USC Dornsife News

Anyone affected by the L.A. fires can drop off or mail in soil samples for testing as part of Public Exchange’s community-focused project to assess post-fire lead contamination.

Scientists, using a network of air-quality sensors, find that the city’s urban greenery offsets fossil fuel emissions more than expected, offering insights that could help cities fight climate change.

USC study reveals the inner core is undergoing structural transformation.

USC Dornsife scientists discover how a deadly combination of factors led to disaster. They hope their research will help identify other regions vulnerable to similar flooding events.

Professors bring expertise in topics such as quantum field theory, low-energy microbes and mathematical data science.

As Arctic permafrost melts and vast stores of toxic mercury put the food chain in grave danger, USC Dornsife scientists find a better way to assess the hazard.

Earthquake researchers at USC Dornsife’s Statewide California Earthquake Center made major contributions to the U.S. Geological Survey’s latest National Seismic Hazard Model.

From studying arsenic-eating organisms to exploring the depths of a South Dakota gold mine, his quest to discover the limits of life knew no bounds.

Six new tenure-track faculty members bring expertise in subjects ranging from philosophy to biology and from comparative literature to religion.