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USC Dornsife Senior Lecturer of Economics Nake Kamrany speaks on "Will There Be Peace in Afghanistan?" The March 27 event was sponsored by the USC student organization, Global Income Convergence Group, in which members conduct research related to global economics. Photo by Laura Paisley.

Equity and Stability for All

April 9, 2013

The topic of a recent lecture at USC, “Will There Be Peace in Afghanistan?” is one of timely importance as the United States debates the possibility of troop withdrawal and the end of a long, unpopular war. The… more>

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tags: afghanistan, economics, nake kamrany, publication, student organization, undergraduate

USC Dornsife assistant professor Sarah Feakins served as lead author of a study that recently appeared online in <em>Geology</em>. The study provides insights about the development of hominins and the landscape that herbivores (horses, hippos and antelopes) grazed many million years ago. Photo by Dietmar Quistorf.

Bipedaling Toward Truth

January 31, 2013

What 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>

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

tags: bipedal, earth sciences, fossils, hominins, sarah feakins

Image of the Maya sun god as shark man, one of his several guises found on the frieze of the Temple of the Night Sun at El Zotz, Guatemala. Photo by Edwin Román, reproduced courtesy of Proyecto Arqueologico El Zotz.

Digging for Knowledge

January 30, 2013

Evening 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>

categories: research, faculty research, undergraduate research

tags: anthropology, excavation research, geographic information systems (gis), guatemala, mayans, thomas garrison, undergraduate

The Arch of Sorrow marking the entrance to the museum built on the site of The Akmolinsk Camp for the Wives of the Traitors of the Fatherland (ALZHIR). Photo by Azade-Ayse Rorlich.

Steppes Ahead

October 1, 2012

Descending from the upholstered comfort of their van into the vast, windswept steppe of Northern Kazakhstan, six USC Dornsife students gazed about them at an abandoned guard tower and the futuristic-looking Arch of Sorrow… more>

categories: faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research

tags: azade-ayse rorlich, history, humanities, kazakhstan, problems without passports, slavic languages and literatures

Last year, eight short films were entered in USC's first science-themed movie competition, organized by Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy in USC Dornsife. Shown here are stills from the films. Courtesy of Clifford Johnson.

Cinematic Science

September 25, 2012

Looking for an innovative, interdisciplinary classroom project? Now is the time for professors in all USC schools to motivate their students to enter the 2012 Science Film Competition. The deadline for competition… more>

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

tags: clifford johnson, humanities, interdisciplinary, kevin le, science film competition, usc school of cinematic arts

During his research trip, USC Dornsife undergraduate Reid Lidow enjoys a weekend excursion to Bagan in Upper Burma. The city's prosperous economy built over 10,000 temples between the 11th and 13th centuries. Photo courtesy of Reid Lidow.

Exceeding Expectations

September 4, 2012

Reid Lidow, a junior political science and international relations major in USC Dornsife, had just arrived in Burma. Raindrops were creating quite a cacophony as they pelted the tin rooftop overhead. He was starting to get… more>

categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research

tags: asia, burma, dan lynch, humanities, international relations, political science, reid lidow, student publication

Going for the Goal

August 24, 2012

Soft-spoken and shy, sixth-graders Emily Cervantes and Nayely Gonzalez are best friends with a vision for their futures. Emily plans to be a fashion designer, Nayely an author. “I’ve actually had this goal for a… more>

categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research, diversity, undergraduate diversity, community engagement

tags: community, department of psychology, diversity, foshay learning center, going for the goal, margaret gatz, middle school, psychology, saint vincent school, social sciences, teaching, undergraduate, youth

Saving an Endangered Language

August 14, 2012

As the old school bus wound its way through the steep mountain passes, the students gazed out the windows at the lush, tropical topography unfolding before them. At the outskirts of the village, the bus shuddered to a halt at… more>

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

tags: atayal, humanities, khalil iskarous, language, linguistics, problems without passports, pwp, social sciences, taiwan, travel

"We want undergraduates, graduates and colleagues not to take their visual surroundings for granted. And to think intelligently and questioningly about what use we make of images. And, in a sense, the use that images make of us." - Kate Flint, Provost Professor of English and Art History, leader of the USC Dornsife 2020 research cluster “Seeing 20/20: The USC Visual Studies Research Institute."

The Future...Not What It Used to Be

August 2, 2012

USC Dornsife 2020 calls for professors to identify a theme of great societal importance for years to come and form research groups to investigate solutions. Each cluster includes faculty, undergraduate and graduate students,… more>

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

tags: ange-marie hancock, antonio damasio, center for the study of immigrant integration, humanities, john monterosso, kate flint, manuel pastor, natural sciences, research clusters, social science, visual studies graduate certificate, wendy wood

Seeking Peace in the Middle East

July 26, 2012

During her sophomore year in high school, Anna Miner read Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi’s autobiography and became fascinated with the complexities of Middle Eastern and South Asian states. “Before… more>

categories: undergraduate research, alumni

tags: alumna, arabic, international relations, laurie brand, middle east, presidential scholar, qatar scholarship, scholarship, social sciences

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