USC Dornsife News

The distinguished professor emeritus, who earned the Order of the Rising Sun from the emperor of Japan, was considered the “godfather” of Japanese studies.

In Fall 2011, international student Songyu Zhu came to USC Dornsife from China to study history. Since then, her life “is broader and more brilliant.”

Ankur Poseria ’09 executive produces Under One Roof, a National Geographic documentary exploring the impact of modernity on the Moso people of the Tibetan Plateau, one of the last matriarchal societies on Earth.

University Professor Michael Waterman is elected one of the 2014 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a lifelong honor representing China’s highest academic title in science and technology.

USC Dornsife graduate student Moeka Komachi travels to Dublin, Ireland, where she is lauded for her psychology research at an international interdisciplinary summit.

University Professor Michael Waterman has received the prestigious People’s Republic of China Friendship Award during a Beijing ceremony. A few days later, the University of Southern Denmark awarded him an honorary degree.

In a comparative literature Problems Without Passports course, USC Dornsife students visit Hong Kong and Macau to study the two dynamic cities. Their research produced an online collection of cultural travel writing.

John Strauss, professor of economics in USC Dornsife, is principal investigator of a report finding major gender differences in how men and women age in China.

Supported by USC Dornsife’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF), two students embark on an independent research project in China and the United States exploring how culture influences one’s reactions to environmental advertisements.