USC Dornsife News

USC Dornsife’s Viet Thanh Nguyen follows up his Pulitzer Prize win for fiction with a spot on the short list of the National Book Awards — this time for nonfiction.

USC Dornsife welcomes its 22nd dean as physicist Amber Miller is formally installed during a Sept. 27 ceremony.

Experts in the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences further strengthen the College’s already outstanding faculty.

The ‘genius grant’ honors the American studies and ethnicity and communications professor, whose innovative work explores unexpected cross-cultural connections.

Following the attempted coup in July, the country is coping with draconian repercussions and an unprecedented sense of divisiveness.

Faculty members mentor postdoctoral researchers joining the university’s new Society of Fellows in the Humanities, advancing research and intellectual exchange within academia.

Mark Irwin of English and Alain Borer of French are collaborating on a new translation of poems by the enfant terrible of Gallic letters, Arthur Rimbaud, the influential child genius poet who inspired artists ranging from the Surrealists and the Beat Generation to rock icons Jim Morrison and Patti Smith.

Seeking to further encourage and support research and teaching in the humanities, USC and The Huntington reaffirm their partnership with the Early Modern Studies Institute and the Institute on California and the West.