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From left to right: Chris Hammons, lecturer in anthropology; Lisa Bitel, professor of history and religion, and chair of the CRCC Interdisciplinary Research Group; Jane Iwamura, assistant professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity; and Brad Nabors, Ph.D. candidate in sociology. Photo by Ambrosia Viramontes-Brody.

Getting Religion

May 31, 2011

Not long after Indonesia’s transition from dictatorship to democracy, Christian Hammons was sitting at a coffee shop in Bukittinggi, a city on Sumatra’s tourist circuit. Hammons, who was about to begin his doctoral… more>

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tags: anthropology, center for religion and civic culture, crcc, humanities, religion, social sciences

From left, Class of 2011 Master of Liberal Studies graduates Shelly Hacco, Alan Kita, and Tiffany Miller prepare for their presentations at the Fifth Annual Graduate Liberal Studies Symposium at Simon Fraser University. Photo credit Jie Gu.

Master of Liberal Studies Students Selected for Annual Symposium

May 27, 2011

As an actress and fan of Daphne du Maurier’s literary works, Shelly Hacco gravitated to the curriculum she undertook in the Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) course “Acts of Interpretation: Literature, Film, and… more>

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tags: english, event, film, humanities, master of liberal studies, mls, social sciences, symposium

An Accolade for History

March 31, 2011

The graduate program in history at USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was ranked among the top 20 “Best Graduate History Programs in the U.S.” by Education-Portal.com. “Our… more>

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tags: award, history, humanities, steve ross

USC College doctoral candidate Adam Bush received the the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Photo courtesy of Adam Bush.

Focused on Education Reform

March 2, 2011

Adam Bush, a USC College doctoral candidate in American studies and ethnicity (ASE), has been recognized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) with the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders… more>

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tags: american studies and ethnicity, award, humanities

The sea cliffs near Lyme Regis, one of the locations in England where a team from the USC College Department of Earth Sciences searched for stromatolites. Photo credit Frank Corsetti.

Stories Set in Stone

January 19, 2011

When four members of the USC College Department of Earth Sciences took a fieldwork expedition to the United Kingdom, they didn’t have to venture out in the middle of nowhere, drive on dirt roads for hours or hike miles… more>

categories: graduate, research, faculty research, graduate research, diversity, graduate diversity

tags: acidification, canada, david bottjer, earth sciences, england, extinction, fossils, frank corsetti, natural sciences, ocean, travel

USC College Magazine's Latest Issue Now Online

November 10, 2010

From the Dean, Fall 2010/Winter 2011 View the magazine online You can change the world. We can show you how. We use this phrase to convey to prospective students the… more>

categories: undergraduate, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research

tags: alumni, award, book, grant, humanities, magazine, natural sciences, publication, social sciences, usc college magazine

USC College alumna Wendy Cheng's dissertation involving regional race formation in the San Gabriel Valley won the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity's second Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize in four years. Photo credit Jake Peters.

Place, Space and Race

October 28, 2010

Within the 287 pages of USC College alumna Wendy Cheng's award-winning dissertation are snippets from interviews she conducted with 64 residents in four "majority-minority" multi-ethnic suburbs in the San Gabriel Valley. The… more>

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tags: american studies and ethnicity, award, california, dissertation, history, humanities, race, social sciences

Chimpanzees are found from Western Africa across the continent to East Africa. At one time, there were 50,000 or more chimps in Uganda. Now there are about 5,000 as a result of logging, the encroachment of villages, trapping, snare devices and other reasons. Photo credit Craig Stanford.

Chasing Chimps

September 16, 2010

Roaming a Myrtle green swath of forest in the Pearl of Africa, Maureen McCarthy attaches what looks like an oversized electric-yellow iPhone to a long stick and extends it skyward in a tiny clearing among a canopy of… more>

categories: graduate, graduate research

tags: behavior, biology, chimpanzees, gps, integrative and evolutionary biology, natural sciences, spatial sciences institute, uganda, usc jane goodall research center

Cool Science

August 12, 2010

At the bottom of the Earth — the planet's coldest, driest, windiest place — the sky radiates a lavender-yellow hue in the midnight sun. Whiter than milk, the blanket of ice seems infinite. Amid the… more>

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tags: antarctica, atmospheric sciences, biological sciences, biology, chemistry, donal manahan, geology, glaciology, marine biology, natural sciences

Yeast Unleashed

July 21, 2010

There is good reason Susan Forsburg's laboratory smells of sourdough. The USC College biologist is among the most prominent fission yeast researchers in the country. Inside her lab are hundreds of petri dishes containing… more>

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tags: biology, cancer, dna, fungus, natural sciences, susan forsburg, yeast

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