Alumni Laurie Barge ’09 and Scott Perl ’19 co-lead a laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. There, they search for the origins of life on Earth to better understand how life might develop elsewhere in the universe. [5½ min read]
USC Dornsife paleontology PhD student Hank Woolley is digging into our warmer past to help us understand how we might survive climate change. [5 min read]
Earth scientist William Berelson installs a network of devices designed to create a detailed map of greenhouse gases and other noxious emissions in L.A. neighborhoods. [3½ min read]
Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t keep learning. Check out this collection of short, entertaining and educational videos featuring USC Dornsife scholars.
The Sustainability Across the Curriculum program aims to educate the university’s 20,000 undergraduate students in how sustainability intersects with their major field of study. [4¼ min read]
USC Dornsife Earth scientist Emily H.G. Cooperdock suggests ways instructors can promote inclusivity in the classroom, the science lab and out in the field. [4½ min read]
Real-world creatures such as dinosaurs and apes provide clues to who might win in the epic battle between two iconic, fantastical monsters. [6½ min read]
Laurie Barge ’09, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, investigates the origins of life on Earth to make sense of how life could form on other planets. [5½ min read]
When Kiersten Formoso isn’t studying how animals evolve, she’s talking evolution on Twitch and covering football with a paleontology twist. [6 min read]
