USC Dornsife News

The University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics joins a list that includes Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Stephen Hawking.

Alumnus Albert Lee uses his mathematics and economics degree from USC Dornsife to find solutions to many of the United States government’s most complex analytical challenges through his successful consulting firm, Summit.

As a Simons fellow Aaron Lauda will spend a year focused on developing his research in theoretical mathematics.

Aaron Lauda uses knot theory, a field of mathematics that studies properties of knots and distinguishes them from one another, in his classroom lessons.

The five-year grant to Shang-Hua Teng, considered among the world’s most original theoretical computer scientists, allows him to pursue the ‘long game.’

The mathematics department chair will study newly discovered connections between two fields of mathematics.

For alumna Deborah P. Kolodji, who leads the Southern California Haiku Study Group at the USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, haiku is a powerful form of poetry.

David Albertson of the School of Religion receives a 2014 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for his forthcoming book on theologians Nicholas of Cusa and Thierry of Chartres.

Professor Aaron Lauda works with USC undergraduates to teach and inspire area high school students to understand mathematics using the tools of knot theory.