USC Dornsife’s history chair William Deverell explores the birth of a modern metropolis with the organization of an…
Recalling encouragement from his mentor Alice Echols, Sean Little ’06 traces his bachelor’s in English to an M.B.A. to a…
The names of top USC Dornsife students will adorn the wall of Leavey Library in an honor celebrating university-wide students…
The gift creates the Steven and Kathryn Sample Endowment for Ecumenism to support research centered on the foundational…
Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…
At Los Angeles City Hall, staff, students and alumni of USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP) filled the council chambers. The mood was light and celebratory. But what they were celebrating was a serious 40-plus… more>
categories: joint educational project, diversity, community engagement, awards
tags: award, joint educational project, la city council resolution, paul krekorian, tammara anderson
10 exceptional USC Dornsife students have been selected for the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, which awards them for academic achievement and commitment to cultural engagement. USC has been recognized as one of the top 40… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, joint educational project, undergraduate research, graduate research, diversity, comparative studies in literature and culture, graduate diversity, undergraduate diversity, community engagement, awards
tags: abhishek verma, ana lee, andrew ju, art, biological sciences, cy twombly, french, fulbright scholarship, history, india, international development, international relations, italy, jasneet aulakh, jonathan truong, joshua rivkin, juan espinoza, laos, media studies, megan rilkoff, mexico, molly levine, nuclear energy, overseas studies, poetry, portugal, rebecca braun, south korea, switzerland, thailand, travis glynn, vietnam
As a junior, Travis Glynn created the Explore Program through USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP). In the program, JEP volunteers challenge elementary students to look at Los Angeles through a global… more>
categories: joint educational project, community engagement
tags: community engagement, elizabeth garrett, joint educational project, steve kay, tammara anderson, travis glynn, usc community service awards
During recess, Sally pushed you. Your teacher gave you a frowny face on the spelling test and you must write “incredible” 100 times on the blackboard. On top of all that, your front tooth is loose. “OK… more>
categories: joint educational project, diversity, community engagement
tags: community engagement, elementary students, joint educational project, literature, usc readers plus, yoga
Like divers, 60 teachers, magnet coordinators and principals from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) lifted their arms high over their heads and flexed their knees as if preparing to plunge from imaginary… more>
categories: joint educational project, diversity, community engagement
tags: human and evolutionary biology, jill mcnitt-gray, joint educational project, los angeles unified school district, stem, tammara anderson, usc viterbi school of engineering
Marking the first naming of a space in the JEP House, the Tesoriero family has designated funds from their USC Associates Provost-level membership to advance this community-based program. The Tesoriero’s gift will… more>
categories: joint educational project, diversity, community engagement
tags: gift, joint educational project, literacy
The Kott family has held seats at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for 60 years. However, William, Paul and Krystin Kott share more than this connection. They represent three generations of Trojans who embrace the… more>
categories: joint educational project, alumni
tags: alumni, joint education project, krystin kott, paul kott, william kott
Parita Shah was a freshman in high school when then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton announced in 1991 he would run for president. Shah, whose parents emigrated from India, monitored the presidential race closely on the… more>
categories: joint educational project, alumni
tags: alumna, government, jep, joint educational project, political science, social sciences
In 2002, when America Ferrera was a freshman studying international relations in USC Dornsife, she was torn between two possible career paths. At the time she had just appeared in two feature films: Real Women Have Curves and… more>
categories: undergraduate, joint educational project, undergraduate research
tags: america ferrera, david andrus, international relations, jep, joint educational project, steve lamy, teaching international relations program, tirp
As USC Norman Topping Student Aid Fund’s outreach coordinator, USC Dornsife undergraduate Erica Silva noticed a disturbing trend in local high schools. “Many students don’t have the information they need to… more>
categories: joint educational project, alumni
tags: award, event, jep, joint educational project, political science, social sciences, the usc latino alumni association


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