Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Undergraduate http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/1/undergraduate/ USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate certificates and 168 Ph.Ds. Here are five stories from our cadre of shining grads.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In humanities, Vellore Adithi placed first for research.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:00 -0500 USC valedictorian Katherine Fu and salutatorians Alexander Fullman and Julia Sabo Mangione — all in USC Dornsife — will represent the Class of 2013 on May 17.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:00 -0500 Introducing the 2013 Dornsife Scholars. The six winners will each receive $10,000 to be used for graduate or professional school studies.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:00 -0500 Congratulations to the nine USC Dornsife students who won 2013 Fulbright Scholarships. The award will take them to India, Laos, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Portugal, Italy and Mexico.]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:00 -0500 In a university-wide effort, USC Dornsife undergraduates teach civic engagement and entrepreneurship to elementary schoolchildren — who learn that every penny counts.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 17:55:00 -0500 In a stratospheric leap for neuroscience, researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) are limited only by their imaginations.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500 The USC-Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies has been renovated and officially reopened with an open house and exciting plans for the future.]]> Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife students Eric Weintraub and Vellore Adithi take top prizes at the 2013 Undergraduate Writers' Conference at USC. In all, 25 students were honored at the annual event celebrating writers.]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0500 Within a few years, USC Dornsife’s School of Philosophy has skyrocketed to No. 11 from 46 in the national Philosophical Gourmet Report rankings.]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Otana Jakpor ’14, a dedicated advocate for environmental health, was named among Glamour magazine’s 2013 “Top 10 College Women.”]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0500 L.A. Weekly selected that course and another FYI seminar among its "Best of L.A. Classes” for 2012.]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:55:00 -0500 Senior Rebecca Braun wins top prize in a recent I Am USC Dornsife contest for her essay describing how her experiences in USC Dornsife have transformed her. Senior Brittany Lala places second for two life-like paintings connecting all species.]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:20:00 -0500 Former State Sen. Tony Strickland and former California State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino join the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics in USC Dornsife to mentor students and provide their political analysis in campus programs.]]> Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:00:00 -0500 High school students may learn and live like USC students during the summer while earning college credit. Application deadline for Summer 2013 is May 8 for domestic students and April 1 for international students.]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500 The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has the nation debating its gun policies. During a weekly forum led by USC Dornsife’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, experts and students discuss the issue.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0500 Bees working together demonstrate biological altruism — a major point in the annual USC Science Film Competition’s top winning work led by USC Dornsife junior Evan McGahey and USC School of Cinematic Arts senior Evan Iwata.]]> Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:50:00 -0500 Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, assistant professor of psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) in USC Dornsife, implores admissions officials to look beyond high grades and test scores when considering potential students.]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:20:00 -0500 Tory Holland, now a senior in USC Dornsife, did the research and nabbed several lucrative scholarships that went toward her tuition, some from the USC Alumni Association. The application deadline for the 2013-14 academic year is Feb. 1.]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:55:00 -0500 Kevin Steen, a linguistics and Middle East studies double major in USC Dornsife, has taken the lead in bringing the LGBT community at USC to new heights.]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:25:00 -0500 After scoring a goal putting the Trojans back in the game over their crosstown rival in the big match, USC Dornsife senior Michael Rosenthal of the USC men’s water polo team is named the 2012 NCAA tournament's most valuable player.]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:15:00 -0500 Political science major Alexander Fullman will receive two fully funded years of graduate study, with a possible third year extension, at any accredited university in the United Kingdom.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:40:00 -0500 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:00:00 -0500 In a course taught by Sarah Portnoy, USC Dornsife students learn Spanish via the lens of L.A.’s food truck revolution – including a gastronomic tour through the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles.]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:50:00 -0500 Organized by USC Dornsife’s Middle East Studies program, an academic panel explains some of the reasons behind the recent upheaval in the Middle East in the wake of a low-budget film parodying the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:45:00 -0500