Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Undergraduate Research http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/9/undergraduate-research/ After neuroscience and human biology major Erin Walker volunteered assisting in dentistry work in Honduras, she founded the USC Global Dental Brigades on campus.]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:25:00 -0500 Outstanding students in USC Dornsife’s biological sciences department and undergraduate neuroscience program are honored during an awards luncheon recognizing their best and brightest.]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:25:00 -0500 Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:50:00 -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 USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In humanities, Vellore Adithi placed first for research.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:00 -0500 USC valedictorian Katherine Fu and salutatorians Alexander Fullman and Julia Sabo Mangione — all in USC Dornsife — will represent the Class of 2013 on May 17.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:00 -0500 Introducing the 2013 Dornsife Scholars. The six winners will each receive $10,000 to be used for graduate or professional school studies.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:00 -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 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 USC Dornsife students Eric Weintraub and Vellore Adithi take top prizes at the 2013 Undergraduate Writers' Conference at USC. In all, 25 students were honored at the annual event celebrating writers.]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Otana Jakpor ’14, a dedicated advocate for environmental health, was named among Glamour magazine’s 2013 “Top 10 College Women.”]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -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 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 USC Dornsife’s very own Indiana Jones, Thomas Garrison is heading up an international team to excavate two unique Maya temples in the Guatemalan jungle — National Geographic’s most popular discovery story in 2012.]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:45:00 -0500 In a Problems Without Passports course, USC Dornsife history majors travel to Kazakhstan to research the building of national identity.]]> Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:45:00 -0500 Organized by USC Dornsife’s Clifford Johnson, the 2nd annual Science Film Competition is underway. This is a great opportunity for students — and professors.]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:30:00 -0500 USC Dornsife undergraduate Reid Lidow’s independent research trip to Burma leads to interviews with top political leaders and a published opinion piece in the Asia Sentinel and The Irrawaddy.]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2012 09:15:00 -0500 Whether it’s acing an exam or breaking into the fashion industry, USC Dornsife students teach local middle schoolers how to accomplish what they set out to do.]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:40:00 -0500 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:40:00 -0500 USC Dornsife 2020's newest research clusters probe immigration issues, visual studies and changes in neural systems as one ages.]]> Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Recent USC Dornsife graduate Anna Miner will spend an academic year in Doha, Qatar, perfecting her Arabic after earning a Qatar Scholarship.]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:30:00 -0500 During Maymester, aspiring geologists from USC Dornsife research ancient rocks in southern Spain.]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:10:00 -0500 USC Dornsife undergraduate students ventured to myriad Latino eateries throughout Los Angeles to practice their Spanish, get a flavor of Hispanic food and culture, and learn about food-related issues in their community.]]> Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:25:00 -0500