USC Dornsife has given four longstanding fields clearer academic identities, increasing their visibility in research and graduate education.
News Stories
Science and Technology
Faculty
By using tools such as force plates and high-speed video to map out athletes’ body movements, Jill McNitt-Gray is helping competitors in the horizontal jumps reach peak performance — and avoid injury — in Tokyo. [5 min read]
Social Impact
USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP) teams with Boeing to hold workshops for LAUSD educators, inspiring them to teach STEM subjects in new and exciting ways.
Faculty
Whether it’s Joshua Greenberger’s study on infant language acquisition, Marco Mendoza’s wheelchair propulsion research or Maureen McCarthy’s look at chimpanzees and their vanishing habitats, students and faculty in two new USC Dornsife programs are exploring what it means to be human in mind and body.