USC Dornsife News

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t keep learning. Check out this collection of short, entertaining and educational videos featuring USC Dornsife scholars.

Memory lies at the heart of many academic disciplines. [6½ min read]

Geology researchers at USC Dornsife find, for the first time, evidence that fresh wood can move from its home far inland to settle deep in the ocean, a discovery that appears to add to current models of Earth’s carbon cycle. [3¾ min read]

As water supplies decline in major agricultural states, Sarah Feakins of Earth sciences explores how to generate more drought-resistant food crops.

This holiday season, discover how USC Dornsife scholars view trees. From the landscape of forests in the American West to sustainability to trees designed to study algebraic functions, our academic endeavors connect to a sturdy trunk of curiosity and explore issues across a broad canopy of disciplines.

From wavy jet streams to wasted water, USC experts weigh in on challenges facing the Golden State.

USC Dornsife researchers study the Amazon to discover effects of climate change — and find hidden secrets in river water, sediment and leaves.

In a canoe, USC Dornsife’s Sarah Feakins and her team negotiated a river through the lush rainforest in Peru. The researchers studied the erosive processes that carry Andean sediments and organic carbon down toward the sea.