{"id":198,"date":"2026-03-17T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/dci-site\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:39:00","slug":"research-and-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/dci-site\/research-and-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Research or Initiative Overview\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Component: <a 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class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Research Areas or Projects\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Research Area\/Initiative 1\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Component: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/components\/interactive-content-pane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive 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                             <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Research Area\/Initiative 2\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Component: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/components\/interactive-content-pane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Content Pane<\/a>\u00a0| Image Size: 2000&#215;1150<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two to four sentences describing the purpose of the project, methods in broad terms, and what the team aims to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= #\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Optional Link\"  \n>\n    Optional Link \n  <svg 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