Great recognition Prof Doug Capone --> 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar status: #26 globally in the Marine Sciences This award has places him in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide. scholargps.com/highly-ranke...

Congratulations to evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers on winning the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. This prize, administered by @dornsife.usc.edu celebrates Kiers’ research is on mycorrhizal fungi connecting plant roots across forest floors. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Po’pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the USA - By Prof. Peter Mancall, Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute and Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics @dornsife.usc.edu dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

If powerful #AI systems can sometimes start behaving like sociopaths, how do we keep them aligned with human values? We explore what it might take to keep them in check — including a built-in sense of “vulnerability,” so it has something to lose by causing harm. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Congratulations Blake! aerospace.org/press-releas...

Definitive evidence of how Narcan works by capturing images of it in action for the first time. May help develop drugs with longer-lasting protection against overdose. Great work and writing by Saif Khan, Ph.D. Candidate in Biology @dornsife.usc.edu dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

How researchers are learning what makes police stops feel respectful dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Year in Review: Over the past year, CRCC held a powerful series on many different aspects of Economic Empowerment, helping to create economically sustainable organizations, share wealth-building skills and build wealth-building ministries. crcc.usc.edu/report/wealt...

From community dream to academic force in contemporary Armenian studies @dornsife.usc.edu dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

USC Nobel laureate in Chemistry Arieh Warshel is using AI to predict how HIV and other viruses evolve as a means of overcoming drug resistance. @dornsife.usc.edu today.usc.edu/decoding-the...

Year in Review: It's been a challenging year. CRCC worked with mental and physical health experts to help congregations thrive by working with faith leaders to maintain their own wellbeing and helping their teams do so as well. crcc.usc.edu/wellness-and...

A Trojan whose name became part of the U.S. Navy fleet. Paul Ignatius — WWII veteran, former Secretary of the Navy, and namesake of the USS Paul Ignatius — leaves a legacy of service & honor.

Trojan Family Weekend vibes 😎

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here’s an interesting short read on the historical popularity of ghosts and by folklore expert Tok Thompson of anthropology at @dornsife.usc.edu Boo! 👻 dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Research led by @dornsife.usc.edu Professor Emilio Valadez shows how combining two types of brain scans significantly improved predictions of future anxiety in teens. => One day we may use brain imaging to help teens most at risk for anxiety disorders dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Just as an FYI, Father Matthew Wheeler of the USC Caruso Catholic Center assured me that God will be on USC’s side against the Fighting Irish tonight. Yes that’s a USC Rosary 📿 he’s holding.

Fantastic article on the most recent Nobel prize in physics to Clarke, Devoret and Martinis written by @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Eli Levenson-Falk. Eli's Ph.D. adviser, Irfan Siddiqi, was advised by Devoret, and Clarke was his secondary adviser. theconversation.com/nobel-prize-...

Great time celebrating new and promoted faculty @dornsife.usc.edu yesterday. From folks in the writing program helping students communicate, listen, speak, and write… to physicists working on superconducting qubits, it was an amazing celebration of excellence in the liberal arts @usc.edu

How do you make a century old Los Angeles landmark more sustainable? USC Environmental Studies Professor Victoria Petryshyn has the answers! dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...

Such a thrill yesterday to celebrate Percival Everett’s Pulitzer Prize along with a panel of other esteemed @dornsife.usc.edu English Profs Dana Johnson and Aimee Bender. Special thanks to Provost Guzman for hosting the event, which featured questions from some amazing undergraduate students.

No ivory tower here: @dornsife.usc.edu scientists and USC heath experts in the community lending a hand in Los Angeles. dornsife.usc.edu/news-briefs/...

Honoring Jane Goodall’s legacy @dornsife.usc.edu dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Brings together a neurologist, quantitative biologist, and clinical pharmacist to develop a drug to reduce the impact of Alzheimer's disease. Cool aspect: using AI to speed up molecule discovery by ~1000 times @dornsife.usc.edu today.usc.edu/usc-research...

