Stand Out
Thinking Ahead
At USC Dornsife, “What if?” becomes what’s next.
Our researchers take the lead in fields that are just beginning to reveal tremendous promise. By investing in emerging areas of scholarship — from quantum computing to climate change communication to the frameworks for developing ethical A.I. — new possibilities become more than aspirations; they unfold in real-time, right here.
After Global Innovation Win, USC Dornsife Graduate Aims to Make Calling for Help Safer
Darnell Adler’s Lifeline AI took the top prize at Red Bull Basement’s World Final, giving the recent economics graduate new momentum to build what he hopes will become a global standard for discreet emergency alerts.
‘Dad Brain’ Is Real. It’s Reshaping Our Understanding of Fatherhood
We’ve known that having a child changes women’s brains. Now, research is finding it changes men’s brains, too.
Beyond Disney: A 1616 Portrait of Pocahontas Shows How English Colonizers Saw Indigenous Americans
The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity — an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.
Curiosity at Work
Stand Out, Together
At USC Dornsife you’ll study the things you love the most. You’ll explore ideas that you’ve never thought about before. You’ll learn how to make sense of the world from all different angles. And, as part of our community, you will help to define a dynamic academic environment focused on improving lives and the world around us.
Meet the Students
USC Dornsife students demonstrate an impressive combination of academic excellence, accomplishment, creativity, and hard work. Each and every student is hand-selected because they bring something special and unique to our community.
A Brighter Future
Isabella Pangilinan Environmental Studies majorUSC Dornsife student Isabella Pangilinan is passionate about finding solutions to some of our world’s most pressing challenges. The multidisciplinary courses offered through her major are preparing her for a career in environmental law.
The Power of “And”
Joshua Senior Biological Sciences major, East Asian Languages and Cultures minorUSC Dornsife student Joshua Senior is studying to become a neurosurgeon. He explains how his liberal arts education at USC Dornsife prepares him for his career goals – and for life.
A Trojan Family Like No Other
Victoria Quon-Chow Human Biology major, Nutrition and Health Promotion minorAs a student at USC Dornsife, Victoria Quon-Chow is bouyed by the support of the Trojan Family as she prepares to become a doctor.
Unprecedented Access to Academic Expertise
Public Exchange fast-tracks collaboration between academic researchers and the public and private sectors to define, analyze, and solve complex problems that organizations face. Through our first-of-kind model, we amplify social impact by making academic expertise more easily accessible than ever before.
Stand Out With Purpose
News and Events
The president sits down with Associate Professor of Psychology Habibi, who directs USC Dornsife’s Center for Music, Brain and Society, to discuss how music — something deeply woven into society and the human experience — helps shape the brain.
USC Dornsife
Think tofu is boring? Think again.
George Stiffman ’19 is a self-proclaimed “tofu evangelist” and an inaugural member of the @uscdornsife outstanding alumni 10 to Watch list. A published author and entrepreneur, George used an East Asian Languages and Cultures degree to pave his unique path.
