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How the stomach helps the brain form memories

USC Dornsife researchers uncover a new gut-brain connection that turns meals into memories, and may offer novel ways to protect cognitive health.

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Great Salt Lake’s ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear

Research led by USC Dornsife Earth scientists traces 240,000 years of change, showing that vast freshwater lakes were fleeting as warming and drying reshaped the basin.

September 14, 2026
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USC Dornsife Professor Moh El-Naggar named director at Carnegie Science

The biophysicist and microbiologist will lead Carnegie’s Biosphere Sciences and Engineering division while maintaining a faculty appointment and ongoing research presence at USC Dornsife.

September 9, 2026
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Remembering the human: Encouraging unique voices in the age of AI

USC Dornsife faculty share how they teach students to engage with artificial intelligence in ways that stimulate — instead of stifle — their creativity.

September 3, 2026
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USC researchers to develop AI-powered platform to predict depression, suicide risk, and resilience

Funded by ARPA-H, the research team — which includes researchers at Keck School of Medicine, USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi — will collect detailed data on brain activity, sleep, smartphone use and more to identify risks and protective factors among USC students with depression.

September 2, 2026
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Why you move — not just how often — could affect dementia risk

USC Dornsife research finds that physically strenuous work may not offer the same brain protection as voluntary leisure-time exercise and may even increase dementia risk.

August 20, 2026
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After the Palisades and Eaton fires, USC research offers new answers for communities as they rebuild

USC researchers and USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange provide one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of how the fires affected environmental contamination.

August 4, 2026
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Science and Technology

Evolutionary history may help explain why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others

A USC Dornsife-led study shows how combining evolutionary genetics with infectious disease research can reveal clues about why one disease can affect different people in different ways.

August 3, 2026
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Science and Technology

What makes muscles contract? A physiologist explains how muscles move

As part of The Conversations’ “Curious Kids” series, USC Dornsife’s Kiki Crawford describes how an entire team of electricity, calcium, energy and proteins all work together to move your muscles.

July 27, 2026
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