USC Dornsife News

Stress from racial discrimination could partially explain why African Americans are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes. [5 ¾ min read]

These book recommendations from USC Dornsife scholars provide historical and cultural context regarding racism in the United States.

While haggling over more coronavirus aid, Democrats balk as Republicans demand legal protections for businesses — but shielding businesses from COVID-related lawsuits might make sense. [6 min read]

Shutting down restaurants and businesses just a few weeks earlier could have saved 50,000 lives in the United States.

Josh Seim, assistant professor of sociology at USC Dornsife, became an emergency medical technician to better understand the role ambulances play in managing urban suffering. [7½ min read]

An international team of scientists, led by Raymond Stevens of the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, is investigating a protein in the brain that will likely be the target of improved obesity therapies. [1½ min read]

Ambulance work is changing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but perhaps not in ways most would expect. [4 min read]

The Provost Professor of Art History and English received the prestigious award for her work drawing connections between Victorian art, fiction and poetry and modern environmental crises. [2¾ min read]

A new analysis by USC Dornsife sociologist Emily Smith-Greenway attempts to assess the tsunami of grief that will rise in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3 min read]