From the Victorians’ morbid fascination with death to the Civil War’s profound influence on American mourning rituals to our current tendency to ignore or deny the inevitability of our eventual demise, USC Dornsife scholars explore our dramatically evolving attitudes toward death and mortality.
The host of a radio show that aims to revolutionize how we talk about death, hospice and palliative care physician Dawn Gross ’89 is transforming end-of-life conversations from dread to discovery by explaining how mortality is the gift that allows us to live our lives more profoundly. Oh, and she also teaches death ed to teenagers.
Educator Ananya Mukherjee-Reed ’95 sees hope spring from Canada’s First Nations tragedy.
What does our enduring love of ghosts, zombies and vampires reveal about our relationship with mortality? USC Dornsife’s resident monster expert Leo Braudy explains.
Spatial sciences enables us to see and understand our world in new ways, whether through the lens of the past, the present or the future.
How do writers bring their creative vision to the page? Five of USC Dornsife’s leading authors, writing across genres of fiction, poetry, memoir, criticism and narrative nonfiction, unlock the mystery.
Have you ever imagined what is living beneath the ocean floor? The deep biosphere is one of the largest — and least understood — ecosystems on the planet. Researchers at the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations have set their sights on understanding its depths.
The Los Angeles Press Club honors USC Dornsife’s communication team for excellence in writing and design at the 59th annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
Daniel Benjamin of the Center for Economic and Social Research projects a vision of how analyzing the big data of genetics may improve social policy intervention and life outcomes.
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