See the results of the most recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide public opinion polls and how national and state politicians are viewed in California. A year after his election, President ...

The loss of natural reef systems is a threat to both biodiversity and ecosystem services on a global scale. In many cases, the loss of these reef ecosystems is a direct result of anthropogenic ...

A devastating earthquake in Myanmar is giving scientists new insight into how major quakes start, spread, and grow. The ...

We recently sat down with Karl Huggins the director of the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, located at the USC Wrigley Marine Institute on Santa Catalina Island to discuss his scientific contributions to ...

On our science diving trip to Palau we visited Jellyfish Lake, a tropical marine lake home to millions of golden and moon jellyfish. Due to the stratification of the lake into two layers, the bottom ...

You can’t always tell from photos, but Garibaldi can give a mean staring contest. I have seen pictures of this famously highlighter-orange California State fish in countless books and brochures on ...

Note: The students have now returned to Los Angeles from Micronesia and some are reflecting on their experiences. Remaining posts in this year's blog will focus on lessons learned and ongoing ...

USC Dornsife has a program called Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF), which awards up to $3000 for a Dornsife student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher for summer research. This year most of ...

Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation. The national intelligence ...