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Bipedaling Toward Truth
January 31, 2013What came first: the bipedal human ancestor or the grassland encroaching on the forest? A new analysis of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity over the past 12 million years is challenging long-held beliefs about the… 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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Digging for Knowledge
January 30, 2013Evening is falling on the ancient Maya kingdom of El Zotz deep in the dense undergrowth of the Guatemalan jungle. A dark tide of bats flows out of a large cave in the nearby mountainside as the last rays of the setting sun… more>
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USC Dornsife Communication Wins 10 CASE Awards
January 29, 2013The USC Dornsife Office of Communication, led by executive director Emily Cavalcanti, won 10 regional 2013 Awards of Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Senior video producer Mira… more>
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Summering in Rome
January 29, 2013This past summer, John Pollini of USC Dornsife led 10 students on an excavation at Ostia Antica, the port town of ancient Rome. Students interested in taking the excavation course this summer must apply by Feb. 15. Offered in… more>
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Is The Bachelor on the Right Track?
January 25, 2013A new USC Dornsife study has found evidence suggesting that the brain works hard to understand those who have different bodies when watching them in action. According to the study’s lead author, the finding supports… more>
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Hey, I’m Talking to You!
January 24, 2013A team led by USC Dornsife Ph.D. student Maureen McCarthy found evidence that chimpanzees are aware of the attention and responsiveness of the chimp they’re communicating with, modifying their method of communication to… more>
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Beyond High GPAs and SATs
January 24, 2013Her audience was admissions officers and counselors from the most elite universities and high schools in the country, all familiar with dissecting GPA and SAT scores to judge the merit of a student who plans to enter… more>
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New Stars of Yore
January 22, 2013One of the top-20 history departments in the nation just got stronger. USC Dornsife’s Department of History has recruited MacArthur Fellow Jacob Soll from Rutgers University, who is using his innovative talents to… more>
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Understanding the Universal
January 18, 2013Freddy Mutanguha was 18 years old when his parents and four sisters were macheted to death by Hutu soldiers during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Mutanguha, a member of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, didn’t see the… more>
Top Stories
- Getting That First Job May 23, 2013
- Electric City May 23, 2013
- You Did It! May 17, 2013
- In Memoriam: Dallas Willard, 77 May 10, 2013
- Head of the Class May 15, 2013
- Wall of Scholars May 21, 2013
- The Fabulous Fulbrights May 10, 2013
- Catholic Studies Institute Receives $1 Million May 21, 2013
- Scientist and Filmmaker May 17, 2013
- A Big Leg Up May 15, 2013