Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Education http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/705/education/ Like it or not, most people take work home with them. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a neuroscientist and educational psychologist at USC, takes inspiration from home to work. Dissecting four poems written by her daughter Nora...]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:44:00 -0500 "The world would be a better place if everyone was required to spend time in a radically different country than their own." — Robert Rosencrans '13, research fellow in Ghana.]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:58:00 -0500 USC Dornsife junior David Horacio Hernandez is lauded by the White House for his education advocacy and travels to Capitol Hill to offer ideas about how to better prepare minorities for college.]]> Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:33:00 -0500 The daughter of self-educated immigrants, Celia C. Ayala ensures that Los Angeles County’s children receive a quality preschool education even if their parents can’t afford tuition costs.]]> Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:53:00 -0500 The USC Shoah Foundation Institute housed in USC Dornsife provides educators with the skills they need to introduce testimony into classroom lessons.]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:30:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and alumnus Thomas Denson recognized by the Association for Psychological Science as 'Rising Stars.']]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:51:00 -0500 With USC Dornsife alumni at the helm, a bridge essential to villagers in Sikoro, Mali, moves closer to completion.]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 -0500 Eight USC Dornsife undergraduates have traveled to Ghana for five weeks of research aimed at helping rural farmers. Follow their research and read their impressions posted on their blog.]]> Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:28:00 -0500 Experiential education changes lives. Just ask the 68,000 student volunteers from USC College’s Joint Educational Project (JEP) since 1972. Katherine Schwarzenegger, Paul Krekorian and the Vidana twins included. And don’t forget Yvette.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:13:00 -0500 USC College students volunteer to teach high school classes a global perspective.]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:07:00 -0500