{"id":737,"date":"2017-10-09T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/?p=737"},"modified":"2023-05-19T14:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:50:48","slug":"deans-message-fall-17-winter-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/deans-message-fall-17-winter-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Deans Message Fall ’17 – Winter ’18 – A Transcendent Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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< Back to Fall 2017\/Winter 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

A Transcendent Life<\/h1>\n

We humans are prone to think in terms of opposites. Light and dark. High and low. Hot and cold. Each seemingly battles the other.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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But when we take a closer look, we see that these opposed pairs are, in fact, merely two extremes of a continuum. Dark is simply less light. Low is another level of high. Cold a less energetic form of hot. This interdependence and interconnectedness is true of almost any pair that we may, at first, set apart as opposites.<\/p>\n

In much the same way, our mortality drives us to seek some kind of immortality. Each of us strives to extend our mortal lives, to find a measure, however small or large, of lasting presence. At USC Dornsife, we see this in the knowledge we hand down through the generations. Our faculty, as teachers and mentors, extend the continuum of progress and insight by training the next generation of scholars. As researchers, they contribute to an ever-evolving process of discovery and a continuously expanding reservoir of human knowledge.<\/p>\n

We also see this in the impact we\u2019re making in our community and the planet at large. Our world-renowned scientists are developing new ways to extend and improve life. Other faculty are working on sustaining the Earth\u2019s natural environment. Still others delve into historical research that preserves and adds context to the stories that define humanity.<\/p>\n

We have made it our highest value to ask the most difficult questions and to consider the perspective of others. By relying on the authority of evidence and ideas, USC Dornsife is making a positive impact on society today that will last long into the future \u2014 an impact that transcends the life of any one individual or any one moment in time.<\/p>\n

Amber D. Miller
\nDean of USC Dornsife
\nAnna H. Bing Dean\u2019s Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

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