LeVar Burton coupled good stories with education
Former Reading Rainbow host tells USC audience that storytelling is an ‘essential element of the human experience.’
Deborah Harkness’ trilogy comes to life one more time
The bestselling author says so long to the All Souls Trilogy and gears up to teach a new seminar on public history.
The eloquent art of haiku
Alumna Deborah Kolodji brings life experiences to her stream of universal poetry.
2014 ‘Wonderland’ takes Lewis Carroll into digital age
“Lewis Carroll Through Two Lenses” is a photographic meditation on the life and career of the renowned author.
Slideshow: Lewis Carroll and the price of fame
USC Libraries recently purchased a coveted letter written by the author, who regretted his celebrity status.
USC Libraries buys unpublished Lewis Carroll letter
USC had kept the purchase under wraps to surprise benefactors George and Linda Cassady.
Poetry and song: Arts and humanities thrive at Festival of Books
USC Dornsife faculty explore truth, fiction, politics and other matters quite human.
From Melville to medieval India
Four professors have received fellowships from some of the most competitive funders in the world.
USC English professor talks stories of the strange and magical
Aimee Bender of USC Dornsife discusses her new book, The Color Master, a collection of 15 short stories.
High heels, lofty ambitions
Giselle Rodriguez-Forté has written a collection of memoir-based vignettes about her life that make up her USC thesis, which she is completing in anticipation of her 2014 graduation.
Doheny Library exhibition spotlights worthy writers
Author Author, a new exhibition in Doheny Memorial Library, features the work of Michael Childers, who has photographed a wide range of artists over the course of his career.
Puzzler wins Wonderland Award
USC graduate student Andrew Woodham took first prize in the ninth annual USC Libraries Wonderland Award competition for “A Reflection on Lewis Carroll.”
USC Scientists Find Missing Link in Regulation of Glucose
A team led by USC neuroscientist Alan Watts identified for the first time a biochemical signal that helps regulate the amount of glucose in the blood.