USC Dornsife News

Exceeding Expectations

Tue, 4 Sep 2012 09:15:00 -0500

USC Dornsife undergraduate Reid Lidow’s independent research trip to Burma leads to interviews with top political leaders and a published opinion piece in the Asia Sentinel and The Irrawaddy.

Broadening Language Skills in East Asia

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:33:00 -0500

With Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, USC Dornsife undergraduates are studying Mandarin in Beijing and Taiwan.

A Fantastical Take on Reality

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0500

Godzilla, created by Japanese film director Ishirō Honda in 1954, represents the United States and Japan’s fears about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Image credit: 1954 © Toho Co., Ltd." title="In the Fall special topics course "The Fantastic in Modern East Asian Literature and Film," USC undergraduates and graduate students learned the film Godzilla, created by Japanese film director Ishirō Honda in 1954, represents the United States and Japan’s fears about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Image credit: 1954 © Toho Co., Ltd." /> USC students explored the subtle messages of the fantastic genre this Fall in a new class led by USC Dornsife’s Geraldine Fiss, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Land of the Rising Sun in the City of Angels

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:29:00 -0500

As a result of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, USC Dornsife students get an international experience on their home turf.

Learning from ‘On Top of the World’

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:22:00 -0500

USC College summer study abroad program takes undergrads to China.

Prestigious Luce Scholarship Awarded to USC College Undergrad

Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:09:00 -0500

By Kaitlin Solimine March 2005 Sam Bazzi, a USC College undergraduate senior majoring in international relations and economics, has been awarded a Luce Scholarship. The highly competitive Luce Scholars Program provides stipends...