USC Dornsife News

Gerd Bergmann, best known for discovering weak localization

While gold mining’s environmental toll is well known, a team led by USC Dornsife researchers has uncovered a hidden culprit behind the Amazon rainforest’s slow recovery: water loss caused by reshaped terrain.

The institute, supported by funds from the Lord Foundation of California, is the next step in the university’s effort to enhance research and education under the Frontiers of Computing “moonshot.”

The graduate student has won 13 championships in intramural flag football and six in soccer.

Aimed at identifying and nurturing scientific talent, the scholarships support students focused on developmental biology and pediatric neurology.

USC Dornsife-led research indicates that obvious reasons for higher infant mortality rates following damaging storms, such as reduced pre-natal care and diminished nutrition, are surprisingly not the culprits, but instead more obscure factors may be at play.

A USC Dornsife study finds that growing up with money struggles can lead to symptoms of anxiety and loneliness nearly 20 years earlier than for those who felt financially secure.

In a proof-of-concept study by a team that included USC Dornsife researchers Christopher Beam and Margaret Gatz, the inexpensive test detected five key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease — more than current commercially available blood tests can measure.

A USC Dornsife political science professor explores how immigration policy design — not simply messaging — can win support across political divides.