Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Research http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/59/research/ 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 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 After four years directing the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, professor Philip Seib returns to teaching and conducting research at the USC Dornsife School of International Relations.]]> Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:50:00 -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 David McKemy of USC Dornsife and his team have discovered a way to shut down a mouse’s ability to sense cold — paving the way for the development of pain relievers that retain the capacity to feel.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:35:00 -0500 Sook-Lei Liew, who recently earned her Ph.D. in USC Dornsife, is lead author of an online paper in this month’s NeuroImage.]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:20:00 -0500 USC Dornsife chemist G.K. Surya Prakash and his team discover a way to turn a harmful byproduct of Teflon — used on everything from cooking pans to armor-piercing bullets — into material for pharmaceuticals.]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:55:00 -0500 Installed by President C. L. Max Nikias as the 21st dean of USC Dornsife, Steve Kay reminds faculty and friends that “at our core, we are a community of humanist and scientific scholars, here to serve society.”]]> Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:15:00 -0500 Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:55:00 -0500 The Open University of Catalonia presents USC Dornsife’s Hanna Damasio with its highest honor for her digital imaging brain research.]]> Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:20:00 -0500 Stories, news, videos and more . . .]]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:43:00 -0500 Undergrads face off in annual USC Festival of Scholarly and Creative Work showcasing their skills in research, writing and the Web.]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:00 -0500 Rose Hills grant gives undergraduates with vision the chance to change the world.]]> Thu, 1 May 2008 15:09:00 -0500 Two USC College undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars.]]> Thu, 1 May 2008 15:08:00 -0500 Tiny marine bacteria surprise scientists with their importance in global nitrogen cycle By Eva Emerson September 2004 Small, single-celled microbes play a significant role in the natural fertilization of the upper ocean, according...]]> Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:21:00 -0500 How developing neurons find their way By Eva EmersonSeptember 2004 Before the brain can produce thought, control limbs or make us flinch in pain, innumerable connections must be built between the more than one hundred billion...]]> Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:57:00 -0500 By Katherine Yungmee KimAugust 2004 Kevin Starr is a University Professor in the history department at USC College and the California State Librarian Emeritus. He has written a seven-volume history of California, the Americans and...]]> Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:55:00 -0500 By Eva EmersonJuly 2004 From his style (he prefers black) to his choice of jewelry (a small metal stud pierces his left eyebrow) and his preferred method of transportation (a 24-speed bicycle), USC College neurobiologist Michael...]]> Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:29:00 -0500