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Gerd Bergmann, best known for discovering weak localization

A USC Dornsife political science professor explores how immigration policy design — not simply messaging — can win support across political divides.

Distinguished Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics Peter Mancall discusses the deep roots of grievance in American politics.

The USC Sea Grant director brings more than 25 years of experience as a scientist, educator and leader in ocean research, education, policy and public engagement.

Watch as USC Dornsife professors read their students’ feedback and react in real time.

The Distinguished Professor of English earns fiction’s highest honor for his novel James, which offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic.

In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the National Security Council and the president, explains Gregory Treverton of political science and international relations.

Reading offers unexpected forms of connection, as Professor of English Emily Anderson uncovers in her latest, Shadow Work: Loneliness and Literary 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.