Information Sciences Institute<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/9078995491_4a73c84205_o-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/9078995491_4a73c84205_o-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/9078995491_4a73c84205_o-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/9078995491_4a73c84205_o-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"The light stage at USC ICT.\"\n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Creative Technologies\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 20 years, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies has been at the forefront of basic and applied research in immersive technology, simulation, human performance, computer graphics, artificial intelligence and narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/ict.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Institute for Creative Technologies\">USC Institute for Creative Technologies<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_MichelsonCenterforConvergentBioscience_20180306_0037-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_MichelsonCenterforConvergentBioscience_20180306_0037-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_MichelsonCenterforConvergentBioscience_20180306_0037-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_MichelsonCenterforConvergentBioscience_20180306_0037-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Scientists working in the lab at USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.\"\n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Convergent Bioscience\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience brings together a diverse network of scientists and engineers from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Keck School of Medicine of USC to solve some of the greatest intractable problems of the 21<span style=\"font-size: small;\">st<\/span>\u00a0century \u2014 from cancer, to neurological disease, to cardiovascular disease and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/michelson.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience\">USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/jeswin-thomas-dfRrpfYD8Iw-unsplash-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/jeswin-thomas-dfRrpfYD8Iw-unsplash-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/jeswin-thomas-dfRrpfYD8Iw-unsplash-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/jeswin-thomas-dfRrpfYD8Iw-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"A person on a electric circuit board.\"\n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of Southern California&#8217;s major research institutions. The department has 11 different research areas that collectively contain over 70 research centers and labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/minghsiehece.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering\">USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class_8252-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class_8252-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class_8252-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class_8252-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"USC SCA Games students working on a project.\"\n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Game Innovation\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"header-container\">\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"\">The USC Game Innovation Lab is the focal point of experimental game design research at USC, named the top university for game design by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings?rankings=top-50-game-design-ugrad\">The Princeton Review.<\/a> The Lab pursues daring, cross-disciplinary approaches that forge new paths in cultural realms using art, science, politics and learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"f--field f--image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/www.gameinnovationlab.com\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Game Innovation Lab\">USC Game Innovation Lab<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022105_USC_Health_Campaign_May_2022_0838-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022105_USC_Health_Campaign_May_2022_0838-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022105_USC_Health_Campaign_May_2022_0838-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022105_USC_Health_Campaign_May_2022_0838-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Student and Professor examining a robotic arm\"\n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Biomedical Engineering\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering conducts cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas, including biomedical devices and imaging, cellular and molecular bioengineering, mathematical and computational biosystems, and neuroengineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/bme.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering\">USC Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"background-images\">\n          <div class=\"swiper swiper-background-images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_ISISERC_20221109_028-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_ISISERC_20221109_028-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/USC_VSE_ISISERC_20221109_028-1280x720.jpg 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