New in Cell by @dornsife.usc.edu Quantitative & Computational Biology Professor Jazlyn Mooney --> Population size of gray foxes in the US is actually stable/ past estimates had suggested decline. Past work using the wrong “reference genome” distorted the picture. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Be part of an unforgettable conversation with acclaimed author and artist Oliver Jeffers as he takes us on a journey through his stories about Earth, environment, and our shared future! 🎟️ Spots are limited! Secure your ticket today: wies-deltamurphy-2025.eventbrite.com

Wonderful interview w @dornsife.usc.edu Distinguished Professor of English Maggie Nelson @parisreview.bsky.social She is in the American Academy of Arts & Letters and was awarded a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship. Books include NYT bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award The Argonauts

Great news from the lab of @dornsife.usc.edu Chemistry Professor Stephen Bradforth - major grant from the new US-UK #Quantum Initiative. Working to detect quantum entanglement in real time, capturing events that unfold in just quadrillionths of a second. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

New study by led by @dornsife.usc.edu researchers finds that Individuals with accelerated DNA aging have an increased risk of cognitive decline in their 50's AND the the effect is stronger for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Huge win for @dornsife.usc.edu Cosmology! Glad to partner with fantastic scientists at Carnegie and UC Riverside to test different theories about how galaxies form. The amazing Prof Vera Glusevic will serve as the collaboration lead. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Excellent news from @dornsife.usc.edu Equity Research Institute: a major grant from the Waverley Street Foundation will enable research at the intersection of communities, climate and data. Congrats to Director and Professor of Sociology Manuel Pastor. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

Fascinating @dornsife.usc.edu study 🦊🧠 - Most Channel Islands foxes evolved proportionally larger brains than their mainland cousins. Work by @usc.edu Professor of Biological Sciences Suzanne Edmands and PhD student Kimberly Schoenberger. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

USC Dornsife's own Bill Deverell will be honored at Clockshop 's 20th anniversary gala next week. We salute his tireless research that deepens connections between California's communities and public lands. Event details: clockshop.org/fundraiser/

Students, take it from our faculty: 🎯 Less fear 🎯 More exploring 🎯 Enjoy your time outside class, too

It's the start of the school year for Trojans—but also for our new dean, James Bullock! Get to know @jbprime.bsky.social and why he believes USC Dornsife is uniquely positioned to help tackle society’s most pressing challenges.

The research that saves lives, sparks innovation and drives change is happening right now. Thanks to Big Ten universities, solutions are being delivered to help communities grow, thrive and overcome challenges.

Classes start today! Welcome @dornsife.usc.edu students!

Classes start today! Welcome @dornsife.usc.edu students!

Great review of @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Jacob Soll's new book on the history of the Free Market. Soll's own stance - somewhere between pure laissez faire and mercantilist-like government direction -- makes him well suited to tell the story. quadrant.org.au/news-opinion...

USC Provost Fellow Kyle Edwards is emerging as one of Canada’s most exciting new literary voices.

Chimps provide insights into both our ancestors’ lives and our own behavior. @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Craig Stanford’s ground-breaking research on meat-eating among chimps showed that meat for them was not just about calories, but that there was a political, cultural and even sexual side.

Alumnus Kirk Stueve (class of 2003) is combining his farming roots with his USC Dornsife education to help shape a more sustainable future through smart farming technology. Read more from our latest USC Dornsife Magazine issue:

ABC and NBC news teams are talking about our bold, new effort to cool Los Angeles. Learn more about ShadeLA: today.usc.edu/usc-teams-up...

Along with @viterbischool.usc.edu, we’re advancing USC’s leadership in quantum information sciences and technologies. Our goal: accelerate the development, and application, of quantum technologies. To learn more: quantum.usc.edu

Physicists at USC Dornsife and @cornelluniversity.bsky.social have found a way to harness the benefits of magnetism—without using magnets. The result: a big step toward ultrafast, low-power tech.

Interesting back and forth with a pair of international relations experts with personal experience in the region — why the war rages on, if there is a foreseeable end, and what we might expect in the aftermath.

A new chapter for quantum information science? Mathematical structures that were previously considered useless (‘neglectons’) could allow Ising anyons to work for a general-purpose quantum computer. Led by @dornsife.usc.edu Math Prof. Aaron Laude today.usc.edu/mathematicia...

Covering all 4,000 miles of California’s canals could save enough water for 2M people annually and generate power for 2M homes. Researchers across 7 universities coordinated through @dornsife.usc.edu Public Exchange are working to do just that. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

The Paris Agreement survived the first U.S. withdrawal, and so far, all signs point to it surviving the second one. theconversation.com/us-governmen...

Why hasn’t @mbkplus.bsky.social done a quantum mechanics and GR Coldplay kiss cam meme yet? Only explanation: he’s in the pocket of big quanta.

What is “thinking,” and how is it the same or different from “intelligence”? How would Plato & Aristotle frame AI? Great thought provoking short read by Prof Ryan Leack @dornsife.usc.edu @usc.edu theconversation.com/can-ai-think...