{"id":22579,"date":"2024-12-10T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T00:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=22579"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T17:59:44","slug":"usc-dornsife-achievements-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-achievements-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a year of achievements for USC Dornsife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                                    \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/yearend_recap__top-1-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/yearend_recap__top-1-1920x1080.png 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/yearend_recap__top-1-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/yearend_recap__top-1-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  As 2024 nears its end and a new year rises, the USC Dornsife community can take pride in a year of successes. (Illustration: Letty Avila.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=faculty\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Celebrating a year of achievements for USC Dornsife<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  From scientific breakthroughs to Olympic medals to acclaimed new books, 2024 was a banner year for USC Dornsife faculty, students and alumni.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Margaret Crable<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">December 10, 2024<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 1.058837 1.0874543 2.51831502 1.6884158 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Jumper was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry in October, he made sure to say a special thanks in his acceptance speech to <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/helen-berman\/\">Helen Berman<\/a>, professor (research) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcb-dornsife.usc.edu\/\">quantitative and computational biology<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Her pioneering work developing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcsb.org\/pages\/about-us\/index\">Protein Data Bank<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/news-brief\/2024\/10\/nobel-prize-linked-to-usc-dornsife-professors-work\/\">paved the way for Jumper\u2019s own research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was just one of many highlights for the College this year, which included a National Book Award, Fulbright Awards, Olympic gold medals for alumni and an exceptional graduating class.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty received major awards and honors<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22583\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-graduate-overcomes-homelessness-and-family-loss\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22583\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/sophia-perez-vertical-441x550.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Perez displays her graduation sash while standing in front of a fountain in USC\u2019s campus\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/sophia-perez-vertical-441x550.jpg 441w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/sophia-perez-vertical-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/sophia-perez-vertical-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/sophia-perez-vertical.jpg 829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New alumna Sophia Perez says she flourished at USC Dornsife. (Photo: Courtesy of Sophia Perez.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/percival-everett\/\">Percival Everett<\/a>, Distinguished Professor of English, began 2024 amid Oscar buzz \u2014 <em>American Fiction<\/em>, based on his novel <em>Erasure<\/em>, won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He ended the year with <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/percival-everett-wins-national-book-award-for-james\/\">a National Book Award in Fiction<\/a> for his novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/738749\/james-by-percival-everett\/\"><em>James<\/em><\/a>, which also was a finalist for a Booker Award.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty\/travis-j-williams\/\">Travis Williams<\/a>, professor of chemistry, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/peter-kuhn\/\">Peter Kuhn<\/a>, Dean\u2019s Professor of Biological Sciences, were both named <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/national-academy-of-inventors-peter-kuhn-travis-williams\/\">senior members of the National Academy of Inventors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/jessica-marglin\/\">Jessica Marglin<\/a>, professor of religion, law and history, PhD students Jordan Chancellor and Katie Googe, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/nina-kang\/\">Nina Kang<\/a>, USC Dornsife master lecturer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ali.usc.edu\/\">American Language Institute<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/fulbright-scholar-program-awards-2024\/\">received Fulbright Awards in August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Outstanding graduates in the Class of 2025<\/h2>\n<p>On May 9, thousands of students walked the commencement stage as part of the class of 2024. Among the group were <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/international-student-renaissance-scholar-earns-four-bachelors-degrees\/\">Sibo \u201cCarl\u201d Zhou<\/a>, who completed four undergraduate degrees at once, Army veteran and father <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/40-something-father-army-vet-earns-history-degree\/\">Jamie Gomez<\/a>, who finished his bachelor\u2019s degree at age 43, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-graduate-overcomes-homelessness-and-family-loss\/\">Sophia Perez<\/a>, who overcame homelessness and the loss of her father to earn her degree \u2014 and an acceptance letter to Yale law school.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty and PhD students produced newsworthy research<\/h2>\n<p>Faculty from across the college produced groundbreaking research this year, work that also grabbed news headlines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/profile\/tadeja-gracner\/\">Tadjea Gracner<\/a>, senior economist at USC Dornsife\u2019s Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), published a study in <em>Science<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/sugar-rationing-world-war-ii-long-term-health\/\">which found that<\/a> restricting sugar before birth and in early childhood reduced risk of chronic disease later in life. Gracer\u2019s work was covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/wellness\/story\/new-study-emphasizes-importance-cutting-sugar-pregnancy-babys-115392142\"><em>Good Morning America<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c93qlyp42jyo\">BBC News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03535-7\"><em>Nature<\/em><\/a>, among many other outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/josh-west\/\">Josh West<\/a> and doctoral student <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/profile\/isabel-smith\/\">Isabel Smith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/arctic-mercury-assessment-josh-west\/\">drilled down<\/a> on the problem of mercury release from Arctic permafrost. Their findings were shared widely, including by <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/melting-permafrost-releasing-toxic-mercury-arctic-scientists\/story?id=112920777\">ABC News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/permafrost-arctic-alaska-mercury-soil-melting-climate-change-1940472\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Could a \u201cMercury Bomb\u201d Explode in the Arctic?