Samuel Andrew Hires of biological sciences earns USC Dornsife’s first-ever New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health. His research could one day lead to revolutionary new ways of treating stroke and spinal cord injury patients.
At the USC Image Understanding Laboratory, Irving Biederman and the late Bosco Tjan’s pioneering research into vision and the mind seeks to unlock the mystery of how our brains can recognize previously unseen scenes, objects or faces in a fraction of a second.
USC Dornsife researchers pinpoint the regions of the brain that spark during humor creativity — and find those regions are different for professional and amateur comedians.
Researchers at USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute find that when political beliefs are challenged, a person’s brain becomes active in areas that govern personal identity and emotional responses to threats.
Renowned for his pioneering research in visual cognition and perception, Bosco Tjan was a devoted teacher and a beloved professor of psychology.
Application workshops pay off with a record number of National Science Foundation Fellowship successes for USC students, including more than two dozen USC Dornsife undergraduates, graduate students and alumni.
Thanks to USC Dornsife’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF), five undergraduates expand their knowledge of neuroscience and genetics while working over the summer in the laboratory of Dion Dickman of biological sciences.
The highly accomplished neuroscience major wishes every day had 48 hours, giving her more opportunities to conduct research and help others.
Alumna Dawn Gross is a hospice and palliative care physician. She’s also the host of “Dying to Talk,” a new radio show that aims to revolutionize how we discuss what to many is the last great taboo: Death.
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