USC Dornsife News

Luke Bouma, a junior majoring in physics and mathematics, receives the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship — the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate science award.

The professor emeritus of mathematics led interdisciplinary efforts at USC Dornsife combining mathematics, computer science, neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

University Professor Michael Waterman is elected one of the 2014 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a lifelong honor representing China’s highest academic title in science and technology.

USC Dornsife’s Aravind Asok and Aaron Lauda of mathematics have won National Science Foundation CAREER awards. Asok will use part of the award in projects with artist Lun-Yi Tsai who presents mathematical concepts in a vivid, colorful way.

USC Dornsife’s Peter Ralph has reconstructed European ancestry, using DNA to demonstrate just how closely everyone on Earth is related to everyone else.

With Freshman Orientation in full throttle, Lillian Insalata of University Communications caught up with a few incoming USC Dornsife undergraduates.

Fearless Symmetry

A Role Modal

After 50 years at USC, engineering and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists. USC Dornsife alumnus Rangaswamy Srinivasan is awarded during the same White House ceremony.