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PI5BqjrRErw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/darby-saxbe\/\">Darby Saxbe,<\/a> professor of psychology and director of the Center for the Changing Family based at USC Dornsife, and PhD student Lizzie Aviv <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/moms-cognitive-burden-chores\/\">revealed<\/a> that moms take on most of the cognitive labor for households, work covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2024\/10\/20\/cognitive-labor-household-women-burnout\/\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. Saxbe also <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/brain-study-identifies-cost-of-caregiving-for-new-fathers\/\">published a study<\/a> on the impacts of caregiving on fathers\u2019 brains, also covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2024\/06\/14\/men-brain-fatherhood-bonding-changes\/\">the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Falling for financial scams could be an early symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s disease in older adults, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alzheimers-and-financial-scam-vulnerability-may-be-linked\/\">research<\/a> by Professor of Psychology and Family Medicine <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/duke-han\/\">Duke Han<\/a>. His work was featured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/health\/video\/early-alzheimers-detection-money-finance-wellness-digvid\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2024-09-10\/falling-for-financial-scams-could-be-early-alzheimers-sign\"><em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em><\/a> and other outlets.<\/p>\n<h2>Centers and institutes hit major anniversaries<\/h2>\n<p>USC Dornsife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/labarometer\/\">LABarometer<\/a>, which tracks the sentiments of Angelenos, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/labarometer-fifth-anniversary-kyla-thomas\/\">celebrated its fifth anniversary.<\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/labarometer-homelessness-and-high-rents-weigh-heavily-on-angelenos\/\">survey<\/a> in October on attitudes around housing costs and homelessness received substantial coverage, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/homeless-housing\/story\/2024-10-24\/homeowner-renter-divide-homelesness-usc-housing-issues-poll\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> exclusive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Advanced Genocide Research <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/genocide-studies-wolf-gruner-center-for-advanced-genocide-research\/\">reached its 10th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Trojans took home Olympic medals<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly 70 Trojans competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-alumni-and-students-compete-2024-olympics\/\">including 25 USC Dornsife alumni and students<\/a> who collected nine medals. Rai Benjamin \u201916, who graduated with a degree in sociology, Croix Bethune \u201923, a health and human sciences graduate, and a slew of others put added meaning to \u201ccardinal and gold\u201d with their medal-winning feats.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22582\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-alumni-and-students-compete-2024-olympics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/rai-benjamin-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Rai Benjamin on USC\u2019s track field smiles and holds a gold statuette of the Fight On! gesture\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/rai-benjamin-2024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/rai-benjamin-2024-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/rai-benjamin-2024-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rai Benjamin \u201916 took home gold from Paris this summer. (Photo: Christelle Snow.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>A USC Dornsife Trojan even played a less athletic though no less impressive role at the games \u2014 \u00a0Cheryl Russell \u201985 served as <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/artistic-swimming-judge-and-alumna-cheryl-russell\/\">judge for artistic swimming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A big year for USC Dornsife-authored books<\/h2>\n<p>USC Dornsife authors received major kudos this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/nyt-best-books-of-the-21st-century-everett-nelson-nguyen\/\">with <em>The New York Times<\/em> listing books<\/a> by Everett, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/margaret-nelson\/\">Maggie Nelson<\/a>, professor of English, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/viet-nguyen\/\">Viet Tanh Nguyen<\/a>, University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English, and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity, and comparative literature, as some of the best of the century.<\/p>\n<p>Everett\u2019s <em>James<\/em> and Professor of English <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/danzy-senna\/\">Danzy Senna<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/721501\/colored-television-a-gma-book-club-pick-by-danzy-senna\/\"><em>Colored Television<\/em><\/a> were included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/26\/books\/notable-books.html\">in <em>The New York Times<\/em>\u2019 list<\/a> of notable books of the year. <em>Colored Television<\/em> was also a <em>Good Morning America<\/em> Book Club read in September and on <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7172945\/colored-television\/\"><em>Time<\/em>\u2019s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Som, who received a PhD in literature and creative writing from USC Dornsife in 2014, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/winners\/brandon-som\">awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry<\/a> for <em>Tripas: Poemas.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>USC Dornsife contributes to the community<\/h2>\n<p>USC Dornsife scholars also worked with the public this year, helping to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/food-business-in-los-angeles-gets-boost-from-open-access-la\/\">a new portal<\/a> for food entrepreneurs in L.A. County and hosting the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/center-for-the-political-future-senate-debate\/\">first California Senate debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In November, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/public-exchange-urban-trees-initiative-plants-first-trees\/\">the first trees<\/a> in Public Exchange\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/publicexchange.usc.edu\/urban-trees-initiative\/\">Urban Trees Initiative<\/a> were planted in L.A.\u2019s West Adams neighborhood. And students from Vermont Avenue Elementary School recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/elementary-school-students-learn-neurobiology\/\">learned about neurobiology<\/a>, thanks to USC Dornsife\u2019s Joint Educational Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Articles\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/tree-spacing-study-shows-path-to-cooler-neighborhoods\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >How changing L.A.\u2019s tree rules could cool more neighborhoods<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/labarometer-fifth-anniversary-kyla-thomas\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >How best to improve L.A. 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