Undergraduates visit religious sites across India to observe how traditions around death help form how the country’s citizens view themselves and their place in the world.
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Shushan Karapetian hopes to answer a question many Americans with immigrant roots fear to ask: How do I pass down a language and culture I only half know?
USC Dornsife faculty are using VR and AR to provide unprecedented, close-up interaction with the past.
The Professor Emerita of French and Italian and Comparative Literature is recognized for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
USC anthropologist Luísa Reis-Castro finds that researchers of one of Brazil’s deadliest mosquitoes have a lot to teach the world about how to fight disease.
A USC lecturer shares what rhetoric can teach echo-chambered America: Learning how to search for truth thoughtfully can help constructive debates.
The Distinguished Professor of English is the fourth USC faculty member elected to the academy.
COMMENCEMENT: Natalia Molina, keynote speaker at USC Rossier’s doctoral hooding, discusses crafting a commencement address, the importance of the humanities and writing history from the bottom up.
Kohlt, an accomplished historian of science, scholar of comparative literature, and expert in science communication, brings her diverse expertise and passion for Carroll’s works to the new fellowship.
USC Dornsife experts are using the concept of taste as a teaching tool — think diverse dishes, fusion food and even sautéed grasshoppers.