USC Dornsife News

Consumer DNA testing is reshaping notions of family, identity and risk. But what it reveals — and what it doesn’t — may surprise you.

Inside the surprising science of how family relationships, home life and policy shape our brains, behavior, physiology and health across generations.

Across eras and ideologies, leaders have used family as a potent political metaphor to define loyalty, belonging — even nationhood itself.

Families in local schools — and families of Trojans — are returning to the same program decades later, as beneficiaries or volunteers, creating a multigenerational ripple effect.

Roger Lynch’s path from newspaper delivery boy to CEO of Condé Nast took many twists and turns, including a degree in physics from USC Dornsife. Now, he uses his physics training to solve problems with insight, grit and no small measure of courage. What makes him tick?