Tag: USC Dornsife
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.08.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.08.05 Monday Rogerio Pinto, University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan, examines how we get white heterosexual men to confront feelings of homophobia and sexism. Tuesday Michael Werner, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah, reads up…
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Kayla de la Haye, University of Southern California Dornsife – Uncovering the True Extent of Food Insecurity in the U.S.
On USC Dornsife Week: How many people are food insecure in the United States? Kayla de la Haye, associate professor of population and public health sciences, examines the data. Kayla de la Haye is an Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California. She works to promote good health…
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Donald Arnold, University of Southern California Dornsife – Mapping Synapses and the Future of Memory Treatments
On USC Dornsife Week: How are memories formed? Donald Arnold, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, takes us a step closer to finding out. Professor Arnold is the principal investigator at the Arnold Laboratory and professor of Molecular and Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering at USC Dornsife. He received his Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering from…
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Wandi Bruine de Bruin, University of Southern California Dornsife – It’s Time to Ditch Climate Change Jargon
On USC Dornsife Week: Jargon can make things difficult to understand and talk about. Wandi Bruine de Bruin, provost professor of public policy, psychology and behavioral science, explores this. Wändi Bruine de Bruin is Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of…
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Sylvain Barbot, University of Southern California Dornsife – Is the Seismic Crisis over now for Turkey?
On USC Dornsife Week: Predicting earthquakes would save many lives. Sylvain Barbot, associate professor of earth sciences, says one region that needs to prepare for another tremor. Dr. Sylvain Barbot studied earthquake physics and tectonic geodesy at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps…
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Vsevolod Seva Katritch, University of Southern California Dornsife – Computer Modeling and A.I. Transform Drug Discovery
On USC Dornsife Week: Can A.I. cut the cost of making new drugs? Vsevolod Seva Katrich, associate professor of quantitative and computational biology and chemistry, takes a closer look. Dr. Katritch is an is a computational biologist and chemist at University of Southern California Dornsife, and a founding co-director of the Center for New Technologies…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.24-2023.07.28
The Academic Minute from 7.24 – 7.28 Monday Robin Morrison – University of Zurich Overcoming Adversity Robin Morrison is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich and an Affiliate Scientist at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda. She uses long-term data from wild gorillas to examine the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.24 Monday Robin Morrison, senior researcher at the University of Zurich and affiliate scientist at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, determines how gorillas foster resilience. Tuesday Patrick James, Dana and David Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California, considers the lessons the U.S. can…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.02.14-2022.02.18
The Academic Minute from 02.14 – 02.18 Monday, February 14th Lisa Bitel – University of Southern California Dornsife St. Valentine I am a first-generation college student. My parents came from a very small midwestern town and never considered university. I attended Smith College, Harvard University, and University College, Dublin. I learned Latin and Old…
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Lisa Bitel, University of Southern California Dornsife – St. Valentine
The history of Valentine’s Day might not match up with our current incarnation. Lisa Bitel, professor of history and religion at the University of Southern California Dornsife, delves into the past to find St. Valentine’s origin story. I am a first-generation college student. My parents came from a very small midwestern town and never considered…