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The shadow population of deceased relatives is more than three times as large as today’s living population, writes USC Dornsife Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences Emily Smith-Greenaway.
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A new three-course initiative from USC Dornsife, USC Marshall and USC Viterbi gives undergraduates complementary perspectives on artificial intelligence: how it works, how to use it, and what it means for humanity.
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Would California’s proposed billionaire tax raise billions for health care, or ultimately cost the state revenue?
USC Dornsife’s Prof. Matthew E. Kahn and UC Berkeley’s Emmanuel Saez offered sharply different assessments of the measure and its potential consequences for California in our recent debate over Proposition 40.
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What if L.A. could lend out shade where and when it’s needed most?
Research by one of our undergrads helped identify communities most vulnerable to extreme heat. That work helped inspire the idea for a new “lending library” of portable shade structures.
Now our Public Exchange and ShadeLA partners are working to put the idea into action ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
At the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, USC Dornsife alumnus Ryan Linkof, PhD ’11, is senior curator and head of film programs.
Ryan credits his interdisciplinary studies with shaping his approach to visual storytelling, from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary comics.
