Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Graduate Research http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/10/graduate-research/ Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was lead author on several scientific papers including in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:00 -0500 USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate certificates and 168 Ph.Ds. Here are five stories from our cadre of shining grads.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 Congratulations to the ten USC Dornsife students who were awarded 2013 Fulbright Scholarships. The award will take them to India, Laos, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Portugal, Italy and Mexico.]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:00 -0500 American studies and ethnicity doctoral student Priscilla Leiva has earned a coveted Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship. She is studying the complex relationship between sports stadiums and their surrounding communities.]]> Thu, 9 May 2013 15:35:00 -0500 USC Dornsife faculty and students were among those honored during the recent 32nd annual Academic Honors Convocation recognizing top research, teaching and service.]]> Wed, 8 May 2013 11:35:00 -0500 Experience an fMRI scan with a USC Dornsife undergraduate as she participates in a project studying people’s neuropsychological and physiological reactions to narratives in cross-cultural settings.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500 In a stratospheric leap for neuroscience, researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) are limited only by their imaginations.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500 Catching the Hatching]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Once the robotic gliders scour the ocean, the data is sent to David Caron, professor of biological sciences in USC Dornsife, and other marine biologists. They use the information to spot dangers such as toxic algal blooms.]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 14:10:00 -0500 A new report co-authored by Michele Donnelly, a postdoctoral fellow in USC Dornsife’s sociology department, finds that the 2012 Summer Olympics were marred by gender inequity, despite some strides.]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0500 Johanna Holm, a Ph.D. candidate in USC Dornsife, collaborates on a “dynamic book” about a science-minded boy who goes to the beach to collect flotsam — anything floating washed ashore. Holm and her team turn his discoveries into a digital experience.]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500 In a study recently published in Cell Reports, USC Dornsife researchers found that dual systems collaborate to keep chromosomes intact during DNA replication.]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:35:00 -0500 USC Dornsife scientists unlock the why and how of an age-old treatment — exploring how aspirin triggers the production of resolvins, shutting off heart-disease-causing inflammation.]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:30:00 -0500 Research conducted by USC Dornsife scientists published in Nature Methods may lead to clinical applications of DNA sequencing.]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:50:00 -0500 A new progressive master’s degree in molecular genetics and biochemistry gives undergraduates a chance to earn an advanced degree and delve into a research project with an extra year of study. Application deadline is March 1.]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:45:00 -0500 USC Dornsife scientists are combining marine and evolutionary biology to thwart the effects of climate change in the ocean. How climate change affects ocean life and human health will be discussed during a March 12 Dornsife 2020 conference at the Doheny Library.]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:15:00 -0500 A new geology study recently published online in Geology led by Sarah Feakins, assistant professor of earth sciences in USC Dornsife, raises questions about the environment in which our ancestors took shape and developed bipedalism.]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:00 -0500 As chair of the art history department, USC Dornsife Provost Professor Kate Flint is re-energizing the graduate student program. Flint “transcends traditional boundaries,” Ph.D. student Christopher McGeorge says.]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:00 -0500 Sook-Lei Liew, who recently earned her Ph.D. in USC Dornsife, is lead author of an online paper in this month’s NeuroImage.]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:20:00 -0500 Chimps use touches and noisy gestures when trying to get another chimp's attention, finds Maureen McCarthy, a USC Dornsife graduate student conducting research in Uganda. Her research explores self-awareness in great apes.]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:20:00 -0500 USC Dornsife doctoral student Candy Hwang wins two top NSF awards for a video that dissects the chemistry behind the nitrogenase enzyme that produces ammonia from nitrogen in the atmosphere.]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:50:00 -0500 Many dismiss the structure of Los Angeles as urban sprawl. But Samuel Krueger, a graduate of the GIST master’s program in USC Dornsife, disproves this notion by showing L.A.’s distinctive heart. His research has earned him awards from two renowned academic organizations.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:25:00 -0500 Sarah Bottjer of neurobiology and psychology and her team are the first to locate the neural circuit in the songbird brain that encodes a representation of learned vocal sounds.]]> Fri, 9 Nov 2012 09:30:00 -0500 USC Dornsife doctoral student Justin Hall is a lead author on a study that unravels the mystery of dinosaur hind-wings, solving a major problem in the evolution of dinosaur flight.]]> Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:35:00 -0500 USC Dornsife has started a Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter on campus to promote diversity in all scientific fields.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:20:00 -0500