USC Dornsife News

Tragic world events compelled Richard Wood to learn more about the human impact of poverty and violence and find ways to build community in today’s polarized world.

USC Dornsife psychology researchers find that frequent and infrequent users of social media respond differently to likes, comments and other social rewards — and changing a platform’s structure may curb negative habits.

Fighting misinformation doesn’t have to involve restricting content or dampening people’s enthusiasm for sharing it. The key is turning bad habits into good ones.

Very few prisons offer credit-bearing college programs for inmates. That’s about to change.

History and international relations double major Michael Solomon is “a firm believer in the potential of scholarship and shared knowledge as vehicles for change.”

USC Dornsife researchers aim to bolster urban greenery, lower city temperatures and address longstanding environmental inequities, powered by a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

Political science major Triston Ezidore balances classwork with his duties as a member of the Culver City school board.

The Los Angeles Service Academy based at the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West celebrates 10 years in action.

The first to graduate from the creative nonfiction track of USC Dornsife’s PhD in Creative Writing and Literature program, Melissa Chadburn has covered the child welfare system across multiple genres.