Housed in USC Dornsife, the Development Portfolio Management Group opens its doors in Arlington, Va.
Claire Baugher, double major in psychology and political science, helped to transform a storage facility into a small theatre…
USC Dornsife students were among those who spoke during a recent TEDx, a local, independently organized offshoot of the…
After neuroscience and human biology major Erin Walker volunteered assisting in dentistry work in Honduras, she founded the…
USC Dornsife Dean Steve Kay’s laboratory to receive new team member, Pew Latin American Fellow Sabrina Sanchez from Argentina.
In the old days, we poured our hearts out in “Dear John” letters. Now, breaking up is easy. Just send a text: “Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: You.” Instant messaging, texting, Facebook… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: alice echols, book, english, event, gender studies, humanities, new media, publication, relationships
USC students, faculty and the public listened to Rose Mapendo’s harrowing story of living in a death camp with her children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although Mapendo’s husband was executed in the… more>
tags: anthropology, democratic republic of the congo, event, genocide, international women’s day, political science, usc shoah foundation institute, usc shoah foundation institute for visual history and education
Ada Yonath, one of just four women ever to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, told USC students last month what it takes to be a successful scientist: curiosity, passion and perseverance. Yonath, professor of structural… more>
categories: research
tags: ada yonath, biological sciences, biology, cell, chemistry, event, natural sciences, nobel prize
International filmmakers and developers interested in partnering with China on business ventures such as constructing theme parks or filming movies are advised to have a deep understanding of the Chinese culture, panelists… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: business, china, east asian studies center, entertainment, event, film, humanities, political science, social sciences
When USC Dornsife sophomore Jennifer Do gracefully crossed the stage of the Miss Vietnam of Southern California Pageant, her confidence and natural elegance evidenced a well-seasoned contestant. Yet before the Jan. 27… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research
tags: california, east asian languages and cultures, event, humanities, language, linguistics, pageant, social sciences, vietnam
In her first book, Magnetic Refrain, Nicky Sa-Eun Schildkraut, a Ph.D. student in literature and creative writing in USC Dornsife, frames her poetry collection around themes of loss and waves of diasporic flight as a result of… more>
tags: american studies and ethnicity, book, creative writing, east asian studies center, event, humanities, kaya press, literature, nicky sa-eun schildkraut, poem, poetry, press, publication, writer, writing
“White Key,” a poem by California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes of USC Dornsife, has been set to music by Yale composer Reena Esmail and will be performed by the famous Volti voice ensemble of 20 professional… more>
categories: faculty research
tags: carol muske-dukes, creative writing, english, event, humanities, music, poem, poetry
To learn why time moves only forward one must first understand a fundamental law of physics: the increase of entropy. The law describes the tendency for systems to go from a state of higher organization to disorder. Consider… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: anna krylov, award, chemistry, clifford johnson, competition, event, film, movie, natural sciences, physics, physics and astronomy, science, time
The 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake that shook Southern California in 1994 did more than rattle Mark Benthien out of his bed at UCLA. It reaffirmed his commitment to earthquake preparedness. After that quake, which killed… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: award, earthquake, earthquake country alliance, event, geophysics, mark benthien, natural sciences, seismology, southern california earthquake center
During USC President C. L. Max Nikias’s recent visit to USC Family of Schools site Norwood Street Elementary, one highlight was a stop at a classroom that houses the Young Scientists Program (YSP). Under the auspices of… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, joint educational project
tags: c. l. max nikias, community, event, jep, joint educational project, natural sciences, young scientists program, ysp


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