USC Dornsife News

Altruism Wins Out

Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:50:00 -0500

A Very Altruistic Christmas, winner of the USC Science Film Competition. Photo by Kevin Frates." title="The altruistic behavior of bees — social insects completely devoted to the queen and willing to surrender their lives to defend their hive in the face of predators, thereby allowing their species to become the most successful pollinators on the planet — was cited in the short movie A Very Altruistic Christmas, winner of the USC Science Film Competition. Photo by Kevin Frates." /> Bees working together demonstrate biological altruism — a major point in the annual USC Science Film Competition’s top winning work led by USC Dornsife junior Evan McGahey and USC School of Cinematic Arts senior Evan Iwata.

Cinematic Science

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:30:00 -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.

Time Flies

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0500

Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." title="In USC's inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition, USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, sophomores, took top prize for their short movie, Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." /> USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, both sophomores, took the top prize in the inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition for their short movie Time. USC Dornsife students also won an honorable mention.

It Happened One Night (in the Lab)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:13:00 -0500

It Happened One Night?" title="In USC’s first filmmaking competition centered on the sciences, Clifford Johnson and Anna Krylov of USC Dornsife envision entries on any kind of film genre imaginable. What if Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were scientists in the classic romantic comedy It Happened One Night?" /> Physicist Clifford Johnson and chemist Anna Krylov of USC Dornsife launch USC’s first filmmaking competition focusing on science themes.

A Quantum Leap into the Blogosphere

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500

Clifford Johnson gives readers a look into the daily life of a physicist with his blog, Asymptotia.