Science and Technology
USC Dornsife has given four longstanding fields clearer academic identities, increasing their visibility in research and graduate education.
News Stories
Faculty
The USC Dornsife professor and former divisional dean explored how science and technology shape modern life and brought scholars across disciplines together to tackle complex questions.
Health
USC Dornsife researchers find reduced volume in areas of the brain connected to memory formation, indicating a potential link between TV watching and higher dementia risk.
Social Impact
Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
Faculty
The trailblazing primatologist advanced the study of great apes at the College, and left a lasting mark on its students and faculty.
Arts and Culture
Scholars explain how Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol significantly shaped and preserved the beloved winter holiday.
Faculty
Granville Alexander “Zandy” Moore helped establish the Center for Visual Anthropology and primatologist Jane Goodall’s professorship.
Alumni
A sailing accident almost kept her off the water forever. Now Jordan Winters ’19 is documenting her own maritime cultural traditions.
Arts and Culture
Ghosts, ghouls and skeletons have become synonymous with Halloween. A USC Dornsife scholar and folklorist explains how Halloween continues an ancient Celtic tradition of the celebration of the dead.
