Trojans Skyler Pak and Taylor Contarino take #WeAreListening to heart
TITLE IX: The USC Annenberg pair are integral to the continuing success of the school’s #WeAreListening LIVE series.
Nonprofit director sharpens her social justice leadership skills with online master’s
Priscilla Hung has been a vital force for positive social change for nearly 25 years.
The importance of pictures: Trojans bring senior portraits and more to Antelope Valley teens
Through the NewColorsProject, USC Marshall students gave 18 senior portrait packages to Palmdale high schoolers who couldn’t afford the pricey photos. That was just the start.
Oscar’s most significant social impact films of the year
The Media Institute for Social Change at the USC School of Cinematic Arts identifies 14 movies that have impact while highlighting hot-button social issues.
USC trailblazer pushed past criticism as Trojan Marching Band’s first female drum major
TITLE IX: Since donning the cardinal cape and gold breastplate, USC Thornton alumna India Anderson has performed with Beyoncé at the 2022 Oscars and now leads the brass band Blow.
USC film school grad helps people living with disabilities tell their stories
Marisa Torelli-Pedevska co-founded the Inevitable Foundation, a first-of-its-kind organization dedicated to funding and mentoring professional screenwriters living with disabilities.
Students in USC Gould’s International Human Rights Clinic help Ukrainian family escape war
“Our client was always unsure if he could make the meetings because he was often in bomb shelters with no electricity or Zoom connection,” says law student Uma Fry Demetria.
Anonymous $11 million gift to USC Rossier will cement school’s Educational Equity Initiative
The gift was made to three projects that ensure youth will benefit from a more individualized, meaningful and equitable education experience.
USC celebrates trailblazers at Women’s History Month kickoff
Monthlong observance begins with virtual event including President Carol L. Folt and some of the university’s own Trojan trailblazers.
Food insecurity is worsening among low-income Angelenos
Throughout 2022, 37% of low-income residents of L.A. County lacked access to sufficient food. That’s 10 points more than in 2018, according to research published by USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange.
New initiative shows the lasting impact of #OscarsSoWhite
The Inclusion List, launched Wednesday by Associate Professor of Communication Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, tracks and celebrates progress in entertainment.
Prisoners learn writing skills through new program founded by USC alum
Volunteers in the USC Prison Education Project’s Readers’ Circle program provide typing, copy editing and proofreading services to people in custody across the United States.
Women’s History Month at USC celebrates female pioneers and their stories
Events taking place during the yearlong tribute to the 50th anniversary of Title IX include a music festival, a movie screening and conversations featuring trailblazing women.
‘Family reunion’ wraps up USC’s Black History Month observance
The celebration — moved indoors at the last minute because of inclement weather — culminates a month of events.
Using theater to promote healing and justice around the world
Professor Brent Blair of the USC School of Dramatic Arts heads to India, Rwanda and Israel to find the intersection of theater, healing and justice.
‘The 1619 Project’ creator takes a sharp look at Black American history
“We can be the country of our greatest ideals, but we have to tell the truth first,” Nikole Hannah-Jones says at debut of Charlotta Bass Media Trailblazer Speaker Series.
Innovation with impact: 2 USC sustainability research projects seek to make real-world difference
New approaches to addressing and reducing air and water pollution in L.A. seek to educate, incentivize key stakeholders.
Reuters team wins 2023 Selden Ring Award for ‘Nightmare in Nigeria’
Team of reporters investigated military abuses against civilians during the brutal war against Islamist insurgents.
USC Dornsife Public Exchange launches climate and sustainability practice
The new practice provides expert research and project management services to government, industry and nonprofit partners in the fast-growing clean technology and sustainability market.
‘Reclamation Through Resistance, Rebirth Through Reconciliation’: A Black History Month playlist
The USC Thornton School of Music shares music performed, written and/or produced by some of the school’s Black faculty and alumni.
A Cure for Plastic Waste
At USC, researchers are turning plastic waste into materials we can use as medicine in the future.
USC alumnae tackle the global crisis of human trafficking
Trojan social workers are key players in the fight to protect youth, protect women, and give a voice to all victims and survivors of human trafficking.
Trojan bridges science, technology and communications — via PR
Dani Rodríguez Martínez is a Fulbright Scholar and a Dean’s Scholarship winner, pursuing her master’s degree in public relations and advertising at USC Annenberg.
As Black studies courses spark debate, DEI expert warns against ‘erasure’ of history
USC Price’s LaVonna Lewis discusses the controversy and how understanding the legacy of racism in America will help future leaders develop more equitable public policies.