Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…
USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate…
USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In…
USC valedictorian Katherine Fu and salutatorians Alexander Fullman and Julia Sabo Mangione — all in USC Dornsife — will…
Introducing the 2013 Dornsife Scholars. The six winners will each receive $10,000 to be used for graduate or professional…
Vellore Adithi loves comic books. Growing up, the Missouri native remembers travelling to India during the summer to visit her family and voraciously reading Archie, Tin Tin, Asterix and Batman. Adithi, a USC Dornsife… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research, awards
tags: anthropology, humanities, linguistics, sciences, undergraduate research symposium, vellore adithi
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the class of Dornsife Scholars for 2013. The six outstanding graduating USC Dornsife seniors were selected based on their academic achievements… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research, diversity, community engagement, awards
tags: 2013 dornsife scholars, academic achievement, award, marina tolchinsky, michelle bahn, rebecca braun, rebecca wertman, scarlett royston, travis glynn
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
Nine 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… 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: ana lee, andrew ju, art, 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, south korea, thailand, travis glynn, vietnam
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>
Nicholas Warner, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named a 2013 Simons Foundation fellow. This year, 55 mathematicians and theoretical physicists from the United States and Canada received the honor, which provides… more>
categories: faculty research, awards
tags: award, nicholas warner, physics and astronomy, simons foundation fellowship, string theory
Three professors from USC Dornsife were awarded the 2013 Provost’s Prize for Teaching With Technology at the seventh annual Teaching With Technology conference held on May 6 at the Davidson Continuing Education… more>
categories: diversity, faculty diversity, awards
tags: beth meyerowitz, david ginsburg, james haw, provost’s prize for teaching with technology, technology, viet nguyen
Paying tribute to the wide range of intellectual and leadership achievements of the past year, the 32nd annual Academic Honors Convocation was held on April 23 at Town & Gown to recognize the best and the brightest among… more>
categories: research, faculty research, undergraduate research, graduate research, awards
tags: award, c. l. max nikias, inderbir gill, presidential medallion, research, solomon golomb, verna b. dauterive
When Eric Weintraub's name was announced as first place winner for his short story “La Laguna” at USC’s 2013 Undergraduate Writers' Conference, he turned to the student next to him, “Did they just say… more>
categories: undergraduate, writing program, undergraduate research, diversity, awards
tags: award, eric weintraub, levan institute for humanities and ethics, norah ashe-mcnalley, undergraduate writers' conference, vellore adithi, writing program
Jed Fuhrman, McCulloch-Crosby Chair of Marine Biology and professor of biological sciences in USC Dornsife, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established in 1780, the academy is among the… more>
categories: research, faculty research, awards
tags: american academy of arts and sciences fellow, c. l. max nikias, jed fuhrman, marine biology, steve kay


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