USC Dornsife News

From humanities to high tech: how liberal arts majors are flourishing in unexpected fields.

More than 7 million Americans have MCI and don’t know it. That’s worrisome since early diagnosis is key to delaying onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Led by USC Dornsife’s Spatial Sciences Institute, a new report offers a detailed, unique look at the region’s natural ecology before European settlers arrived.

New USC Dornsife faculty who study and teach courses on mosquitos, legal philosophy, microbial fungi and more share their work and interests.

USC Dornsife researchers aim to bolster urban greenery, lower city temperatures and address longstanding environmental inequities, powered by a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

Political science major Triston Ezidore balances classwork with his duties as a member of the Culver City school board.

The USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research finds that 45% of parents of children and adolescents are concerned about potential long-term risks from the COVID-19 vaccine, and 18% fear they’ll be viewed as responsible if their child becomes sick after the vaccination.

New research spearheaded by USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange suggests that rates of food insecurity may be underreported by as much as one-third and that surveying more frequently to ask people about their recent experiences could produce better results.

The Understanding America Study, created and managed by the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, enables scholars at USC and other institutions to quickly take the pulse of the country.