May 2012 News Archives > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Actress and USC Dornsife student America Ferrera speaks to students in professor Steven Lamy's international relations class about celebrity diplomacy — how those in the public sphere use their influence to bring attention to global issues. Ferrera has partnered with organizations such as Save the Children to raise funds to build a school in Diassadeni, Mali. Photo by Michelle Salzman.

From Actress to Activist

May 23, 2012

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

A USC Dornsife student on a scientific dive in Guam with a Hawksbill sea turtle in the foreground during a past Maymester trip. Photo by Gerry Smith.

Taking the Plunge

May 23, 2012

USC Dornsife students are diving into this year’s Maymester courses. After taking a Spring semester course on the physics, physiology, safety and methodology of scientific diving, 26 undergraduates will dive in the… more>

categories: undergraduate, graduate, undergraduate research, graduate research, commencement

tags: catalina island, chemistry, david ginsburg, environmental studies, jim haw, maymester, usc wrigley institute for environmental studies, usc wrigley marine science center

Missionary Rudolf Fisch captured this photograph, part of the International Mission Photography Archive, in early 20th-century Ghana. Photo courtesy of the Basel Mission Image Archive.

USC Historical Photography Project Gets Boost from NEH

May 22, 2012

Since 2002, USC Dornsife’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) and the USC Libraries have partnered with archives around the world to digitize more than 82,000 historical photographs by Christian missionaries… more>

categories: research, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research

tags: center for religion and civic culture, crcc, digital library, grant, impa, international mission photography archive, jon miller, national endownment for the humanities, neh, sociology

The Fulbright Scholarship was established to increase the mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. USC Dornsife students and alumni who are 2012-13 Fulbright Scholars will study and teach throughout the world. Clockwise is Caitlin Bradbury: Mexico; Sarah Goodrum: Germany; Huibin Amelia Chew: the Philippines; Nina Gordon-Kirsch: Israel; Nelly Chávez: Spain; and Daniel Paly: Brazil.

That’s Right, You Earned a Fulbright

May 22, 2012

Six USC Dornsife students and alumni have been selected for the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship awarding them for academic achievement and commitment to cultural engagement. Established in 1946 and sponsored by the United… more>

categories: undergraduate, graduate, research, undergraduate research, graduate research, alumni, undergraduate diversity, community engagement

tags: american studies and ethnicity, art history, caitlin bradbury, economics, environmental studies, french, fulbright scholarship, humanities, international relations, latin american studies, natural sciences, overseas studies, social sciences

USC Dornsife alumnus Daniel Wu has been awarded <em>USA Today</em>’s All-USA College Academic Team scholarship for his civic engagement in Los Angeles. He was selected from a nationwide pool as a first team winner. Wu graduated with a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies in 2010. Photo by Laurie Moore.

Advocate for Equality

May 18, 2012

During his freshman year in USC Dornsife, Daniel Wu volunteered in South Central Los Angeles, where he listened to new immigrants talk about the difficulties they encountered attempting to find work and better housing. He… more>

categories: undergraduate, alumni, diversity, community engagement

tags: alumnus, award, daniel wu, leland saito, social sciences, sociology

During his tenure as dean, Howard Gillman has expanded undergraduate opportunities to conduct groundbreaking research through programs such as Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) and Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF).

$1 Million Gift Establishes the Dean Howard Gillman Fund

May 16, 2012

Two anonymous donors have made a $1 million gift to the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences to establish the Dean Howard Gillman Fund. The endowment honors the legacy of Gillman, the 20th dean of the USC… more>

categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research

tags: dean howard gillman fund, howard gillman

The Liberty Hill Foundation presented Manuel Pastor with the 2012 Wally Marks Changemaker Award. The recognition honors an outstanding individual whose work in the community illustrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s insight that while "the arc of history is long, it bends toward justice." Photo by Carlos Puma

Change Over Charity

May 14, 2012

As a USC Dornsife researcher, Manuel Pastor is dedicated to improving the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income, urban communities. In honor of his work, the Liberty Hill Foundation presented Pastor… more>

categories: research, faculty research, diversity, faculty diversity

tags: american studies and ethnicity, award, center for the study of immigrant integration, csii, manuel pastor, pere, program for environmental and regional equity, social sciences, wally marks changemaker

Susan Friedlander, professor of mathematics and USC’s Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) director, stands with USC Dornsife doctoral students Yang Huang and Wan-Jung Kuo who have been awarded CAMS Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Research for their contributions to the fields of mathematics and physics. Photo by Fatima Perez.

A Talent for Math

May 14, 2012

Two USC Dornsife doctoral students have been awarded USC’s Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Research for their contributions to the fields of mathematics and… more>

categories: graduate, graduate research

tags: award, cams, center for applied mathematical sciences, edward blum, mathematics, natural sciences, physics, susan friedlander

From left, Emir Estrada, Krishna Narayanamurti and Mariah Gill have earned degrees from USC Dornsife and are each heading to successful and exciting destinations. Photos by Pamela J. Johnson.

Going Places

May 11, 2012

Emir Estrada opened an envelope she had just picked up from her campus mailbox. The return address said the University of Connecticut. “Let’s read this together,” said Estrada, who on May 11 earned her Ph.D.… more>

categories: undergraduate, graduate, research, undergraduate research, graduate research, commencement

From left, professors Kelvin Davies and Enrique Cadenas with consul general of France in Los Angeles David Martinon, USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and USC president C. L. Max Nikias Photo by Dennis Martinez.

USC Professors Cadenas and Davies Knighted by France

May 10, 2012

Two USC professors were knighted on May 9 by an Order of the French Republic, among the highest civilian decorations awarded in France. Kelvin J. A. Davies, James E. Birren Professor of Gerontology at the USC Davis School… more>

categories: research, faculty research

tags: award, biological sciences, biology, event, france, kelvin davies, molecular and computational biology, natural sciences

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