Category Archives: Arts
← Older postsAlum’s play challenges public perception of social workers
The play Therapy shows how the line between professional and personal issues can become blurry.
Posted in Arts, Politics Society | Tagged alum, social work
Iovine delivers 2013 commencement address
To all of today’s graduates, I can’t imagine what’s going through your minds right now. I never had the opportunity to go to a great university like this.
Posted in Arts, Business, Digital Media, University | Tagged Commencement 2013
The dark of Harkness
Deborah Harkness believes the pages of centuries-old manuscripts are enchanted.
Posted in Arts |
Dressed to thrill
In 1927, a mysterious young woman named Irene Lentz who was described as a “USC coed” in the Los Angeles Times and who claimed to be studying to be a concert pianist, opened Irene Gowns.
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Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre give $70 million to create new academy at USC
Music industry icons and entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (Andre Young) have pledged $70 million to USC to create a new model for training and inspiring the next generation of innovators.
Posted in Arts, Top Stories | Tagged campaign
USC Annenberg study targets the casting games
In the last five years, Hollywood has generated well-known and popular female-driven fare such as Bridesmaids, The Hunger Games and the Twilight franchise. Given the success of these blockbusters, you might think that the number of roles for women is on the rise. Think again.
Posted in Arts | Tagged cinema
Artist turns his hospital room into a gallery
Dominic Quagliozzi was looking for a unique place to display his artwork. He found it in his hospital room at Keck Medical Center of USC.
Posted in Arts, Health | Tagged fine arts
Architecture students to receive final reviews at exhibition
The conceptual ideas that students at the USC School of Architecture have been developing in their minds over the last semester is coming to life in a massive display of science, art and innovation.
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Preserving the records of a public official
With Los Angeles voters choosing a new mayor on May 21, scholars and the popular media have turned their attention to local electoral politics. The USC Libraries’ Special Collections offer a wealth of rare and relevant primary-source materials, including papers of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke ’56.
Posted in Arts | Tagged usc libraries
In memoriam: Ray Harryhausen, 92
Ray Harryhausen, a superior craftsman known for pioneering visual effects in films and a former student and lecturer at the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA), died in London.
Posted in Arts | Tagged cinema