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Electric City
May 23, 2013

USC Dornsife’s history chair William Deverell explores the birth of a modern metropolis with the organization of an…

Getting That First Job
May 23, 2013

Recalling encouragement from his mentor Alice Echols, Sean Little ’06 traces his bachelor’s in English to an M.B.A. to a…

Wall of Scholars
May 21, 2013

The names of top USC Dornsife students will adorn the wall of Leavey Library in an honor celebrating university-wide students…

Catholic Studies Institute Receives $1 Million
May 21, 2013

The gift creates the Steven and Kathryn Sample Endowment for Ecumenism to support research centered on the foundational…

Scientist and Filmmaker
May 17, 2013

Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…

Cancer News

  • Genome ID Method Extended to Humans

    Genome ID Method Extended to Humans

    October 1, 2006

    A mathematical discovery has extended the reach of a novel genome mapping method to humans, potentially giving cancer biology a faster and more cost-effective tool than traditional DNA sequencing.A student-led group from the… more>

    tags: cancer, dna, science

  • Exploring the Biological Unknown

    Exploring the Biological Unknown

    November 1, 2005

    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… more>

    categories: research

    tags: cancer, dna, science

  • Cancer Protein Revealed

    Cancer Protein Revealed

    October 1, 2004

    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… more>

    categories: research

    tags: biology, cancer, professor, science