{"id":1920,"date":"2025-09-23T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/communication\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:58:37","slug":"august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/communication\/communication-briefing\/august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <style>ul.link-list li {margin-bottom: 15px;}<\/style>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1>August 2025<\/h1>\n<h2>USC &amp; USC Dornsife News Stories<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"link-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/russia-ukraine-war-analysis-by-international-relations-experts\/\">What will it take to end the Russia-Ukraine war? Two experts tell us<\/a><br \/>\nRobert English and Steve Swerdlow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/what-drives-judgment-of-ultra-wealthy-billionaires\/\">What we really think about the ultra-wealthy<\/a><br \/>\nMorteza Dehghani and Jackson Trager (PhD student)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-dean-james-bullock-question-and-answer\/\">USC Dornsife\u2019s new dean on the value of the liberal arts \u2013 and what sets the College apart<\/a><br \/>\nJames S. Bullock<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/island-fox-brains-proportionally-larger-than-mainland-foxes\/\">Outsmart an island fox? Not so fast<\/a><br \/>\nKimberly Schoenberger (PhD student)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-twins-and-incoming-first-year-students-amelia-and-sarah-blatt\/\">The twins making waves at USC Dornsife<\/a><br \/>\nAmelia Batt (student) and Sarah Batt (student)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/microbes-collaborate-to-consume-ocean-methane\/\">Scientists reveal how microbes collaborate to consume potent greenhouse gas<\/a><br \/>\nMoh El-Naggar<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/mathematicians-use-neglected-particles-that-could-rescue-quantum-computing\/\">Mathematicians use \u2018neglected\u2019 particles that could rescue quantum computing<\/a><br \/>\nAaron Lauda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/can-the-seafloor-help-the-ocean-absorb-more-co2\/\">Can the seafloor help the ocean absorb more carbon dioxide?<\/a><br \/>\nWill Berelson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/trojan-undergrads-spend-summer-immersed-in-life-changing-research\/\">Trojan undergrads spend summer immersed in life-changing research<\/a><br \/>\nPeter Kuhn, Elizabeth Kunz (student), Ayla Seddighnezhad (student) and Julian Moreno (student)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conversation Articles \/ Op-eds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"link-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/focusing-on-the-family-james-dobson-propel-evangelicals-into-politics\/\">By \u2018focusing on the family,\u2019 James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics \u2013 making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today<\/a><br \/>\nBy: Richard Flory &#8211; The Conversation, <a href=\"https:\/\/nz.news.yahoo.com\/focusing-family-james-dobson-helped-145039493.html\">Yahoo New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wearechannelq\/latest\/by-focusing-on-the-family-james-dobson-helped-propel-us-evangelicals-back-into-politics-making-the-religious-right-into-the-cultural-force-it-is-today\">Audacy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/08\/26\/by-focusing-on-the-family-james-dobson-helped-propel-us-evangelicals-back-into-politics\/\">Religion News Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadertelegram.com\/news\/nation-world\/by-focusing-on-the-family-james-dobson-helped-propel-us-evangelicals-back-into-politics-making\/article_9449a760-6345-5dfe-9b36-276e3c56a33f.html\">Leader-Telegram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/features\/opinions\/can-ai-think-\u2013-and-should-it-what-it-means-to-think-from-plato-to-chatgpt\">Can AI think \u2013 and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT<\/a><br \/>\nBy: Ryan Leack &#8211; Japan Today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpoliticsreview.com\/us-india-ties-trump-modi\/\">Trump Is Single-Handedly Torpedoing the U.S.-India Partnership<\/a><br \/>\nBy: Derek Grossman &#8211; World Politics Review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/trump-single-handedly-torpedoing-u-134639166.html\">Yahoo News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocalopublicsquare.org\/los-angeles-is-its-own-literary-genre\/\">Los Angeles Is Its Own Literary Genre<\/a><br \/>\nBy: David L. Ulin &#8211; Z\u00f3calo Public Square<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2025-08-25\/tackling-high-school-football\">If tackle football isn\u2019t safe for girls, why do we let boys play?<\/a><br \/>\nBy: Michael A. 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