USC Dornsife News

President Obama Awards Two USC Dornsife Pioneers

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0500

After 50 years at USC, engineering and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists. USC Dornsife alumnus Rangaswamy Srinivasan is awarded during the same White House ceremony.

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.

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.

Biodiversity Targets for the Future

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0500

USC College’s Jed Fuhrman and colleagues featured in Science magazine.

New Mathematical Model to Add Rigor to Studies of Disease Genetics and Evolution

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:13:00 -0500

USC College scientist develops model and software to better understand hotspots of genetic shuffling.

Genome ID Method Extended to Humans

Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:47:00 -0500

For cancer biology and other medical applications, optical mapping reveals more than traditional DNA sequencing.

Inspiring a Village

Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:53:00 -0500

A Family Legacy Continues

Preparing for a Quantum Leap in Computing

Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:13:00 -0500

Daniel Lidar foresees a future where scientists put quantum physics to work, and he’s already figuring out ways to keep quantum computing stable and safe. By Tom Siegfried March 2006 Imagine a place where anything possible...

Exploring the Biological Unknown

Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:07:00 -0500

College geneticist studies yeast for insight into cell growth and cancer By Eva Emerson November 2005 Like Hamlet, eventually all cells must make a fateful decision: To divide or not to divide. And like the melancholy Prince of...

Fast Fading Visual Image May Signal Retreating Memory

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:41:00 -0500

A new study by USC College scientists links a deficit in visual memory to the mild cognitive impairments that may precede Alzheimer’s disease By Eva Emerson January 2005 A simple test of visual short-term memory may prove...

USC College Scientists Recognized by AAAS

Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:01:00 -0500

World’s largest general scientific society honors USC faculty membersBy Eva EmersonOctober 2004Three USC scientists have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Washington,...

Cancer Protein Revealed

Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:00:00 -0500

X-ray “snapshots” capture the moves of a key cancer proteinBy Eva EmersonOctober 2004A USC College scientist has captured the first-ever views of a potent cancer protein in action, revealing new details about how it...

When Good Metals Go Bad

Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:54:00 -0500

USC scientists explore the complex and costly problem of corrosion in metalsBy Eric MankinOctober 2004Air travel could become safer as a result of USC interdisciplinary research into corrosion-induced failure in high-performance...