USC Dornsife News

The program provides a new model for bringing academic research into the public square, with a focus on social impact. [7¼ min read]

USC Dornsife art historian Vanessa Schwartz selects photographs, paintings, posters and other media to showcase the origins of early cinema in an exhibit at the famed Musée d’Orsay in Paris and later at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [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]

Robert English of USC Dornsife’s School of International Relations, a former policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Defense and an expert on Russia, shares his assessment of the U.S.-Russia relationship and Biden’s recent meeting with Putin. [3½ min read]

Murad Jah has been a research assistant for the COP26 conference for a year. Now he’s got a virtual front-row seat for the event. [2½ min read]

Scientists and researchers discuss how humanity will respond to climate change in light of the 26th United Nations Climate Conference and weeks of negotiations. [3¾ min read]

From understanding and improving climate change communications to assessing the latest approaches to protecting our environment, USC Dornsife faculty and students have a front-row seat at this pivotal meeting. [3¼ min read]

Noelani Day, the first Tongan from the island to swim at the Games, grew up sharing the waters around her home with humpback whales. The first-year USC Dornsife student now plans to become a physiotherapist. [5 min read]

Inspired by a USC Dornsife international relations course — and her brother’s tendency to tap into her personal hair care supply — international relations and global business major Shamillah Iga looks to meet a demand among men looking to sport longer hairstyles. [3¼ min read]