Artist noé olivas is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart art collective and gallery. (Photo/Damon Casarez)
Got Art?
Artist noé olivas, co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart art collective and gallery, draws on his parents’ work ethic and his USC cohort’s encouragement to bring communities together in Inglewood.
Nadine Watt is the new president of the USCAA Board of Governors. (Photo/Danny Moloshok)
Lasting Legacy
Meet Nadine Watt, the new president of the USCAA Board of Governors.
Documentary production workshop participants in Cotonou, Benin. (Photo/Jean-Michel Dissard)
Celluloid Diplomats
How USC and the American Film Showcase are changing the world, one film at a time.
Stephens stands before the camera at the White House as an intern for CBS News in July 2019. (Photo/Courtesy of Morgan Stephens)
Healing from long COVID
Morgan Stephens was on track to a dream career in journalism—and then she got COVID.
It all started at USC: Michael Ausiello recalls how his days at Annenberg informed his work as a TV journalist. He is portrayed by actor Jim Parsons in the feature film "Spoiler Alert" based on his 2017 memoir. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Michael Ausiello wrote a heartbreaking — yet darkly funny — memoir after his husband’s death. It’s now a movie starring Jim Parsons.
Injuries from a car accident resulted in the amputation of Priya Patel’s fingers and thumbs. (Illustration/David Plunkert)
Digit-al Miracle
After a car accident resulted in the amputation of Priya Patel’s fingers and thumbs, a historic surgical milestone performed at Keck Medicine of USC got her life back on track.
Artist noé olivas is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart art collective and gallery. (Photo/Damon Casarez)
Got Art?
Artist noé olivas, co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart art collective and gallery, draws on his parents’ work ethic and his USC cohort’s encouragement to bring communities together in Inglewood.
Nadine Watt is the new president of the USCAA Board of Governors. (Photo/Danny Moloshok)
Lasting Legacy
Meet Nadine Watt, the new president of the USCAA Board of Governors.
Since 2019, Lauren Klein has been researching computer science and child development at the USC Interaction Lab. She is developing an automated system to model and support infant-caregiver interactions by detecting signs of toxic stress. (Illustration/Mikyung Lee)
Tech Talk
Doctoral student Lauren Klein is working with a local children’s hospital to help clinicians detect signs of toxic stress in infants
Both Chloe and I had autistic friends in high school, and we thought that creating a product that could interpret emotions as vibrations could really help them,” Shannon Brownlee says. (Illustration/Weitong Mai)
Feeling the Vibes
Seniors Shannon Brownlee and Chloe Duckworth’s startup uses software that can detect emotions from speech patterns and translate them into vibrations.
Niki Kawakami – "Us being here today, it’s a very reflective time. I used to share a lot of stories and I think that’s something that should be emphasized more, that connecting with your history, learning from the lessons and seeing how you can be better." (Photo/Damon Casarez)
Peace, Love, and Rocks
USC rock garden, opened in April, creates a contemplative space for Trojan family of 1940s dental student Tadashi “Tad” Ochiai.
Documentary production workshop participants in Cotonou, Benin. (Photo/Jean-Michel Dissard)
Celluloid Diplomats
How USC and the American Film Showcase are changing the world, one film at a time.
Stephens stands before the camera at the White House as an intern for CBS News in July 2019. (Photo/Courtesy of Morgan Stephens)
Healing from long COVID
Morgan Stephens was on track to a dream career in journalism—and then she got COVID.
The renamed Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Center for International
and Public Affairs Building was unveiled on April 11, 2022. (Photo/Steve Cohn)
Righting History
Renaming a landmark for historian and war chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation portends a new age for Trojans.
2022 Alumni Awards winners pose with USC administrators: (Left to right) Associate Senior Vice President for Alumni Relations Patrick E. Auerbach, Beth Petak-Aaron, Adam Goldston, Alumni Awards Co-Chair Mary Tee, Ryan Goldston, Ramona Cappello, Mike Nyeholt, Alumni Awards Co-Chair Kevork Zoryan, President Carol Folt, Mary Bono, Jules Buenabenta, President, USC Alumni Association President John Iino. (Photo/Steve Cohn)
Top Trojans
At the 88th annual Alumni Awards gala in April, the Trojan Family celebrated notable leaders who showcase the best of the Trojan spirit. The 2022 USC alumni awards recipients were recognized for bringing distinction to the university.
Who Run the World?
When Title IX—the landmark legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding—was signed into law in 1972, it had an immediate impact at USC.
An individual's risk can be a combination of several things, and chemical pollution are high on that list. (Illustration/Jason Holley)
Think Clean
Research at USC is helping define the environment’s impact on the brain. Growing evidence links the long-term effects of dirty air to accelerated cognitive decline and dementia, and USC researchers hope to better understand environmental effects and gene-environment interactions on brain health.
