Science and Technology
An evolutionary adaptation that allows one ocean bacteria to thrive could prove to be its Achilles Heel as oceans change, new study reveals.
News Stories
Arts and Culture
In 1969, an El Nino storm pounded the coast of California, producing epic waves and a legendary winter of surf. USC Dornsife experts weigh in on the past — and future — of riding waves in the Golden State. [5 ½ min read]
Student
USC Dornsife environmental sciences major Nicholas Foster started diving for fun while serving in Hawaii with the Armed Forces. Now, he hopes protecting the ocean will go from a passion to his life’s work. [4 min read]
Alumni
What do a punk rock paleontologist, a computational biologist and the youngest woman ever elected mayor in California have in common? They’re all women who graduated from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences — and theirs are the most read USC Dornsife news stories of the year.
Faculty
Stories written for The Conversation in 2019 by USC Dornsife faculty and post-doctoral researchers generate a record number of online views.
Politics
Faculty from USC Dornsife’s Environmental Studies program and USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies spotlight major news stories of the year. [3 min read]
Alumni
Christopher Carpenter ’16 will explore the culture and business of filmmaking during a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University. [2¾ min read]
Faculty
Professors in the humanities and social sciences offer expert perspectives into important, sometimes controversial issues that captured the public’s interest this past year.
Arts and Culture
Just press play to watch exceptional scholarship, service and achievement in action from this year at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
