Tag: USC Dornsife Week
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.08.14)
USC Dornsife Week on The Academic Minute 2023.08.14 Monday Vsevolod Seva Katrich, associate professor of quantitative and computational biology and chemistry, takes a closer look at A.I. transforming drug discovery. Tuesday Sylvain Barbot, associate professor of earth sciences, says one region of Turkey needs to prepare for another earthquake. Wednesday Wandi Bruine…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.03.18-03.22 – USC Dornsife Week
The Academic Minute from 03.18 – 03.22 Monday, March 18th Moh El-Naggar – USC Dornsife Microorganisms Moh El-Naggar is the Robert D. Beyer Early Career Chair in Natural Sciences, and Professor of Physics, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. As a biophysicist, El-Naggar investigates…
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Irene Chiolo, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – First Responders In The Body
On USC Dornsife Week: Who are the first responders for damaged cells in your body? Irene Chiolo, assistant professor of biological sciences, looks into the body to find out. Irene Chiolo is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences with the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She and her team investigate heterochromatin, the…
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Daniel Benjamin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Genetics and Academic Achievement
On USC Dornsife Week: Do your genes decide the highest level of education you’ll receive? Daniel J. Benjamin, associate professor of economics, discusses this question. Daniel J. Benjamin’s research is in behavioral economics (which incorporates ideas and methods from psychology into economic analysis) and genoeconomics (which incorporates genetic data into economics). He is an Associate…
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David Newman, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Conservatives Report Greater Meaning In Life
On this Student Spotlight during USC Dornsife Week: Social conservatives find the most meaning in life. David Newman, PhD. Candidate in social psychology, looks into why. David B. Newman is a Ph.D. candidate in social psychology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and is a member of the USC Dornsife Mind…
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Megan Carroll, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Incidental Activists
On this Student Spotlight during USC Dornsife Week: Not all activism happens in the streets. Megan Carroll, PhD candidate in sociology, looks at “incidental activism.” Megan Carroll is a PhD Candidate in sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Art and Sciences, specializing in gender, sexuality, family, and social movements. Her research projects range…
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Moh El-Naggar, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Microorganisms
On USC Dornsife Week: Not all big ideas are about big things. Moh El-Naggar, professor of physics and astronomy, discusses how something small could help us think big. Moh El-Naggar is the Robert D. Beyer Early Career Chair in Natural Sciences, and Professor of Physics, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry at the University of Southern California…
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USC Dornsife Week on The Academic Minute (2019.03.18)
USC Dornsife Week on The Academic Minute 2019.03.18 Monday, March 18th Moh El-Naggar discusses how microorganisms could help us think big. Tuesday, March 19th Megan Carroll digs how gay fathers can be incidental activists. Wednesday, March 20th David Newman explores which political group finds the most meaning in life. Thursday, March 21st Daniel Benjamin examines…