USC Dornsife News

A Trojan’s new documentary tells the story of a USC Dornsife professor who took a public stand against gay conversion therapy.

Ahead of graduation on May 13, the psychology major has some advice for other first-generation students like himself on navigating life’s ups and downs: “You’ll never be alone.”

Vallery Lomas ’07 left her career as a lawyer to focus on baking — and won the “Great American Baking Show.” Now she’s an acclaimed cookbook author.

Coffee drinking and other daily behaviors are habitual, but people strongly discount the influence of habits when explaining their behavior, USC researchers find.

Climate change isn’t an inevitable death sentence, and the discipline of psychology must strengthen its ability to act on the issue, new report says. [4 min read]

USC Dornsife experts discuss the lasting psychological trauma for survivors and refugees and outline how linguistic differences between the Ukraine and Russian languages feed into identity politics. [2¾ min read]

Research adds to evidence that healthier, pre-industrial lifestyles may hold clues to preventing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. [2¼ min read]

Analysis on a recent World Risk Poll found that people with less math proficiency were more likely to also have financial troubles. [3¾ min read]

The NFL Green Bay Packers quarterback claimed his decision to skip COVID-19 vaccination is based on critical thinking, but there are some flaws in his approach that we can learn from. [6¾ min read]