USC Dornsife News

Aiding researchers throughout the world in the underfunded field of plant research, the collection can lead to the design of a more robust plant for future food security.

The mathematics department chair will study newly discovered connections between two fields of mathematics.

Justin Wood of psychology has won a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research into how experience shapes the development of visual cognition in the newborn brain.

Coinciding with its 20th anniversary, the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture has received three fabulous “birthday presents” — major grants totaling more than $5 million.

The Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at USC Dornsife receives $1.5 million grant to study the biology of feelings. Their findings could be used to improve treatments for unmanageable pain or depression.

USC Dornsife’s Charles McKenna and Myron Goodman have been awarded a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a DNA repair enzyme, its role in cancer and potential as a target for future chemotherapy.

USC Dornsife’s Aravind Asok and Aaron Lauda of mathematics have won National Science Foundation CAREER awards. Asok will use part of the award in projects with artist Lun-Yi Tsai who presents mathematical concepts in a vivid, colorful way.

USC Dornsife’s Frank Alber will use the research grant to investigate the 3-D structure of the human genome and how it affects gene function and disease progression.

With two new grants, the Center for Religion and Civic Culture based in USC Dornsife and USC Libraries will add 20,000 images to their archive and create video essays.