Solar flares are relatively rare, but can have a huge impact on people’s lives. USC Dornsife’s Edward Rhodes is using seismic techniques to explore the internal structure and dynamics of the sun — and learn more about those flares.
New performances share more of Saks’ memoir, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, which documents the USC Gould professor’s diagnosis with schizophrenia and her resilience as she learned to cope with the disorder.
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.
Charles Flowers Jr., surgeon and physician at the USC Roski Eye Institute, has made significant contributions to eye care on the island.
The USC Dornsife professor’s prolific work had recently earned him an appointment to the National Academy of Inventors.
TITLE IX: Karrie Kingsley hopes to create a safe environment and serve as a role model for students who struggle with their gender identity.
Some pay moving tributes to enslaved ancestors; others see holiday as a modern-day call to action.
At Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the law professor will compare immigration policies.
An international leader in Alzheimer’s disease research for over 30 years, Aisen is recognized with the highest academic honor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Wade Zeno, an expert in proteins, has received the Early-Stage Investigator’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
The clinical professor of communication was a scholar, teacher and mentor at the school for more than 20 years.
TITLE IX: Leader seeks to create environments that ensure that people of all identities feel included and valued.
TITLE IX: The USC Gould School of Law professor is the founder and faculty director of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics.
The Distinguished Professor of English is the fourth USC faculty member elected to the academy.
The USC Dornsife professor (research) of quantitative and computational biology is recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
COMMENCEMENT: Hers is an honorary degree; his is a doctorate of musical arts. The conferral is a prelude to an operatic interpretation of Huerta’s remarkable life, which the composer calls “a microcosm of loss and perseverance.”
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.
In celebration of Mother’s Day, USC faculty members reflect on the ways their moms encouraged and inspired their academic careers.
TITLE IX: “If we can continue moving forward, the future is very bright,” says Associate Dean Nickey Woods.
TITLE IX: The international acclaimed playwright is a gender equity and racial equity trailblazer in her work at USC and beyond.
USC Price’s Liz Falletta explains the proliferation of “podium” apartments — and considers whether that matters given the ongoing housing shortage.
The professor emeritus was instrumental in the founding of the USC Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture, the USC Family of Schools and the Thematic Option program.
TITLE IX: “Sports gave me the confidence to question barriers that are out there and think about ways to overcome them,” says USC Marshall Professor Jill Kickul.
Maja Matarić and James Van Cleve join the prestigious organization, which recognizes excellence in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science.