USC Dornsife News

On opposite sides of the globe, this trio of alumni share a commonality: They believe in something bigger than themselves. And they aren’t afraid of a challenge.

The political science junior wants to work on the issue of voter protection and has long-term goals of representing his home district in the California State Assembly.

Human and evolutionary biology Ph.D. candidate James Askew follows the call of the wild to Southeast Asia to study orangutans.

With the rapidly expanding world population, food production must increase in tandem. USC Dornsife’s Sergey Nuzhdin is investigating how the humble chickpea may be a solution.

The Trojan League of Los Angeles’ annual benefit and luncheon showcases USC Dornsife.

A $6.6 million gift from the Shinnyo-en Buddhist order supports the newly named USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture.

International relations and political science double major Reid Lidow earns a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for fully funded graduate studies at the University of Cambridge.

Fulbright scholar Jasneet Aulakh, who earned her bachelor’s in history, English and philosophy at USC Dornsife, is in India studying the role of women in local government.

In Cape Town shortly after the death of Nelson Mandela, USC Dornsife Mellon Mays fellows attend an international conference and engage with young scholars whose first years were spent under apartheid in South Africa.