USC’s president honors the Native American author, historian and war hero, whose legacy of fostering connections among cultures aligns with the purpose of the Center for International and Public Affairs.
Pamela Schaff directs USC’s Narrative Medicine master’s program, which helps health workers enhance healing by focusing on patients’ stories. [1¼ min read]
With an emphasis on specialties like medical and visual anthropology, the relaunched program at USC Dornsife aims to equip students with skills for a changing world. [5¾ min read]
USC Dornsife’s Andrew Lakoff provides an in-depth history of the country’s disaster preparedness agencies and systems. [5 min read]
Boehm, who wrote several books on hierarchy and human morality, conducted field research with Jane Goodall as one of the only anthropologists to study primates. [7½ min read]
We have been fascinated by the wonders of the universe and have endeavored to understand our place within it since our earliest ancestors first gazed up in awe at the night sky. So, how did ancient civilizations make sense of the cosmos — and what did they get right? [12½ min read]
The Center for International and Public Affairs will now bear the name of the late Native American historian and renowned chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation, who earned his master’s degree in anthropology. [3¼ min read]
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, newly arrived faculty jump right into teaching and research. [3½ min read]
Incoming social sciences scholars will join the economics, sociology, psychology, linguistics and anthropology departments. [8 min read]
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