USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

William Berelson News

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  Supporting Diversity in Science

  October 31, 2012

  As a first-generation college student pursuing a degree in geological sciences, Yadira Ibarra felt like the proverbial stranger in a strange land. At Brown University, there were few women studying earth sciences. And even… more>

  categories: graduate research, diversity, graduate diversity

  tags: cindy joseph, diversity, earth sciences, everett salas, geobiology, george sanchez, national science foundation, natural sciences, sacnas, william berelson, yadira ibarra

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  Vitamin ‘Deserts’ in the Ocean Identified

  July 25, 2012

  Using a newly developed analytical technique, a team led by USC Dornsife scientists was the first to identify long-hypothesized vitamin B deficient zones in the ocean. “This is another twist to what limits life in the… more>

  categories: faculty research

  tags: aquatic research, biology, earth science, emily smail, eric webb, gordon and betty moore foundation, laura gomez-consarnau, lynda cutter, maria prokopenko, national science foundation, natural sciences, nsf, oceans, pnas, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, publication, sergio sañudo-wilhelmy, vitamin b, william berelson