Latest USC Dornsife News http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/ Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting. Even fasting on its own effectively...]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:41:00 -0500 Combining journalism, history and memoir, David Treuer of English writes about Native American reservations from conception to the modern day in his new book Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life.]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:34:00 -0500 The new designation combines the talents sought in USC’s Discovery, Renaissance and Global Scholars programs with an added emphasis on positive human impact.]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:37:00 -0500 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:17:00 -0500 Thinking of Elizabeth Taylor what comes to mind? Those eyes? Diamonds? The eight marriages? A new book by cultural critic M. G. Lord of USC Dornsife describes how the late actress’ feminist impact has been hidden in plain sight.]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:43:00 -0500 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:03:00 -0500 High school students throughout the New York metropolitan area utilized the new online educational resource IWitness — then met Roman Kent, one of the Holocaust survivors featured in the archive.]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:49:00 -0500 Researchers at USC have built a theoretical working model of the cellular engine that powers all life. The model will allow scientists to better understand the forces of life at the molecular level and potentially replicate them,...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:00 -0500 Scientists at USC have uncovered evidence that even when hydrothermal sea vents go dormant and their blistering warmth turns to frigid cold, life goes on. Or rather, it is replaced. A team led by USC Dornsife microbiologist...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:38:00 -0500 Richard Brutchey is named a 2012 Emerging Investigator by ChemComm, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:27:00 -0500 In his new book, Dust-Up: Asbestos Litigation and the Failure of Commonsense Policy Reform, USC Dornsife’s Jeb Barnes uses an interbranch perspective to explore the most recent congressional efforts to reform asbestos litigation.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:39:00 -0500 Glenn Fox, a neuroscience Ph.D. student in USC Dornsife, conducts the first study on the emotion of gratitude using functional brain imaging and archives from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and wins an award from the Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:25:00 -0500 The associate professor emeritus of history’s publications included a recent book examining how federal and local governments instituted laws to help Kansas residents who lost everything during a grasshopper epidemic.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:59:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Steven Lopez helps train future researchers who will address disparities in health care for Latinos with mental illness in the United States. The deadline to apply for the summer program that takes place in Mexico is Feb. 1.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:07:00 -0500 Two USC scientists are bringing peripheral vision into focus, showing that the way the brain sharpens its attention while the eyes are in motion leads to false assumptions about how objects should look. The eye’s...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:49:00 -0500 A team of USC scientists has developed an easy-to-make material that can scrub large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air. One day in the future, large artificial trees made from the material could be used to lower the...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:22:00 -0500 USC students explored the subtle messages of the fantastic genre this Fall in a new class led by USC Dornsife’s Geraldine Fiss, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0500 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:07:00 -0500 USC undergraduate students embraced Spanish in the vibrant country of Spain during the inaugural Valencia Summer Program offered by USC Dornsife’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese and School of International Relations.]]> Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:21:00 -0500 The chemist and USC Distinguished Professor Emeritus was among the first at USC elected to the National Academy of Sciences.]]> Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:59:00 -0500 For the first time, scientists have developed a method for generating accurate three-dimensional models of the entire DNA strand of a cell, known as a genome. The genome plays a central role in the functions of almost all human ...]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:10:00 -0500 USC recently opened the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, which houses the world’s first commercial operational quantum processor. USC Dornsife researchers will play a key role in advancing the center’s groundbreaking research.]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:50:00 -0500 Los Angeles high school students celebrate their success at meeting the application deadline to USC during an emotional ceremony. Their USC Dornsife mentors in the JEP-NAI freshman seminar cheer them on.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:41:00 -0500 Donal Manahan, professor of biological sciences and vice dean of students; Anthony Michaels, professor of biological sciences; and Mathew McCubbins, provost professor of business, law and political economy are honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bringing the number of USC Dornsife AAAS fellows to 33.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:03:00 -0500 In a paper published in Social Science Research, USC Dornsife’s Amon Emeka and Jody Agius Vallejo look at why many people with Latin American ancestry are not identifying themselves as Hispanic on U.S. Census surveys.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:26:00 -0500