Students find mental health support from embedded counselors
Mental health professionals are assigned within USC Dornsife’s academic departments.
Dornsife Dialogues virtual event series strikes a chord
The live discussions with USC scholars and other experts — launched early in the pandemic — have become hugely popular.
USC Dornsife Public Exchange launches climate and sustainability practice
The new practice provides expert research and project management services to government, industry and nonprofit partners in the fast-growing clean technology and sustainability market.
Videos of 2022 present the breadth and depth of the very special USC experience
USC Dornsife videos capture unique aspects of education, expertise and life within the Trojan Family.
USC poll highlights the economy, homelessness and violence against election workers as top voter issues
A recent USC Price poll shows that Golden State voters agree on many issues, such as concerns about inflation and homelessness, but that they are significantly divided on questions about free speech and environmental regulation.
USC alumna’s transformative $15 million gift puts history department on a path to preeminence
Elizabeth Van Hunnick’s endowment gift, one of the largest to a university history department, is intended to support the development of more informed leaders.
Taking a holistic approach to global security issues
As they prepare to deal with tomorrow’s threats, USC Dornsife global security students will combine international relations, spatial sciences and environmental studies as well as drawing on the resources of USC Shoah Foundation.
Students learn the power of yoga and mindfulness
A Maymester course heavy on exercise and meditation is part of a new minor aimed at helping students take control of their health.
USC Michelson Center celebrates 3 state-of-the-art research facilities
The grand opening ceremonies celebrate the latest cutting-edge facilities at the center, which brings together researchers from the university’s engineering and medical schools and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Saturday Night Live star and USC Dornsife alum Ego Nwodim to deliver school’s 2022 commencement address
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Nwodim, who made her name in acting and comedy after graduating from USC Dornsife in 2010 with a degree in biological sciences, will speak during the college’s satellite ceremonies on May 13.
What does the new generation of anthropologists need to know?
USC Dornsife relaunches program with an eye toward collaboration, technology and topics like medical and visual anthropology: “The last thing the world needs is another 20th-century PhD program.”
Acclaimed Greek writer Christos Ikonomou wins USC Dornsife’s inaugural Chowdhury Prize in Literature
The college’s Department of English, with the support of the Subir and Malina Chowdhury Foundation and in collaboration with Kenyon College and the Kenyon Review, will award the $20,000 prize during a gala at USC in April.
In memoriam: Prominent psychotherapist Constance Ahrons, 84
An emeritus professor of sociology, Ahrons helped diminish the stigma of divorce, seeking to replace pejorative language and arguing that a “good divorce” could prove more beneficial than an unhappy marriage.
USC Dornsife Chemistry Department wins award to explore new methods of evaluating STEM teaching
The American Association of Universities will fund examination of how, with better evaluations, faculty could more accurately refine their undergraduate teaching methods.
Bringing prisoners and students together as classmates
Residents of the California Institution for Women joined a class on memoir writing alongside USC students, facilitating empathy and new perspectives on prison.
USC Dornsife launches first undergraduate civil rights advocacy clinic in U.S.
Led by noted civil rights attorney Olu Orange, the Agents of Change Initiative enables students to participate in key areas of social reform.
USC Dornsife launches 2020 election tracking poll; Biden leads by 11 points
This year’s version of USC’s groundbreaking Daybreak Poll will provide three ways to estimate how Americans may vote in the 2020 presidential election.
Prime minister of Spain gives inspiring speech at USC during historic state visit
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón gives a President’s Distinguished Lecture and meets with USC Dornsife dean and faculty.
High schoolers get early glimpse of a career in science
USC grad students give juniors and seniors hands-on research experience and a taste of what a career in STEM fields could bring.
Scientists have more data to back their findings: The Earth is getting warmer
An international group upgrades global database that tracks global shifts in temperatures.
Gift from alums Harlan and Linda Martens to fund USC Dornsife scholarships
$15 million pledge helps ensure the university’s ability to offer financial aid for deserving students.
USC Dornsife celebrates philanthropists whose major gift in 2011 named the college
Trojans and trustees honor David and Dana Dornsife on the five-year anniversary of the largest single gift in USC’s history.
New Deans at USC Dornsife and School of Dramatic Arts
Physicist Amber D. Miller named dean of USC Dornsife College
The L.A.-area native has focused on enhancing the basic sciences and building cross-disciplinary connections at Columbia, where she is dean of science.