USC Dornsife News

An Emeritus Professor of Geography, Roseman also pioneered the department’s highly entertaining “Downtown L.A. Walking Tour.” [7¼ min read]

For more than a decade, a team of scientists helped develop SHERLOC, the ultraviolet laser technology that probes the red planet for chemicals produced by living organisms. [4½ min read]

Memory lies at the heart of many academic disciplines. [6½ min read]

We think of Southern California as arid and drought-ridden, but from 1861 to ’62, much of it was underwater after a series of deadly winter storms caused widespread devastation and flooding. USC Dornsife history scholar Will Cowan says it could happen again. [12¾ min read]

Though marine life may benefit from the influx of iron, USC Dornsife scientists reinforce that the pollution from burning coal will have an adverse effect on human health. [2 min read]

By researching tremors under the infamous San Andreas Fault, USC scientists are seeking out what’s brewing beneath a quake’s surface. [2¼ min read]

A new, USC Dornsife-led study of more than 1,000 years of North American droughts and global conditions found that forecasting a lack of precipitation is rarely straightforward. [2½ min read]

Emily Cooperdock, assistant professor of Earth sciences, has hiked the Appalachian trail, studied rocks in the Swiss Alps and Oman, and is building a lab at USC Dornsife aimed at revealing new information about Earth’s history. [6½ min read]

Chemist and Divisional Dean Stephen Bradforth and Luis Chiappe of Earth sciences and biological sciences are elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [2½ min read]