Grave Concerns
Cover Story:
USC Dornsife scholars explore our dramatically evolving attitudes toward death and mortality. By Susan Bell
Contents
Alumna Kathryn Sermak recounts her decade-long association with one of the most celebrated actresses in Hollywood history.
As researchers explore ancient fossils and artifacts, they look to this immortalized record of what once was to understand the future and how we can remain a part of it.
Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton has uncovered startling data that show mortality numbers are climbing for certain groups of Americans. How can we buck the trend?
Imaginative new approaches to battery technology may give us longer-lasting power in smaller packages, and renewable energy the charge it needs to finally succeed.
Alumna and radio talk show host Dawn Gross aims to revolutionize how we talk about death, hospice and palliative care. She also teaches death ed to teenagers.
Alumnus Anthony Sparks, writer and co-executive producer on the acclaimed TV drama series Queen Sugar, credits USC Dornsife for his successful career.
Educator Ananya Mukherjee-Reed ’95 sees hope spring from Canada’s First Nations tragedy.
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