USC Dornsife News

Students attribute Fulbright opportunities to study diabetes and cancer to research experience gained at the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.

Planning to see the “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” movie? You might find the popular media franchise holds lessons in how the human mind makes the connection between sounds and their meanings, according to research by USC Dornsife linguist Stephanie Shih.

Jessica Marglin, professor of religion, argues that Sharia law is a complex tradition – one that accommodates same-sex attraction alongside rulings condemning homosexual intercourse. [5 min read]

The proud child of Vietnamese refugees, Giang has spent her time at USC tackling education disparities at a local, national and international level. [3¼ min read]

Growing up in China, Haochen Wang struggled with his studies. But after deciding to learn for fun, not validation, this USC 2019 salutatorian found his passions: math, science and even music. [2¼ min read]

Pragya Goel’s academic career path eventually led her to study minute details of the brain. Now, she’ll graduate from USC Dornsife as a superstar doctoral student who uses computational biology to study neuroscience. [4 min read]

Matthew Leonard teaches ethics to prisoners and logic to teenagers as part of his journey back to a teaching position at his undergraduate alma mater. [4 min read]

It’s still difficult to track and accurately measure the size and power of their nuclear arsenals, says USC Dornsife Ph.D candidate Marshall Rogers-Martinez. [4¾ min read]

Salutatorian Diviya Gupta found an interest in medicine following her grandfather’s illness. She looks forward to bringing her skills as a physician to underrepresented areas. [1½ min read]