Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…
USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate…
USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In…
USC valedictorian Katherine Fu and salutatorians Alexander Fullman and Julia Sabo Mangione — all in USC Dornsife — will…
Introducing the 2013 Dornsife Scholars. The six winners will each receive $10,000 to be used for graduate or professional…
Remo Rohs of USC Dornsife has been selected as a research fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, it was announced today. Fei Sha of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering was also chosen. Rohs and Sha are among 126… more>
categories: research, faculty research, awards
tags: award, computational biology, fei sha, fellowship, remo rohs, sloan foundation
Exploring topics ranging from the social impact of black stand-up comedy to genocide resistance in Rwanda, seven students will get the opportunity to conduct graduate-level research through the 2011-12 Mellon Mays… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research, diversity, undergraduate diversity, faculty diversity
tags: award, fellowship, george sanchez, humanities, lanita jacobs, mellon mays undergraduate fellowship, mentor, natural sciences, social sciences, stephen finlay, veronica terriquez
This year, seven of the 10 USC students and alumni awarded Fulbright Fellowships are from the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. They will teach English, conduct research and study in various… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, diversity, community engagement
tags: award, fellowship, fulbright, humanities, language, natural sciences, social sciences, travel
From the possibility of time travel to the theory of knowledge, USC Dornsife Professor of Philosophy James Van Cleve has devoted his more than 30-year career to exploring the most puzzling questions of the universe. On… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: award, fellowship, humanities, james van cleve, philosophy
Aimee Bender, associate professor of English, won the 2010 SoCal Independent Booksellers Association Award in Fiction for her latest novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Random House, 2010). Yehuda Ben-Zion, professor… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: award, book, fellowship, grant, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences
Days after graduating from USC College in May, David Livingston flew to Honduras and spent a week in a small mountain community, his second trip to the region for outreach work. Moved by the extensive untouched landscape, he… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: alumni, award, carnegie, climate, community, energy, fellowship, honduras, international relations, social sciences
Norman Rockwell pieces, these aren't. But that's why they intrigue Jason Goldman, a USC College Ph.D. student of art history. Goldman is rarely interested in what he refers to as the "masterpieces." His tastes tend toward… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: art, art history, award, fellowship, humanities
Last spring, for the first time, China displaced the United States to become Brazil's biggest trading partner. Yet, many experts are puzzled by the absence of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two. Such agreements have… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: award, brazil, china, fellowship, fulbright, international relations, spanish, study abroad
Nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) are difficult mathematical problems to study. Notice it didn’t say "solve." Ph.D. students researching nonlinear PDEs aren't looking for solutions. They're analyzing the… more>
categories: graduate, graduate research
tags: award, earth sciences, fellowship, geology, math, mathematics, natural sciences, rocks, wise, women in science and engineering
University Professor Leo Braudy of English and Scott Soames, professor of philosophy, have been named fellows of the 230-year-old American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world's most prestigious honorary… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: american academy of arts and sciences, award, english, fellowship, humanities, leo braudy, literature, philosophy, scott soames


RSS Feed