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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nice to see @dornsife.usc.edu Prof Mark Thompson mentioned as a Nobel prize front runner for his work on phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. www.chemistryworld.com/news/who-wil...
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Who will win the 2026 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Annual list of 'citation laureates' includes scientists behind base editing, self-assembled monolayers, and those who improved our understanding of electron transfer in proteins
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excited to welcome Senator Peters to co-lead the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future along with Republican Mike Murphy. The center is about solving problems in a bipartisan way. Peters has a long record of that. A perfect match. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Sen. Gary Peters, headed for academia, says he’s confident El-Sayed will win seat
The Michigan Democrat, who is retiring after this term, has accepted an offer at the University of Southern California.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congratulations to USC Chemistry Professor Mark Thompson for this recognition of his impact in transforming digital displays. “for pioneering research on PHOLEDs and TADF, enabling ultrahigh-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes.” 20% of Citation Laureates have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.
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OLED pioneer Mark Thompson named 2026 Citation Laureate
The USC Dornsife chemist whose innovations helped transform digital displays is recognized for research Clarivate considers of Nobel caliber.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One of the biggest mysteries revealed by JWST: surprisingly bright galaxies in the early Universe, challenging galaxy formation models. Lots of people have come up with ideas for how their masses could be overestimated. Now, however, there's a result that says we could be *underestimating* them 🧐🧪
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Hidden stars suggest that distant galaxies are more massive than they appear | Eberly College of Science
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Welcome to a new semester, Trojans! Let’s get started ✌️ @usc.edu @dornsife.usc.edu
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations to @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Morteza Dehghani and colleagues on making the cover of Nature Human Behavior > Work showing that #AI writing assistants shrink linguistic diversity in blur personal identity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Meta-analysis of 4.2 million people: Physical activity as part of job => 20% higher dementia risk Physical activity for fun (jogging, sports) => 24% lower risk Led by David Raichlen, Professor of Human & Evolutionary Biology @dornsife.usc.edu today.usc.edu/why-you-move...
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Why you move — not just how often — could affect dementia risk — USC News
USC research finds strenuous work may not offer same brain protection as voluntary leisure-time exercise, may increase dementia risk.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Proud to share latest paper led by phenomenal PhD student Patricia Fofie! We use FIRE simulations to understand why and how AGN quenching is associated with morphological transformation arxiv.org/abs/2608.13718
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 06/08/2026
LA wants more shade, but old rules are standing in the way. Our researchers found that flexible tree-spacing standards could open more opportunities to plant in shade-deprived neighborhoods. Citing that research, a council member is calling for a closer look at those rules. bit.ly/4hjdipK
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Decades-Old LA Tree Rules May Be Blocking Shade Where It's Needed Most
LA has some of the nation's strictest rules around tree-spacing, according to researchers.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In rats fat/sugar sparked strong memory responses (helping find that food in the future?) but chronic exposure worsened memory formation over time. This diet early in life => weaker communication btwn gut & hippocampus later=> reduced memory-related brain responses later in life
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 23/07/2026
Congratulations to Yu Deng, recipient of a 2026 Fields Medal, one of mathematics’ highest honors. The award recognizes work he carried out while on the USC Dornsife faculty, advancing fundamental questions in mathematics and mathematical physics. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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2026 Fields Medal honors math research conducted at USC Dornsife
Yu Deng, now at the University of Chicago, is recognized for mathematics studies he carried out during his years on the USC Dornsife faculty
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Excellence in academia is like a river. Great people often flow from place to place. But the environments they flow through are constants. Proud that former @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Yu Deng was recognized with a Fields Medal today for the work he did here @usc.edu www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...
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Four Young Mathematicians Receive Prestigious Fields Medals
The awards are bestowed only once every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mark Schroeder, USC Professor of Philosophy @dornsife.usc.edu has devoted much of his research to understanding how the way that we interpret each other as people shapes our relationships. That work has helped him understand why he struggled to be grateful a bit about how to do better.
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How to be grateful to someone – even when you don’t want to
Struggling to find your sense of gratitude? Try thinking differently about what caused the person’s actions.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
AI-enabled drug design promises to improve lives. However, existing models often produce compounds that are not easily synthesized and therefore not practically useful. @dornsife.usc.edu biologists have introduced a way to fix this problem. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Circumventing the Synthesizability Problem in Generative Molecular Design
Generative structure-based drug design (SBDD) models have shown great promise for accelerating our ability to discover novel drug candidates. However, these models have been criticized for producing c...
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
USC @dornsife.usc.edu Public Exchange CLEAN project is offering free rapid-response soil testing for Boyle Heights and Los Angeles County neighbors. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/b...
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USC is offering free soil testing amid Boyle Heights pollution concerns
Concerns of water contamination and air quality were raised during a days-long fire at a Boyle Heights warehouse, but what about other pollutants?
