A USC Student Designs Games With an Emotional Punch
A creative junior designs games for all different platforms that are both fun and heart-wrenching.
Josh Gad (Olaf from Frozen) inspires drama students with tales of career missteps
Actor shares stories with students, faculty and Dean David Bridel at first USC School of Dramatic Arts Spotlight@SDA event of the year.
The story behind USC sophomore’s recording of ‘Yellow’ from Crazy Rich Asians
Katherine Ho, a former contestant on The Voice, recorded the demo for hours while her parents coached her Mandarin dialect over the phone.
Partnership works at preventing surprisingly common musicians’ injuries
With help from USC music and occupational therapy faculty, talented Trojans learn how to avoid repetitive-movement injuries.
Digital collection of dance performances finds a home at USC
USC Libraries and the USC Kaufman School of Dance will feature hundreds of cultural performances thanks to a Mellon Foundation grant.
Happy to fire, reluctant to hire: Hollywood inclusion remains unchanged
Across 1,100 popular films, a new report finds little change in representation for women, racial and ethnic groups, LGBT community or people with disabilities.
Why legendary Stan Lee and older adults remain relevant in movies — and life
The 95-year-old’s cameos in summer blockbusters add a human touch to big-budget franchises, reminding us that age is just a number.
Math and music merge for Trojan with footholds in two worlds
Paul Chyz grew up with eclectic interests in science and the guitar. USC helped him bring them together.
Comic-Con, not just about comics any more, is changing the entertainment industry
USC experts note that the annual event, which opens Thursday in San Diego, is making a difference behind the scenes and on screen, too.
Mark Hamill advises Trojans to ‘recognize the opportunities’
The Star Wars legend recalls his Luke Skywalker audition and offers wisdom to students at a USC School of Dramatic Arts event.
Trojan, now writing with an HBO mentor, sees a story in everyone
Sara Alize Cross has been spinning yarns since childhood, and it pays off with a fellowship under the guidance of an HBO comedy executive.
Career development for millennials: Musicians on 2 continents team up digitally
A cross-continental collaboration brings two artists from the U.S. and U.K. together.
Study finds film critics, like filmmakers and casts, are largely white and male
USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative examines movie critics’ demographics and finds small numbers of writers who are female or from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
USC film student preps for Fulbright Summer Institute in UK
Sophomore is thrilled to be part of the prestigious scholarship program on what will be her first trip abroad.
Educator, designer and artist Haven Lin-Kirk to lead USC Roski School of Art and Design
The longtime professor and accomplished professional has taught at USC for 17 years.
With comic book styling, biology grad Kella Vangsness paints stem cells as superheroes
‘Stem Cells: The Heroes of Disease’ depicts stem cells waging a war against the villainy of disease.
In Africa, visiting Trojan pursues computer science by day and traditional dance at night
Passions for dance and programming fused into a memorable adventure for a USC student in Botswana.
Trojan Marching Band to perform in Dublin, Cork on first visit to Ireland
Fifty members of the globe-trotting group will make the Emerald Isle the 19th country it has visited since 1988.
Valedictorian Rose Campion brings love of music history to neighborhood schools
She helps youngsters see the impact of music — from Beyoncé to Beethoven to the music of Botswana — on their own communities.
Recognize that background? University Park Campus has starring role in movies, TV
From Laurel and Hardy to How to Get Away with Murder, it’s not unusual to see USC on the big or small screen — often standing in for some other place.
Midori Goto brings hope, harmony and music to Sri Lanka
As the USC Distinguished Professor prepares for the next stage of her professional life, she looks back at a meaningful, memorable trip with students.
$3 million gift creates cross-cultural communication chair at USC Annenberg
The chair’s first holder is Josh Kun, USC professor and historian who uses music to examine the connections we have to each other.
USC Kaufman dance majors take on masterworks by ‘Living Legends’
In a USC Visions and Voices event, students will perform dances choreographed by Jiří Kylián, Paul Taylor and William Forsythe.
Screenwriters urged to deliver on the promise of a great story
As audiences expect more from movies and TV, Irving Belateche exhorts students to turn their personal visions into compelling tales.