School of Dramatic Arts alumnus and voice actor JP Karliak poses for a photograph outside USC’s Widney Alumni House, where he worked for several years after earning a bachelor's degree in theater from the School of Dramatic Arts at USC, May 4, 2022. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Loud and Proud
Actor JP Karliak ’03 founded nonprofit Queer Vox to train LGBTQ+ voiceover actors and help them network and find mainstream roles in animation and video games.
The Cicada synthesizer vibrates in the same way that insects produce a loud and recognizable sound in the wild. (Photo/Federico Chiesa)
Ear Bug
Some people have a flair for playing instruments. Ho-Chun “Herbert” Chang PhD ’23 has a knack for inventing them.
With the help of USC law students, a woman wins a 16-year case to remain in the U.S. (Illustration/iStock/SiberianArt)
A Wait Rewarded
Pro bono teaching clinics like the USC Immigration Clinic are a lifeline for people without resources to navigate America’s complex legal system; it also gives USC Gould students real-world experience working with clients who have undergone trauma.
Tassel Worth The Hassle
Four years ago, Nadia Filanovsky, Lauren Gilmour, Anthony Llamas, Neysa Sanghavi, Meg Schwartz and Leily Zhu were new Trojans. Now, these members of the Class of 2022 talk about how USC lived up to their expectations.
Science denial isn't new - but we may have new ways to tackle it. (Photo/© M. Cody Pickens Photography)
What to do About Science Denial
Professor Gale Sinatra, an expert on climate science education, explains the divide between belief and doubt and answers the question: Is it possible for us to come together on science education?
Rev. Najuma Smith-Pollard, founding pastor of the Word of Encouragement Community Church in Los Angeles, has seen Black churches drive social change in the city.
Acts of Faith
Pastors advocate for their people from the pulpit and on the streets — and training at USC gives them the tools to take their work further.
At Keck Medicine of USC, keeping both organ transplant recipients and their donors healthy is all part of the plan. (Illustration/Simone Noronha)
Medical innovation
The shortage of organs for transplants is an issue for patients. Living donors are one key. Another: Helping them get healthier to ensure successful outcomes for the donor and the patient.
In this picture taken on Dec. 17, 1941, USC students volunteered to support the war effort 10 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo/Courtesy of USC University Archives)
A Call to Duty
Nearly every corner of campus life transformed as students joined the war effort at home and abroad.
Cities are getting hotter, and that means dire consequences for our physical and mental well-being— more so for some. Trojan experts respond with community collaboration, climate curricula and cooling strategies. (Illustration/Kathleen Fu)
Throw Shade
Cities are getting hotter, and that has dire consequences for our physical and mental well-being. The solutions? Community awareness and cooling strategies.
(Photo/Ed Carreon)
Chill Out
The Trojan Family shares favorite hidden gems and secret study nooks on the University Park Campus.
Solar panels atop Galen Center are a big step in USC’s move toward sustainability. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
ASSIGNMENT EARTH
Little things can make a big difference — especially when they’re done on a grand scale. Check out these ways USC is working toward a sustainable tomorrow.
Bar Exam
COVID-19 got people drinking — a lot. USC experts are looking for solutions to the long-term effects of alcohol and their harmful impact.
Emily Hsu finds that business and music are in harmony.
Doubling Up
Trojans embrace a Renaissance mindset, blending their creative and artistic passions with entrepreneurship, medicine and more.
(Illustrations/Josh Cochran)
Marvelous Machines
USC scientists use smart machines to treat and cure disease, build safer cars and much more.
A century of service: The Helenes have a proud history of volunteering their time for the betterment of the university and the community.
UNBROKEN BONDS
The group supports all manner of initiatives that improve life on campus and off, but its members also benefit, often establishing lifelong friendships that continue long after they have graduated.
Untitled (2021) by Listy Gao ’25 portrays her concern over the dismal state of today’s oceans: overfishing, microplastics and waste pollution. The large-scale tuna is composed of recyclable, unrecyclable, and combustible materials: paper, cardboard, and plastics. (Photo courtesy of Listy Gao)
Envisioning the Future
Students from USC Roski School of Art and Design use their creative talents to reflect on nature, how it has endured, how it struggles, and most important, how humankind has used—and misused—it.
In 2014, Peter Kuhn joined USC to become a founding member of the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, a 190,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research facility wholly committed to exploring new frontiers in medicine and health. (Illustration/Curt Merlo)
Beating the Odds
USC researcher Peter Kuhn possesses an unrelenting mission to improve the lives of cancer patients.
Carpten's mission is to untangle the role of biology in cancer to improve treatment — particularly to help close the gaps where Black people and other understudied, underserved populations face a greater burden of disease. (Illustration/Curt Merlo)
Serving the Underserved
USC researcher John Carpten strives to decode how genes influence cancer — especially for groups hit hardest by the disease