Dornsife College

A popular teacher, McClure mentored many students across his long career.

The professor emeritus, who served as dean from 1989 to 1993, focused his research on developing new ways to better understand how molecules behave at the atomic level.

The Los Angeles Service Academy, a program of USC Dornsife’s Huntington-USC Institute on California, offers students a hands-on introduction to how L.A. works.

Paul Ignatius, a 1942 USC Dornsife graduate and World War II veteran, leaves a legacy that spans public service, journalism and philanthropy.

The college named the primatologist a Distinguished Emeritus Professor in 1991, the same year it established the Jane Goodall Research Center.

James Bullock shares his perspective on USC Dornsife’s strengths, the power of public scholarship and why asking life’s biggest questions matters.

The National Science Foundation award will strengthen the future of mathematics by blending cutting-edge research with innovative education and outreach.

The English professor’s novel James offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic — and has now earned fiction’s highest honor.

Anthropologist Hrag Papazian brings a global lens to contemporary Armenian experiences and diasporic life.

The astrophysicist and champion of interdisciplinary learning comes to USC from the University of California, Irvine, where he is dean of the School of Physical Sciences.