USC Dornsife economist Mathew Kahn and UC Berkeley economist Emmanual Saez debate Prop. 40, which aims to impose a one-time, ...

USC initiative gives undergraduates complementary perspectives on AI: how it works, how to use it, and what it means for ...

For the first time, Americans can see a renowned painting of the Pacific Islander who captivated 18th‑century Britons ...

Whether via her fill-in-the-blank translations or indie rock guest appearances, the poet bridges ancient Greek literature and ...

Leap years show that humans may have an odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to ...

Christopher Columbus' actions have been much scrutinized. Less attention has been paid to his writings, and what they reveal about his motivations.

When French writer Marcel Proust famously recalled his childhood from the taste of a Madeline cookie, his stomach may have done some of the work. We generally associate our memories almost exclusively ...

Research conducted at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has been recognized with the 2026 Fields Medal, widely regarded as one of mathematics’ highest honors. Yu Deng, who served ...

In our recently released brief and paper, The Wealth of Welcome: Immigration Reform That Works for America, we argue that America’s enforcement-heavy immigration strategy is failing economically, ...

When Americans picture 1776, the first image that usually springs to mind is of powdered wigs, quill pens and earnest white men debating liberty in candlelit rooms. The fact that this perspective ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests increased dramatically in California during 2025, the first year of the second Trump administration, with particularly sharp increases among AAPI ...

Scientists identified a new way to classify ocean microbes into groups based on how they consume nutrients and recycle carbon. They found that different microbes dominate in different parts of the ...