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…
As many children do, Sean Little dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. Then the Manhattan Beach native decided spending his days in the sunshine as a lifeguard was his calling. By the time he reached high school, he felt a tug… more>
categories: alumni
tags: alice echols, alumni, english, sean little
The very definition of “80 years young,” the USC Alumni Awards marked the completion of its eighth decade by celebrating the accomplishments of seven stellar Trojans on April 27. The event, hosted by the USC Alumni… more>
As the drum rhythm and stirring horns build in intensity, the high adrenaline chase gathers momentum as the Crood family hunts down and steals a giant, blue-and-orange-speckled egg from a ramu — a hybrid of ram and emu… more>
categories: alumni, usc dornsife magazine
tags: alumni, dreamworks animation, kirk dimicco, movies
Most historians start off not with a rich vein of sources, but with some basic information and a hunch. That is where historical imagination makes its entrance. R.G. Collingwood’s turn of phrase “historical… more>
categories: alumni, usc dornsife magazine
tags: alumni, history, peter la chapelle, woody guthrie
After graduating from USC Dornsife in 1977, Tom Nolan became . . . Tommy Trojan. Not in a metaphorical sense. “I rode as Tommy Trojan from 1977 to 1980, when I moved to Alaska, and again from 1988 to 1996 after I moved… more>
categories: alumni
tags: alumni, catalina island, jet propulsion laboratory, tom nolan, tommy trojan, wrigley institute
Did you know that in the post-Emancipation Reconstruction era — and only seven years after the abolition of slavery — seven African Americans had seats in the United States Congress? All were from formerly… more>
categories: alumni, diversity, graduate diversity
tags: african american history, american studies and ethnicity, anthony sparks, the kinsey collection, usc black alumni association, usc spectrum
William Van Cleave, former senior adviser to President Ronald Reagan, the United States Department of Defense, Department of State, and former professor of international relations in USC Dornsife, has died. He was 77. Van… more>
categories: faculty research, alumni
tags: international relations, obituary, robert english, william van cleave
Laura Barraclough has been pinching herself lately. Rather than concocting ill-fated New Year’s resolutions, she kicked off 2013 by accepting a dream job: a tenure-track faculty position as assistant professor of… more>
categories: alumni, diversity, graduate diversity
tags: american studies and ethnicity, faculty appointments, george sanchez, laura barraclough, laura pulido, nayan shah
One of USC’s most decorated faculty members has received the highest honor bestowed by the United States for scientific innovation. President Barack Obama presented Solomon Golomb, University and Distinguished Professor… more>
categories: research, faculty research, alumni, awards
tags: award, chemistry, electrical engineering, mathematics, national medal of science, president obama, rangaswamy srinivasan, science, solomon golomb, viterbi
Packed neatly in brown paper and carefully tied with string, hundreds of bundles of music sat forgotten on the shelves of a linen closet in the Los Angeles home of Judith Anne Still’s mother. One spring day in 1980,… more>
categories: alumni, diversity, usc dornsife magazine
tags: alumni, judith anne still, music, usc dornsife magazine, usc symphony, william grant still


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