While nearly half of the performers on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Charts were from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, only about 1 in 7 top-level executives were, the USC Annenberg study found.
Thanks to a prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the recent USC grad was able to dive into the history of Mexican American ska music in Los Angeles.
The Voices Fund has helped bring celebrated artists like jazz musician Roscoe Mitchell and mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges to speak in USC Thornton classrooms.
The USC Thornton alum has created a multifaceted career across continents as a conductor, artistic director and teacher.
The museum’s “Opening and Closing Weekend” will feature the first — and final — chance to visit an exhibit on identity, migration, race and gender from seven Asian female artists.
A lifelong dancer, Needham plans to blend ballet with a career in occupational therapy.
Cameron Audras has discovered how to mix his passion for conservation and his skill with the viola, interests that will culminate with degrees in environmental sciences and music.
Tiara Wilson studies how themes of resistance, justice and identity are expressed in the region’s immensely popular music genre.
As a consultant and writer on the TV show United States of Al, Chase Millsap is bringing the topic of special immigrant visas to millions of Americans.
A deep exploration of the tech hub of Shenzhen is at the heart of Grace Yuehan Wang’s research.
Virtual celebration uplifts most recent graduating class with words of wisdom from keynote speaker Colman Domingo and fellow students.
The five students’ stories touch on diverse opportunities, life-changing faculty and creative collaborations, and look confidently toward a future in music.
In addition to starting Haute Magazine, graduating senior Diana Fonte has worked for Annenberg Media, been a mentor to first-year students and had a variety of internships. Next, she’s headed back to France, where she studied for a semester.
Ten years of work and millions of dollars in scholarships have pulled in students whose stories may have otherwise gone untold.
USC grad students — innovators and entrepreneurs innovators and entrepreneurs — are redifining how we think about and practice arts leadership in the 21st century.
Watch this video to discover how USC’s student actors, designers, stage managers and technical directors all come together virtually to create art.
The award-winning actor, director, playwright and producer can currently be seen starring alongside Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in the Netflix film adaption of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Currently the associate dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, San Diego, Roxworthy will join USC in July.
The school will host a hybrid benefit celebration on Sept. 9 honoring five of its most committed and illustrious alumni, including the Oscar-winning actor.
USC’s Paula L. Cizmar harnessed theater arts to explore the stories at the heart of sacrifice zones — areas blighted by environmental contamination.
The first round of 12 Trojan grant winners will pursue storytelling projects on sustainability and environmental justice through the Arts and Climate Collective.
Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute are collaborating with students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to convey scientific research through creative outlets like video games, animation and screenplays.
Art historian Lisa Pon is recognized for exploring Renaissance artist Raphael’s collaborations, while composer Nina C. Young is known for her genre-defying work.
TV and movies are one way that people make sense of the world, USC Annenberg’s Paolo Sigismondi notes — but they can be inaccurate, incomplete or misleading.