Faculty – USC Advancement

Preparing students to meet tomorrow’s challenges

USC’s faculty are invaluable—to the university and to the people ultimately touched by their teaching, creativity, and research. The expertise and enthusiasm they bring to our students energize our campuses and inspire progress.

Award-winning faculty

71

National Academy Members

7

MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellows

6

Nobel Laureates

Inspiring the next generation of creators, innovators and leaders

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Can AI help us uncover unknown authors?

USC computer scientists are developing language technologies that could potentially identify who wrote anonymous text.

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4 USC faculty members named as fellows of prestigious science organization AAAS

Honorees join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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USC Rossier researchers awarded $1M grant to advance criminal justice prevention research and practice

During Second Chance Month, USC Rossier professors are making meaningful contributions to criminal justice reform.

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Residency classmates-turned-USC faculty achieve simultaneous funding success

The National Institutes of Health gave ophthalmologists Sun Young Lee and Benjamin Xu reason to celebrate.

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2 USC faculty members named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Mathematician Paul Newton will use the prestigious fellowship to investigate cancer models; composer Nicolás Lell Benavides will complete several musical works.

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How USC helped propel hip-hop innovation

Some of the foremost innovators in hip-hop are part of the Trojan Family. USC artists and scholars look back on 50 years of the art form – and forward to its future evolution.

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