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Scientist and Filmmaker
May 17, 2013In high school, Howard Wayne Harris had a rough time in academics. Because he had a difficult time spelling and handwriting one teacher advised him not to go to college. How would that 9th grade teacher feel… more>
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You Did It!
May 17, 2013Graduated Betty Golden Globe and Emmy-winning America Ferrera stands with her mentor Steven Lamy, professor of international relations and vice dean for academic programs in USC Dornsife. Ferrera earned her… more>
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Castle in the Clouds
May 7, 2013What if the components of architecture — walls, windows, ceilings and everything in-between — were used to construct the human mind? How might the physical space integrate the mind’s two perspectives: the… more>
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A Phoenix Rises
May 1, 2013In a recent open house, leading members of the German-speaking community in Los Angeles joined faculty and students to celebrate the official reopening of the USC-Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies. Housed… more>
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Visiting Fellows
March 1, 2013Former State Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) and former State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) have joined the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics in USC Dornsife as visiting fellows and student mentors. Over… more>
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In Like Flint
January 30, 2013Growing up in the United Kingdom, Kate Flint became fascinated with all things Victorian from an early age. For her, the inescapable presence of the Victorian world lived on in the country’s cities, buildings,… more>
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L.A. Has a Heart
November 20, 2012Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72 suburbs in search of a city.” But USC Dornsife alumnus Samuel Krueger’s research shows that the City of Angels actually does have a focal… more>
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Jumping Off the Page
October 29, 2012Candy Hwang, a second-year doctoral candidate in chemistry and National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, has swapped the written page for animation. Hwang of USC Dornsife entered “Creating the… more>
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Into the Forest
October 8, 2012In late September, USC Dornsife Ph.D. student Maureen McCarthy traveled 9,000 miles from Los Angeles to Hoima, Uganda, to begin a year devoted to collecting chimpanzee poop. While that may seem like an unusual way to spend a… more>
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Contradicting Cuba
September 25, 2012In a joint effort between USC Dornsife and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, 20 USC students traveled to Havana, Cuba, this summer for a 10-day study of the island’s political, economic and… more>
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