The names of top USC Dornsife students will adorn the wall of Leavey Library in an honor celebrating university-wide students…
The gift creates the Steven and Kathryn Sample Endowment for Ecumenism to support research centered on the foundational…
Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…
USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate…
USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In…
A torrent of fluorescent light rushes out onto the cement floor as Marie-Stanislas Remigereau opens the door to the growth chamber. Inside are hundreds of small plants precisely arranged in black trays that flank both walls up… more>
categories: research, faculty research, graduate research
tags: biological sciences, biology, center of excellence in genomic science, disease, fruit flies, genetics, grant, john tower, magnus nordborg, mathematics, michelle arbeitman, national institutes of health, natural sciences, plants, sergey nuzhdin, simon tavaré
During her undergraduate years, Deetra Roulhac immersed herself in the vibrant spoken-word poetry scene in Berkeley bars and cafes, actively participating in this performance art. She reluctantly left her passion for poetry… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: award, english, film, humanities, master of liberal studies, poetry, symposium
Amy Von Lintel believes art history goes beyond what hangs on the walls of museums, or what fills the pages of textbooks. The field is alive, constantly changing, and much closer to home than you might think. Beginning this… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: alumni, art, art history, book, humanities, museum, texas
We all know what New Jersey is famous for. The birthplace of Ol' Blue Eyes? Where Thomas Edison invented the light bulb? Heaven help us, Jersey Shore? Fuggedaboutit! The Garden State is home to one of the greatest… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: artifact, bruce zuckerman, history, humanities, linguistics, manuscript, middle east studies program, religion, west semitic research project
"Mr. President, UN Watch welcomes the draft resolution concerning Kyrgyzstan," so began Maile Miller, a senior in USC College as she delivered an important speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council in a large,… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research
tags: humanities, international relations, internship, study abroad, united nations
For the first time in USC College history, a transnational American Studies and Ethnicity (ASE) course is being conducted in Japan as well as in Los Angeles -- and you're officially invited to hitch a ride during their… more>
categories: undergraduate, diversity, undergraduate diversity
tags: american studies and ethnicity, blog, history, japan, study abroad, trade
Days after graduating from USC College in May, David Livingston flew to Honduras and spent a week in a small mountain community, his second trip to the region for outreach work. Moved by the extensive untouched landscape, he… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: alumni, award, carnegie, climate, community, energy, fellowship, honduras, international relations, social sciences
The tortoise, long revered for its pace, good looks and mobile home, may be a victim of its own success as this living fossil is in danger of disappearing. "We are at great risk of losing them all, not within our … more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: animals, book, craig stanford, extinction, natural sciences, tortoise, usc jane goodall research center
Norman Rockwell pieces, these aren't. But that's why they intrigue Jason Goldman, a USC College Ph.D. student of art history. Goldman is rarely interested in what he refers to as the "masterpieces." His tastes tend toward… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: art, art history, award, fellowship, humanities
Imagine watching the birth of the universe — the Big Bang — from the outside. What would you have seen? At that moment and for the next 380,000 years, a Big Nothing, as photons and particles clung to each other… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: big bang, elena pierpaoli, european space agency, natural sciences, physics, space, telescope, universe


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