A record-breaking year for articles written by USC Dornsife scholars
The topics ranged from depictions of climate change in art to the history of Saturn’s rings, but all 30 stories written for The Conversation by scholars at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in 2019 had one common factor: tremendous popularity.
Collectively, the articles had nearly 2 million online views — a record number for USC-generated stories in a single year — through news outlets that include CNN, The Washington Post, PBS, CBS News, Scientific American, Popular Science and dozens more.
The following are just a few of the popular articles, contributed by scholars throughout USC Dornsife, this year.
Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom by Darby Saxbe, associate professor of psychology
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How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of stereotyping by Evelyn Alsultany, associate professor of American studies and ethnicity
Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures
A brief astronomical history of Saturn’s amazing rings by Vahe Peroomian, associate professor (teaching) of physics and astronomy
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Study: racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness by April Thames, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry
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An invisible government agency produces crucial national security intelligence, but is anyone listening? by Gregory Treverton, professor of the practice of international relations and spatial sciences
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In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change by Kate Flint, Provost Professor of Art History and English
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Immigration: How ancient Rome dealt with Barbarians at the gate by Cavan Concannon, associate professor of religion
