As Year of the Tiger begins, Trojans share how they celebrate Lunar New Year
USC students, faculty and staff members will be among the billions of people worldwide celebrating Lunar New Year on Feb. 1.
Continents and cultures converge in USC Veterans Association leadership team
As president and vice president of the USC Veterans Association, Johnny Walker and Seulki Noh make a powerful pair.
USC’s 2021 entering undergrad class is the most diverse and talented yet
First-generation and students of color set records. The university’s college prep program for neighborhood children and teens leads the way with 57 first-year students. And Southern California public high schools make their strongest showing.
Research into small protein sheds light on battling autoimmune disease
The protein appears to have a big role in regulating the immune system, USC’s David Lee says.
Master’s student explores race and culture in East Asian hip-hop
Tiara Wilson studies how themes of resistance, justice and identity are expressed in the region’s immensely popular music genre.
WorldMed@UPC students make a local and global health impact
The group, with more than 100 student members, aims to make an impact in areas like food and housing insecurity.
Animator Yoo Lee shines in stop motion
After 20 years in the fashion industry, Lee began making DIY stop motion music videos to entertain her young daughter. Now Lee is a standout film student.
Hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism
USC researchers are studying the function of a mitochondrial hormone in the brain, and their findings could lead to drugs that provide the health benefits of exercise to disabled individuals.
Three graduating ROTC cadets fondly recall their time as Trojans
As they commission during a pandemic, three Air Force ROTC cadets remember what brought them to USC and look positively toward the future.
USC-educated immunobiologist receives prestigious Soros Fellowship
Eric Hoyeon Song, who graduated from USC Dornsife with a bachelor’s in biochemistry, is one of 30 academics to receive the 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
USC grad goes from drawing paper dolls in Korea to designing costumes on Black Panther
Though Chloe Ji Yoon teaches fashion design full time in Korea, the USC School of Dramatic Arts graduate can still find time for Hollywood gigs on Oscar-winning movies.
What geology reveals, and obscures, about North Korea’s nuclear weapons
A USC PhD candidate explains how geological knowledge of North Korea’s nuclear test site could provide deeper insights into the nation’s weapons capability.
Can a nuclear war with North Korea be avoided?
Amid escalating bilateral tensions, USC Dornsife experts discuss the risk of nuclear war with North Korea and evaluate deterrents.
Are U.S. and North Korea in a stalemate or on the cusp of confrontation?
USC experts react to the week’s escalating war of words from President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
New dual master’s program to begin at USC and universities in Hong Kong, South Korea
USC Rossier partners on global program for bilingual education teachers with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Yonsei University.
Antihistamines prevent ‘Asian flush’ — alcohol-induced facial redness — but pose risks
Off-label use of Zantac, Pepcid and Tagamet can crank up drinking habits and increase cancer risk in the long run, USC experts say.
Alumna named first female president of South Korea’s Inha University
Excelling as a USC student and postdoctoral fellow, Soonja Choe has led advances for women in sciences and engineering.
USC Price signs global pact with Korea’s oldest private university
The new agreement paves the way for a mutual exchange of educational programs, training and research.
Koreatown monument unveiled at ceremony honoring alum Alfred Song
The former state senator paved the way for Korean-Americans, Nikias says.
Korean-American class supports community leadership
NetKAL group invests in the future of its long-running civic program.
Korean wave washes over the Pacific Rim
USC East Asian expert tries to make sense of the phenomenon with essays on country’s pop culture.
Global Conference opens in South Korea
Hundreds of USC alumni and leaders gathered at the official welcome reception and dinner of the 2013 USC Global Conference in Seoul.
Korean film history comes to USC
Movie buffs got to enjoy the presence of Korean film royalty earlier this month at the USC Korean Film Festival. Organized jointly by the USC Korean Studies Institute and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the festival spotlighted the works of director Choi Dong-hoon, one of the country’s biggest names in cinema.
Journey unites Korean leaders here and abroad
As the group of Korean Americans gazed upon the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, they were reminded of the sacrifices of those who came before them, many of whom were their own relatives, that made their lives in the United States — and as global citizens — possible.