As the United States exerts growing pressure on Mexico, USC Dornsife political scientist Pamela Starr, author of The Making of Mexico, explains what Americans often misunderstand about the country next door and why the relationship matters.
From California floods and wildfires to thawing Arctic permafrost and dying coral reefs, USC Dornsife researchers track a nation under environmental pressure.
USC Dornsife political scientist Steve Swerdlow takes students beyond textbooks and into communities grappling with repression, activism and democratic change.
A USC Dornsife-led study found that faults that appear simple can produce surprisingly complex earthquakes.
As he nears completion of his degree, Charles Lehnen reflects on his research aimed at ensuring the survival of the giant reptiles — as well as his own harrowing survival story.
People who highly value equality and purity are most likely to see excessive wealth as wrong, a new study suggests.
USC Dornsife scholars with deep knowledge of the embattled region, including one who experienced bombing in Kyiv this summer, spell out the long-term effects of the conflict and how they would advise Putin and Zelenskyy.
While gold mining’s environmental toll is well known, a team led by USC Dornsife researchers has uncovered a hidden culprit behind the Amazon rainforest’s slow recovery: water loss caused by reshaped terrain.
USC Dornsife-led research indicates that obvious reasons for higher infant mortality rates following damaging storms, such as reduced pre-natal care and diminished nutrition, are surprisingly not the culprits, but instead more obscure factors may be at play.
