USC Dornsife News

‘Cultural Catholics’ who rarely attend Mass now make up half of the church in the United States, explains Maureen Day of USC Dornsife’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.

The Distinguished Professor of English earns fiction’s highest honor for his novel James, which offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic.

Reading offers unexpected forms of connection, as Professor of English Emily Anderson uncovers in her latest, Shadow Work: Loneliness and Literary Life.

The festival, one of the largest of its kind in the country, celebrates its 30th year with readings by authors, cooking demonstrations and USC’s Spirit of Troy marching band.

The USC Dornsife physics alumnus behind Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair returns to his alma mater to celebrate the Class of 2025.

The investment from the WHH Foundation helps secure the institute’s future and expand its reach.

Hoose Library of Philosophy has been home to rare artifacts, manuscripts and collections for nearly a century.

If not for a last-minute Hollywood break, 2013 PhD graduate Luka Jones would probably be a philosophy professor.

Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into slavery along the way.