USC Dornsife News

Cheryl Mattingly, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Daniel Lidar receive Guggenheim Fellowships for 2017 to pursue research and literary projects.

International relations major Justin Lee, one of nine USC students who spent their spring break working at a refugee camp, shares the experience: “I was kind of stunned.”

Provost Postdoctoral Scholar Stephanie Balkwill studies the ideal of female-to-male sex change within Buddhism, focusing on the women and religious texts of 5th-century China.

Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Foshay Learning Center near USC learn about emerging technologies, including 3-D printing, drones and virtual reality, as part of a Joint Educational Project Young Scientists Program event.

The drugs also appear to increase chemotherapy-related cell damage in tests, raising possible risks for cancer patients taking similar drug combinations.

USC Dornsife scientists collaborating with researchers at Stanford University, Arizona State University and Merck & Co. reveal surprising features of an enigmatic protein. The findings uncover potential new paths to drugs for numerous chronic illnesses.

Los Angeles City Councilmember and Trojan Paul Krekorian receives honor from USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project for exemplifying the “spirit of service.”

Setting aside jobs and schedules, Trojans from four USC schools claim victory in an international event focusing on mental health in Liberia.

A book filled with hilarious and heartbreaking cartoons was Roz Chast’s way of processing what she learned about the end of life.