USC Dornsife News

Discover how we view angels through the lenses of history, physics, economics, art history — and more.

This holiday season, discover how USC Dornsife scholars view trees. From the landscape of forests in the American West to sustainability to trees designed to study algebraic functions, our academic endeavors connect to a sturdy trunk of curiosity and explore issues across a broad canopy of disciplines.

USC Dornsife psychologist John Monterosso describes the common pitfalls in keeping New Year’s resolutions — and makes a case for why you might want to rethink the well-intentioned ones that sap pleasure from your life.

The holiday gift giving, coordinated by the Joint Educational Project (JEP), offered donated books to 300 K-5 students served by JEP’s Readers^PLUS program.

At USC Dornsife, we view stars differently. Join us as we explore the constellation of meanings these celestial bodies have in literature, physics, spatial sciences — and more.

View Dean Steve Kay’s 2014 holiday card and accompanying video to discover how we view the classic holiday treat from every angle through psychology, history, art, neurobiology — and more.