The USC Dornsife professor of American studies and ethnicity receives the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of her examinations of race, citizenship and belonging among immigrant groups in the United States. [4¼ min read]
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Why are middle-aged white Americans dying at increasing rates? Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton has uncovered startling data that show mortality numbers are climbing for this group. How can we buck the trend?
Imaginative new approaches to battery technology may give us longer-lasting power in smaller packages. More important, they may give renewable energy the charge it needs to finally succeed on a wide scale.
Amid escalating bilateral tensions, USC Dornsife experts discuss the risk of nuclear war with North Korea and evaluate deterrents.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes the researchers for their efforts to advance science.
The physicist targets science lovers of all ages, especially those who shy away from the subject, with “The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe,” which he wrote and illustrated.
The “genius grant” honors the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, whose groundbreaking work has enabled Americans and others to view the Vietnam War from more balanced perspectives.
Peter Kuhn of biological sciences travels to Vietnam, where he explains the university’s personalized approach to treatment and research at an international oncology conference.