In & Out of Fiction
Percival Everett’s presence is felt but elusive. Ah, the point: He’ll have you thinking. Read More
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Surviving Serpentine Soil
Sergey Nuzhdin and Co-Researchers Unearth How Plants Survive Marginal Soil Environments Read More
Reveling in the Ring
Jim Kincaid and the Master of Liberal Studies program join Ring Festival LA in sharing Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle with listeners of all ages. Read More
Support Hiked for Amazon River Study
USC College researchers Douglas Capone and William Berelson will examine plume’s effects on climate. Read More
Tracing the Roots of Discrimination
María Elena Martínez’s new book — analyzing the way in which the Spanish purity of blood concept shaped patriotic and racial ideologies in colonial Mexico — wins top awards from the American Historical Association. Read More
USC College’s Allen Azizian Named Fulbright Scholar
The prestigious award will allow the psychologist to spend a year in Armenia studying cognitive functions of schizophrenia. Read More
A World All Their Own
In the film Avatar, director James Cameron creates a futuristic tribal culture complete with its own language, rituals and religion. Read More
Funds to Help in the Fight Against Cancer
Oscar Aparicio’s federal stimulus grant will enable him to accelerate progress on his research on DNA replication aimed at improving the understanding of genetic diseases. Read More
Adding Funds to the Equation
Aravind Asok, assistant professor of mathematics in USC College, is awarded a federal stimulus grant. His research draws together several branches of mathematics — arithmetic, topology and algebraic geometry — illustrating the fundamental unity of the subject. Read More
