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Abel Salinas, graduating PhD candidate at USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and co-founder of CommonGround

Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Turn a PhD into a Startup Incubator

CLASS OF 2026 - Graduating PhD candidate Abel Salinas used his time at USC Information Sciences Institute to develop CommonGround: an AI platform that helps organizations forecast violence and civil unrest, enabling them to proactively protect people, operations and supply chains.

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Older Americans and Veterans Wait Longer for Financial Justice

A new study by USC Viterbi examining over 1.27 million federal complaints finds that older Americans and veterans are consistently receiving slower responses from financial companies, and the gap is getting worse right as the watchdog agency meant to protect them faces uncertainty.