USC Dornsife led an effort to analyze bodycam footage from 1,000 traffic stops across Los Angeles — data now helping train AI tools aimed at improving safety, accountability and respectful treatment during stops.
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Neurons use physical signals — not electricity — to stabilize communication
A USC Dornsife team of neurobiologists shows how synapses rapidly adjust when their receptors fail, revealing a new mechanism of neural resilience.
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You’ve heard the name Narcan, but do you really know what it does? New USC research helps explain how this lifesaving medicine can reverse an opioid overdose in minutes — giving someone a second chance at life when every breath counts.
What if wildfire preparedness was as much about knowing your neighbors as knowing your evacuation route? Drawing on lessons from the 2025 L.A. fires, two of our historians show how community bonds, local history and school-based fire education can save lives in a warming, fire-prone California.
🔗 LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety
Dornsife professors are very committed to the job. 🔭🚀
Professor Nick Warner’s popular GE course is often the last science class many USC students take, and he wants it to be memorable.
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USC Dornsife in the News: 2025
USC Dornsife is filled with scholars of the highest order, conducting research on some of the most important problems of our age. From traditional media, podcasts and our partnership with The Conversation, USC Dornsife faculty and researchers helped make sense of the world around us.
