USC Dornsife News

A restructured biological sciences program, a new economics major and an innovative health minor are now on offer to USC students.

Most households pay a flat rate 24/7 for electricity even though the cost of generating it fluctuates through the day. Wireless technologies are changing that system.

The word ‘neoliberal’ gets thrown around a lot, often with differing and even contradictory meanings. A USC Dornsife scholar and political economist explains the origins and evolution of this complex concept.

Cross-disciplinary researchers at USC Dornsife work to help general audiences understand what they need to know about climate change issues.

Researchers 50 years ago warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Decades and much debate later, can humanity innovate quickly enough to avoid that fate?

Human behaviors often shift in response to factors such as changes in public policy and the arrival of new technologies. These changes are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs. [5½ min read]

The USC Dornsife professor explains how market capitalism will help us adapt to the growing challenges unleashed by a warming planet. [5¼ min read]

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, newly arrived faculty jump right into teaching and research. [3½ min read]

Incoming social sciences scholars will join the economics, sociology, psychology, linguistics and anthropology departments. [8 min read]