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Excited to announce a new academic credential at USC @dornsife.usc.edu Intensives 12 units / document skills that are valuable to you & employers Our first three: 📊Survey Design and Analysis ✍️Writing and Responsible AI 🧬AI for Molecular Biology dornsife.usc.edu/intensives/
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Dornsife Intensives - USC Dornsife
University of Southern California
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
After global innovation win, USC Dornsife graduate aims to make calling for help safer dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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USC Dornsife grad’s global win could make calls for help safer
Darnell Adler’s Lifeline AI took Red Bull Basement’s World Final top prize, giving him a chance to set a new standard for emergency alerts
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Check out the nice video that @texasastronomy.bsky.social postdoc Jenna Samuel made to explain her work on galaxy formation in the early cosmos! 🧪
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Congratulations to @dornsife.usc.edu Loker Institute Director & Chem Prof Surya Prakash and Loker Managing Director Robert Aniszfeld who were inducted into theNational Academy of Inventors at the annual conference hosted at USC.
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 28/05/2026
They designed, tested, calculated, collaborated and competed — all before heading back to middle and high school. California just hosted the Science Olympiad Tournament for the first time, and @usc.edu was the stage, welcoming more than 2,000 of the nation's top young #STEM students. bit.ly/4nVgxVD
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Congratulations to Coral Wheeler @socialistscientist.bsky.social on getting tenure! Fantastic news and well deserved!!!
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Congratulations to @dornsife.usc.edu Econ PhD student Joshua Levy on his work being featured in the New York Times. -> pro se complaints with AI generated text rose from 0 to 18% since 2019 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...
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Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
As an example, the image below shows how early galaxies of different masses (each row) would look if we could see the brightness in all stars (left), or the stars weighted by age (middle), or just what JWST can see (right). As powerful as JWST is, there's a lot going on that it can't resolve!
left columns show lots of clumps with a diffuse background (top and middle) or just a point (bottom). Roughly the same for the middle, though the diffuse is less prominent. The right column shows how the other columns get smeared out, losing lots of the information.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hot off the virtual presses: Jenna Samuel @texasastronomy.bsky.social) has led a huge new effort to understand galaxy formation in the early Universe. These simulations can serve as key comparisons with JWST observations to see where our best models do and do not work 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.24104
on the left is a 3D cube with a filamentary distribution of gas on the left, a more sparse distribution of stars on the right, and dark matter on the top. On the right is a zoom-in to a small region showing gas and stars at various resolutions.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is what I assume is an AI-generated short form article on our paper that came out almost coeval with us dropping it on the arXiv … And honestly, it’s a pretty good popular science level summary. gist.science/paper/2605.2...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The formation of galactic disks is a surprisingly tough topic to understand. In a great paper, UCI grad student Olti Myrtaj shows how and why the Milky Way disk undergoes 3 distinct phases (chaotic -> thick disk -> thin disk). A thin disk requires a virialized inner CGM and slow(er) gas accretion. 🧪
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 21/05/2026
The next generation of scientists and engineers is coming to @usc.edu More than 2,000 K–12 students arrive tomorrow for the 42nd annual Science Olympiad National Tournament. We’re proud to help welcome them to campus. ✌️ today.usc.edu/top-k-12-stu...
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Top K-12 students to compete in Science Olympiad at USC
More than 2,000 students will attend the 42nd annual National Tournament.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Proud to share our latest paper led by PhD student Olti Myrtaj ➡️ Why did the Milky Way evolve in three kinematic phases? arxiv.org/abs/2605.22806
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 20/05/2026
One of our newest economics graduates is headed to the world final of a global innovation competition. Darnell Adler was named one of three U.S. winners of Red Bull Basement for Lifeline AI, his personal safety startup. We’re cheering you on, Darnell. Fight On! ✌️ dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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USC grad wins US Red Bull competition, heads to world final
Darnell Adler, who studied economics at USC Dornsife, is one of three to win Red Bull Basement, a competition for student innovators.
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 16/05/2026
The smiles say it all. Today, we celebrated 2,700+ USC Dornsife graduates as they crossed the stage, cheered on by the people who helped them get here. Congratulations, Trojans. We’re so proud of you. Fight On! ✌️
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 14/05/2026
Congratulations to our 368 outstanding new doctoral graduates! Their scholarship reflects the breadth of USC Dornsife, from chemistry and neuroscience to creative writing and economics. We're proud of you, Trojans. Fight On! ✌️
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Here’s the podcast for our Dad Brain episode. What actually happens to a man when he becomes a father — in his brain, his body and his sense of who he is? Great discussion with @darbysaxbe.bsky.social professor of psychology @dornsife.usc.edu podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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The Science of Fatherhood
Podcast Episode · Dornsife Dialogues · April 27 · 57m
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 20/04/2026
Attn: SF Bay Area alumni -- Hope you can join us for this special event!
