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.