
Photos: Alum Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow is Namesake of USC Building
Renaming a landmark for historian and war chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation portends a new age for Trojans.
Researchers across disciplines at USC turn a scientific eye on happiness and its complex connection to our health, relationships and economy.
The USC professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author is named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow.
USC poet Anna Journey is unafraid to explore the quirky, creepy, scary and plain old peculiar.
From traveling abroad to digging through treasures, USC undergraduates go beyond the book to interpret history.
Viet Thanh Nguyen explores how the world views refugees—40 years after he arrived in America as one himself.
Chris Kyriakakis is on an acoustic journey for the ages. And there’s chanting…lots of chanting.
Now, more than ever, reasoning skills matter.
USC Dornsife student garners the prestigious literary honor for her first book of poems.
A USC psychology researcher delves into the surprising ways your subconscious mind affects your actions.
As a digital revolution sweeps through the publishing world, storytelling is alive and well—and English is thriving at USC.
For USC’s Jacob Soll, it’s time that good accountants get the respect—and historical spotlight—they deserve.
An 18th-century family cookbook chronicles cooking in the U.S. Surprise: Americans have long been in love with scrumptious sweets.
USC Annenberg School of Journalism Director Willow Bay wants students to get adventurous.
Once a year, around Halloween and Día de los Muertos, we dwell on death. That isn’t nearly often enough, according to Megan Rosenbloom, for whom the “undiscovered country” is a year-round scholarly pursuit.
Trojans weigh in on that most quintessential of Southern California sports: surfing.
In celebrity-crazy LA, hand-scripted words by C.L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) about fame find a fitting home—123 years later.
From Rwanda to Nanjing, the Shoah Foundation preserves the voices of genocide witnesses.
An interactive 3-D program allows students to engage firsthand with a Holocaust witness.
The USC Shoah Foundation painstakingly guards the last remaining voices of the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust.
USC’s Arieh Warshel figured that the dawning computer revolution in the late ’60s and ’70s might push biochemistry beyond the limits of the lab. It led him on a trail to the Nobel Prize.
The USC Libraries Shelf Life program pairs special library books with devoted readers.
Three highly regarded USC novelists draw from the city’s eccentrics and ordinary folk for their inspiration. But that doesn’t mean they have L.A. all figured out.
USC experts on local lore give their lowdown on Los Angeles culture.
From its priceless manuscripts to its unique architecture, the Hoose Library of Philosophy is a beloved USC landmark.
Released prisoners share their stories while USC students write their own in an unusual partnership that has changed lives.
USC Libraries brings diverse communities to light through the Lost LA Curriculum Project.
From gender-neutral words to textspeak, language often has undergone controversial shifts — and no amount of grumbling can stop it.
The physicist turned artist crosses disciplines — and time periods — with his work.
Get to know the award-winning poet laureate, theologian and USC writer in residence.
The creator of A Discovery of Witches looks back at her “overnight success” that took a decade.
Each summer, USC archaeology students travel to Mexico and follow in the footsteps of history.
A USC alumna reflects on her lifelong fascination with creepy mysteries and the darkness of language.
Some people have a flair for playing instruments. Ho-Chun “Herbert” Chang PhD ’23 has a knack for inventing them.