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 16/04/2026
What happens to a man’s brain, body and identity when he becomes a father? Join Dean James Bullock and Darby Saxbe, prof. of psychology and author of Dad Brain, for a conversation about fatherhood and family, with live Q&A. Register here for this free event, held via Zoom: bit.ly/4tVoZpK
The Science of Fatherhood - April 24, Noon - 1 pm
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 23/04/2026
Congratulations to Natalia Molina on being named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow! The honor will support her new book project, Hidden Histories in the Garden, which brings to light the stories of the workers who built and maintained the Huntington. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
Congratulations Natalia Molina
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Excited to head to the San Francisco waterfront on April 30 for a special evening with @dornsife.usc.edu alumni and parents! Join me at the Ferry Building to hear firsthand about all the amazing things happening at the college. See you in the Bay Area! RSVP by April 26: bit.ly/USCBayArea26
Evening By The Bay April 30, 6pm
at the Ferry Building
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Impressive work by Patricio Gallardo of @upenn.edu and @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. Kris Pardo et al. => pairwise velocities measure gravitational force law on cosmic scales, 1/r^n w/ n= 2.1 ±0.3, MOND is a poor fit (PTE=3.65×10−3), while ΛCDM fits well (PTE=0.17). dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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Test of gravity using galaxy clusters supports dark matter
Scientists test a fundamental rule of gravity across hundreds of millions of light years — and it holds up
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Join us on on April 24 to discuss the new book "Dad Brain" with the author, @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. of Psychology Darby Saxbe to learn what her research reveals about the ways fatherhood changes men and how being a dad can shape workplaces and society. Register here: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Congrats @dornsife.usc.edu Chem Prof. Richard Brutchey for his 2026 ACS Langmuir Lectureship recognizing his work on molecular programming related to controlled surface chemistry dornsife.usc.edu/chemistry/20...
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
USC Dornsife Public Exchange welcomes climate leader with deep LA policy experience dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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Climate leader Michelle Barton joins USC Dornsife Public Exchange
Barton, who brings deep L.A. policy and environmental initiative experience, will help guide work on shade, heat resilience and the L.A. River
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 26/03/2026
AI is moving fast. The work of making it trustworthy has to keep pace. USC’s new Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing is focused on exactly that, with our School of Philosophy helping put human questions at the center of technological ones. today.usc.edu/new-usc-inst...
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USC Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing hosts AI summit
The inaugural event features leading AI researchers and experts.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today we @dornsife.usc.edu and @usc.edu Viterbi School of Engineering are launching a new effort that brings together the liberal arts and computer science to enable #AI for the public good. today.usc.edu/new-usc-inst...
today.usc.edu
USC Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing hosts AI summit
The inaugural event features leading AI researchers and experts.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Good news - no evidence for ecosystem or harm for human health - Noelle Held, marine biogeochemist and principal investigator for the CLEAN Waters project, which is measuring post-fire water quality after Palisades and Eaton fires. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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New report on L.A. post-fire beach contamination finds something unexpected: good news
Sampling on L.A. area beaches found no lead or other metals at concentrations that could hurt humans or animals.
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A real treat to return to my old stomping grounds at the @uciphyssci.bsky.social for the advancement exam of my exceptional PhD student Patricia Fofie, who passed with flying colors on her research using numerical simulations to understand how super massive black hole feedback affects galaxy shapes
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Fun podcast with Prof. @karenlloyd.bsky.social & alumna Laurie Barge exploring how Earth’s most extreme environments are shaping where and how scientists search for life beyond Earth. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Discovering Life in Unexpected Places
Podcast Episode · Dornsife Dialogues · March 9 · 59m
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Extremely thought provoking essay by @dornsife.usc.edu English Prof Emily Hodgson Anderson, including the idea that the earliest examples of ‘ghostly’ writing made us as a society more comfortable with not knowing, or not asking, how some forms of writing were produced. lithub.com/ghost-writin...
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Ghost Writing: On AI Before AI
When is an author not an author? The question feels like the lead up to a nerdy joke. But these days, with the looming presence of artificial intelligence, I feel as if I am asking that question ev…
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Great conversation with @dornsife.usc.edu Prof. @karenlloyd.bsky.so + alumna Laurie Barge, senior research scientist at @nasajpl.bsky.social Highlights include life that thrives with pH levels 1000 times more basic than bleach! youtu.be/kwvxYkv92A0
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Discovering Life in Unexpected Places
YouTube video by USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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USC Sociology @uscsociology.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This week we welcome Barnard College Professor Amy Zhou to our department colloquium!
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James Bullock @jbprime.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This generous gift to Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West will enable new understandings of the past to inform public dialogue in the West + support partnerships with nonacademic professionals and practitioners dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...
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$4M gift puts Institute on California and the West past halfway mark
Pledge from institute’s longtime friend supports public outreach and partnerships with professionals outside academia
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