USC Dornsife News

Students Take on the QuikSCience Challenge

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:00 -0500

Santa Monica High School’s team won first place in the ninth annual QuikSCience Challenge. More than 400 middle and high school students from around the world submitted 74 science project entries.

Time Flies

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0500

Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." title="In USC's inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition, USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, sophomores, took top prize for their short movie, Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." /> USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, both sophomores, took the top prize in the inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition for their short movie Time. USC Dornsife students also won an honorable mention.

USC Mock Trial Team Dominates East Coast Competition

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:28:00 -0500

USC students nab first, fourth, fifth and eighth place in the University of Pennsylvania’s Quaker Classic Tournament. Best Attorney and Best Witness honors went to USC Dornsife students.

It Happened One Night (in the Lab)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:13:00 -0500

It Happened One Night?" title="In USC’s first filmmaking competition centered on the sciences, Clifford Johnson and Anna Krylov of USC Dornsife envision entries on any kind of film genre imaginable. What if Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were scientists in the classic romantic comedy It Happened One Night?" /> Physicist Clifford Johnson and chemist Anna Krylov of USC Dornsife launch USC’s first filmmaking competition focusing on science themes.

First Place? Check.

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:44:00 -0500

USC chess team takes first place in U.S. Amateur Team Championship West chess tournament.

USC Team Excels at Math Competition

Tue, 4 May 2010 10:31:00 -0500

A group of undergraduate students from USC College and Viterbi placed in the top 150 teams at the 2009 Putnam Mathematical Competition.

USC Mock Trial Team Sweeps Regional Competition

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:34:00 -0500

Team to advance to national competition in Florida in April

USC College Dean’s Prize Winners Announced

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:47:00 -0500

Student suggestions for a new minor and two new courses win College competition.