USC Dornsife News

Led by Megan Luke of art history, a Maymester course deepens students’ understanding and appreciation of Los Angeles by enabling them to experience the city’s iconic modernist architecture.

San Andreas gets all the attention, but James Dolan studies the faults directly beneath us — and the dangers they pose.

USC Dornsife researchers are combining the best minds from the arts and sciences to create a virtual model of the human body as The Bridge@USC aims to catalyze a new era of biotech leadership in the Los Angeles area.

Alumna Angela Johnson Meszaros works in environmental justice related to air quality in Los Angeles County and, recently, the effects of oil and gas extraction.

During the kickoff of Tavis Smiley Foundation’s Ending Poverty campaign, Manuel Pastor warns that Los Angeles’ high level of poverty damages its economy.

USC Dornsife’s William Deverell and David Ulin spearhead “Writing from California,” a two-part program held in Los Angeles and San Francisco sponsored by The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW).

Former employee of Wolfgang Puck, USC Dornsife’s Joseph Hawkins says his experiences with the elite led him to the anthropological work he is doing now.

The effect of global warming on sea level in Los Angeles will worsen coastal flooding and erosion as major storms produce higher tides, according to a new study by the USC Sea Grant, housed at USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.

Residents in low-income communities in Los Angeles County are benefiting from the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. By producing critical research, the program is becoming a statewide model for environmental justice.