Author Archives: dirado
USC students fight to keep public art alive in LA
To USC’s Karina Casillas and Sabha Salamah ’12, art is a language — a language quashed in Los Angeles for a decade. So they decided to do something about it.
Posted in Arts, Politics Society | Tagged Community, fine arts, public policy, students
USC aims to link US veterans with job openings
USC hopes its “Serving Those Who Have Served” hiring event on March 20 will make a difference for local veterans looking for work.
Posted in Community, Politics Society, University | Tagged Community, social work
Students take a swipe at hunger
Each semester, USC students head into finals with credits still left on their dining cards — money that goes to waste when the semester ends. A group of students is turning those dollars into food for the LA Mission.
Posted in Community, University | Tagged Community
Southland Jews go uncounted
How many Jews are there in Los Angeles? Hard to say, really: It’s been 17 years since anyone counted.
Posted in Community, Politics Society, Research | Tagged religion
Intermarriage expected to shape the Jewish future
The persecution historically faced by Jewish communities was always a double-edged sword: While it brought great suffering, it also yielded great cohesion. That cohesion is slipping away in America, where Jews have met with unprecedented social acceptance. The result: a tide of Jewish intermarriage.
Posted in Community, Politics Society, Research, Top Stories | Tagged religion
USC expert supports better tracking — and training — for firearms
The streak of shootings and mass killings in the United States in recent years should encourage the nation to consider better tracking gun ownership, according to national security expert Erroll Southers MPA ’98.
Posted in Politics Society |
Success in the pool is a family business
USC men’s water polo father-son duo Jovan and Nikola Vavic swept the 2012 National Coach and Player of the Year honors, announced on Jan. 29. Given out by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, the awards capped off a [...]
Posted in University | Tagged honors and awards, sports
No, the end of the world is not nigh
Will the world end this Friday? There’s no reason to think so, especially if you follow Mayan calendars.
Posted in Politics Society, Science Technology |
Final exams or last-minute shopping? Don’t stress over it
More than a third of USC undergraduates report that stress hurt their academic performance within the last year — yet too many of them choose the wrong tools to deal with anxiety.
Posted in University | Tagged 2012, Health
Anatomy of a USC startup
In an economic climate that has many recent college graduates looking for the stability of a regular paycheck, a team of five recent USC grads decided to forgo the corporate route entirely
Posted in Business | Tagged alumni, innovation