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.

Lucky Thirteen

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:05:00 -0500

An unprecedented 13 USC Dornsife professors are honored as AAAS fellows by their peers for 2012. The organization seeks to advance science and engineering innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.

Seven Up

Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:10:00 -0500

USC Dornsife mathematicians are honored by the American Mathematical Society.

We Have the Technology

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:36:00 -0500

College chemist Chi Mak and John Walsh of the USC Davis School take home teaching awards at USC’s second tech-centric conference.

Bringing Out the Best

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:57:00 -0500

USC College celebrates excellence during its annual holiday reception and awards ceremony. Dean Howard Gillman introduces a new award recognizing outstanding staff achievement.