Housed in USC Dornsife, the Development Portfolio Management Group opens in Arlington, Va. The group works on improving…
Claire Baugher, double major in psychology and political science, helped to transform a storage facility into a small theatre…
USC Dornsife students were among those who spoke during a recent TEDx, a local, independently organized offshoot of the…
After neuroscience and human biology major Erin Walker volunteered assisting in dentistry work in Honduras, she founded the…
USC Dornsife Dean Steve Kay’s laboratory to receive new team member, Pew Latin American Fellow Sabrina Sanchez from Argentina.
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>
categories: research, faculty research, graduate research
tags: antarctica, atmospheric sciences, biological sciences, biology, chemistry, donal manahan, geology, glaciology, marine biology, natural sciences
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>
categories: research, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research, diversity, faculty diversity
tags: biology, cancer, dna, fungus, natural sciences, susan forsburg, yeast
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
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
Nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) are difficult mathematical problems to study. Notice it didn’t say "solve." Ph.D. students researching nonlinear PDEs aren't looking for solutions. They're analyzing the… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: award, earth sciences, fellowship, geology, math, mathematics, natural sciences, rocks, wise, women in science and engineering
From the Dean Spring/Summer 2010 View the magazine online George Olah came to USC in 1977 as professor of chemistry and scientific director of the newly formed Hydrocarbon… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research, graduate research
tags: alumni, award, book, grant, humanities, magazine, natural sciences, publication, social sciences, usc college magazine
USC College has launched a new Web site for its innovative online Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Master of Science and Graduate Certificate Programs.The online geography programs are designed and overseen… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: distance learning, geographic information science and technology, geography, natural sciences, program, web site
It’s not a unique situation in scientific research to have a hypothesis disputed. But finally having visual evidence that basically closes the books on decades of scientific debate is a unique and sweet success. For… more>
categories: graduate, faculty research, graduate research
tags: biological sciences, biomedical engineering, brain, enzyme, learning, magazine, memory, michel baudry, natural sciences


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