Asia Pacific

Mark Padoongpatt’s examination of Thai immigrants landed him air time on a Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.

USC mailed more than 1,000 lab kits to its college students around the world so they could still do hands-on experiments while studying remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of bladder cancer, but this is the first study to suggest that smoking puts bladder cancer patients at risk after their diagnosis.

A music and business undergraduate juxtaposed modern jazz with ancient history to create two musical pieces based on the life of the legendary Egyptian ruler.

Seasoned chess champ Jack Peters teaches USC students critical thinking, decision-making strategy and history lessons through the 1,500-year-old board game.

USC Dornsife historian and poet Adrian De Leon traces the histories of the Filipino diaspora across continents all the while exploring the meaning of home.

About 1 in 3 Black, Asian and Latino people have experienced at least one incident of COVID-19 discrimination, according to an ongoing national COVID-19 attitudes study from USC Dornsife. Incidents include being threatened or receiving poor service at restaurants or stores.

A study by the USC Dornsife Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration reveals new information about Los Angeles’ immigrant population.

Imagine a museum where Japanese Americans from World War II live on as virtual avatars. Recent USC graduate Cole Kawana is working on it.