USC Dornsife News

William Wordsworth. Eric Clapton. Jane Austen. Bob Dylan. Grammy Award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo ’85 credits his knack for recognizing greatness to studying the literary classics.

Seeking one's authentic self doesn't necessarily mean it's you against the world. We're all in it together, say panelists during "The Authentic Self" discussion, part of a conversations series organized by USC Dornsife’s Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.

Carol Muske-Dukes, USC Dornsife professor of English and creative writing, will read from Twin Cities and Crossing State Lines: An American Renga during the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

The musical Dangerous Beauty based on Margaret Rosenthal's book opened Feb. 13 at the Pasadena Playhouse.

A renowned English professor whose USC College career spanned three decades, Winterowd published widely in the field of rhetoric and founded the College’s doctoral program in rhetoric, linguistics and literature.

Students in Anne McKnight's Modernology course enriched their study of food in Japanese culture and literature by planting a community garden.

The honored humanities scholars bring the number of USC College academy fellows to 15.

Leo Braudy's Latest Book Takes on Both

Shakespeare scholar Bruce Smith of USC College goes beyond the power of the written word.