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…
USC valedictorian Katherine Fu and salutatorians Alexander Fullman and Julia Sabo Mangione — all in USC Dornsife — will…
Introducing the 2013 Dornsife Scholars. The six winners will each receive $10,000 to be used for graduate or professional…
Student researcher: Tran Nguyen Major: Philosophy and mathematics Year: Senior Student funding source: Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Adviser: James… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research
tags: humanities, james van cleve, philosophy, usc dornsife magazine
Student researcher: Grant Dixon Major: Archaeology Minor: Digital studies Year: Sophomore Student funding source: Student Opportunities for Academic Research… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research
tags: archaology, history, humanities, lynn swartz dodd, social sciences, usc dornsife magazine
Undergraduate researcher: Julia Lazzari-Dean Major: Chemistry Year: Sophomore Student funding sources: Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Women in Science and… more>
categories: undergraduate, research
tags: chemistry, energy, moh el-naggar, natural sciences, usc dornsife magazine
It’s no secret: Learning happens in many places, not just the classroom. In fact, students throughout USC Dornsife create their own spaces for learning by tapping into faculty expertise. By contributing to research… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, faculty research, undergraduate research
tags: soar, student opportunities for academic research, summer undergraduate research fund, surf, usc dornsife magazine
We humans are unique animals. Each of us may define what it means to be human differently. We place value in memory, form cultures, innovate, question the purpose of life, and dream of the future. Since the beginning of our… more>
categories: undergraduate, graduate, research, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research
tags: anthropology, biological sciences, casey donovan, cognitive science, computer science, human and evolutionary biology, jill mcnitt-gray, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, toby mintz, usc dornsife magazine
At the Cold War’s dusk, history graduate Wolf Gruner swung a hammer at the Berlin Wall. For years, the East Berliner had been involved in a cultural underground movement against the communist regime. Now Gruner’s… more>
categories: undergraduate, graduate, research, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research
tags: andrew lakoff, anthropology, biological sciences, dan lainer-vos, david hutchins, doug capone, history, humanities, natural sciences, shoah foundation, social sciences, sociology, stephen smith, usc dornsife 2020, usc dornsife magazine, usc shoah foundation institute, wolf gruner
This year marks three decades of research in computational biology at USC Dornsife. The year 1982 is also when Michael Waterman arrived at USC. The USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and University Professor of… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: biological sciences, computational biology, event, michael waterman, natural sciences, simon tavaré
Laurie Brand, Robert Grandford Wright Professor and professor of international relations in USC Dornsife, has won a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center residency award to finish her project, Restor(y)ing the State: National… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: algeria, award, book, egypt, humanities, international relations, jordan, laurie brand, publication, social sciences
USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies staff members are busy escorting several hundred students from middle and high schools to the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island as part of their reward for… more>
tags: biological sciences, california, catalina island, community, competition, event, natural sciences, quikscience challenge, quiksilver, usc wrigley institute for environmental studies, usc wrigley marine science center
Dana Gioia, Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at USC, and Deborah Harkness, professor of history in USC Dornsife and author of the best-selling book, A Discovery of Witches, will be featured speakers at the… more>
tags: book, books, creative writing, dana gioia, deborah harkness, event, history, humanities, publication, writing


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