Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Faculty Research http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/8/faculty-research/ The fellowship award will promote Professor of Physics and Astronomy Nicholas Warner’s efforts to “rewrite the book” on black holes.]]> Wed, 8 May 2013 14:55:00 -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 Writing fiction gives Deborah Harkness license to explore where her inner historian would not dare to tread.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 17:55:00 -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 Tue, 7 May 2013 15:25:00 -0500 Speaking on Tongues]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:20:00 -0500 Trendsetter]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:20:00 -0500 Fearless Symmetry]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:20:00 -0500 A Role Modal]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Count Him In]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Extraordinary]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Great Spirit]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 Catching the Hatching]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500 What women and men look for in a mate is becoming more and more similar, Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, said during a recent Barbra Streisand Professor Lecture Series event.]]> Mon, 6 May 2013 08:40:00 -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 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 Within a few years, USC Dornsife’s School of Philosophy has skyrocketed to No. 11 from 46 in the national Philosophical Gourmet Report rankings.]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 Tens of thousands of people fed their appetites for the written word during the recent annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Among USC Dornsife authors speaking at the two-day event, University Professor Kevin Starr, the John Muir of our times, shared some of his own history.]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:30:00 -0500 Epstein, USC Provost Professor of Law and Political Science, has won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her scholarship assessing diversity on the federal bench and the effect of gender, race and religion on judging.]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:55:00 -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 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 USC Dornsife’s Elena Pierpaoli leads team that generates a map revealing the universe’s real age.]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:55:00 -0500 The former professor of international relations in USC Dornsife is remembered as a Cold War expert with a warm heart.]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:40:00 -0500