USC Dornsife News

Paul Ignatius, a 1942 USC Dornsife graduate and World War II veteran, leaves a legacy that spans public service, journalism and philanthropy.

In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the National Security Council and the president, explains Gregory Treverton of political science and international relations.

At USC’s Capital Campus in Washington, D.C., policymakers, researchers and practitioners explored how nature can be used to address increasingly frequent climate-associated risks.

In a 6-3 conservative majority, the more important divisions may be among the six Republican-appointed justices.

This is not the first time that, in the last year of a Republican president’s first term, a Republican senator in bad health threatened the party’s narrow majority in the Senate. [4½ min read]

USC Dornsife alumna Parita Shah credits her immigrant family’s spirit of giving with her drive to make a difference in the United States government.

Students in the USC Dornsife course "Case Studies in Modern Leadership" get advice from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Abe Lowenthal, professor of international relations in USC Dornsife, recently chatted with Ecuador President Rafael Correa, one of hundreds of interviews for his upcoming book.

The USC Dornsife freshman seminar ‘It Ought to Be a Law’ empowers students to draft and present bills before the California State Senate’s Education Committee. As a result, SB 63 was passed, requiring all public high schools statewide to carry defibrillators.