Arts and Culture
From harmony (meoauniaea) to brainworm (eltungawng), Paul Frommer Ph.D. ’81 creates a brand new language for the film Avatar.
USC Dornsife News
Social Impact
USC Dornsife led an effort to analyze bodycam footage from 1,000 traffic stops across Los Angeles — data now helping train AI tools aimed at improving safety, accountability and respectful treatment during stops.
Social Impact
A USC Dornsife study reveals how Illinois’ bipartisan repeal of a law charging inmates for room and board — a discredited practice — could support the repeal of similar laws.
Politics
Barnes, an expert in law, politics and public policy, explains how recent Supreme Court decisions and a shift in judicial tactics are reshaping U.S. politics.
Faculty
In a 6-3 conservative majority, the more important divisions may be among the six Republican-appointed justices.
Faculty
Jeffrey Fields of international relations at USC Dornsife discusses the definition and origin of the term, and whether President Biden is correct in his allegations against Russia.
Faculty
Political and legal specialists share their thoughts on the first Black woman Supreme Court justice in history.
Social Impact
USC students will gather evidence for the Factual Analysis Citizen Consulting Team, recently launched by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to examine officer-involved fatal use-of-force incidents. [4½ min read]
Alumni
Civil rights lawyer Olu Orange of political science at USC Dornsife wins the reinstatement of an $8 million damages verdict to the family of a Black man killed by sheriff’s deputies in circumstances similar to George Floyd. [6 min read]
Alumni
Lawyer Lindsay Harrison ’00 overturned the Trump administration’s dissolution of DACA in the Supreme Court and aided the legal battle against the government’s order prohibiting international students from remaining in the country for online classes. [5 min read]
