“An artist cannot hide from her or his political beliefs; they will be in the work,” say the USC distinguished professor of English. “But to presume that I am smart enough to preach a position runs counter to my artistic sense.”
A study by USC researchers found reduced green cover in 20 L.A.-area communities from 2000 to 2009. Co-author Travis Longcore says urban trees flourished here through much of the 20th century but have declined in the 21st.
New study at USC will compare two ways of caring for older adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Technology entrepreneur Steve Poizner will lead the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, a new group of universities, companies and venture capitalists.
On Catalina Island, USC’s Diane Kim and her colleagues are working on what they hope will become an energy source of the future — macroalgae, otherwise known as kelp. It’s one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth, and farming it requires no fertilizer, fresh water, pesticides or arable land.
“The road to the Charlottesville attack was not traveled in a night, nor even a decade,” writes USC’s Erroll G. Southers. “Since 9/11, the uptick in terrorism has not come from foreign threats. Instead it is owed to homegrown terrorists.”
Where do we go from here? USC experts can sift through the heated rhetoric of the recent marches in Charlottesville, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta to help better understand what happened, why it happened, and more importantly, how to counter acts of hatred in the future. The university is home to USC Shoah Foundation, whose 55,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides provide a compelling voice for education and action.
The professor emeritus appreciated intellectual engagement and emphasized the importance of students finding their own critical voice.
Research by USC’s Davide Proserpio suggests that companies perceived to be responsive to and sensitive toward customers’ opinions are most likely to experience an improvement in future comments.
USC’s Stephanie Tully and Dartmouth’s Eesha Sharma note that borrowing decisions fall into two categories: “how to pay” and “whether to buy.”
