Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Research http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/3/research/ The gift creates the Steven and Kathryn Sample Endowment for Ecumenism to support research centered on the foundational beliefs that all Christians share, and to help address the differences that still exist.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:00 -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 10 USC Dornsife students who won 2013 Fulbright Scholarships. The award will take them to India, Laos, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland and Mexico.]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:00 -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 The USC-Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies has been renovated and officially reopened with an open house and exciting plans for the future.]]> Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Jed Fuhrman researches how complex marine microbial systems interact and change over time, resulting in problems such as climate change.]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:45:00 -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 James McHugh, assistant professor of religion in USC Dornsife, has written the first comprehensive study of premodern Indian perfumes within the cultural and philosophical contexts of smell as portrayed in literary texts of the period.]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:40:00 -0500 USC’s Global Income Convergence Group sponsors a lecture by USC Dornsife’s Nake Kamrany about peace in Afghanistan. Members of this student-run organization and Kamrany have collaborated on researching a range of global economic issues, resulting in 17 coauthored publications.]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:15:00 -0500 The first researchers to examine height loss as we age are from the Department of Economics in USC Dornsife. Their study has been published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:55:00 -0500 A Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) symposium honoring Hanna Reisler showcased the professor of chemistry and research from women scientists and engineers at USC.]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:45:00 -0500 Mummy CT scans show ancient people had clogged arteries, too, reports University Professor Caleb Finch, lead author in a study recently published in The Lancet.]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:30:00 -0500 A paid summer research internship program created by professors in USC Dornsife’s chemistry department is proving successful in motivating academically at risk community college students to major in STEM subjects at four-year universities.]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:05:00 -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 Sociologist Bruce Phillips, who teaches in the Louchheim School of Judaic Studies in USC Dornsife, has studied the Jewish population in Southern California and observes a community in the midst of a sea change.]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 -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 In a recent study published online in Aging Cell, neurobiologist Valter Longo of USC Dornsife has shown that Alzheimer-stricken mice on a low-protein diet show fewer symptoms of the disease. He’s studying whether humans respond similarly.]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:20:00 -0500 The assistant professor of computational biology in USC Dornsife said the $50,000 award will help him to advance his studies integrating genomics and structural biology.]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -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 The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has the nation debating its gun policies. During a weekly forum led by USC Dornsife’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, experts and students discuss the issue.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0500