Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Community http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/82/community/ 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 Whether it’s acing an exam or breaking into the fashion industry, USC Dornsife students teach local middle schoolers how to accomplish what they set out to do.]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:40:00 -0500 Wed, 9 May 2012 12:32:00 -0500 Kelly Purvis ’82 and Jeffrey Smulyan ’69 receive Alumni Service Awards for their dedication to USC.]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:24:00 -0500 As many as 150,000 people attended the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at USC. Among the events they enjoyed were several featuring USC Dornsife faculty and alumni.]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:12:00 -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.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:00 -0500 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:17:00 -0500 Los Angeles high school students celebrate their success at meeting the application deadline to USC during an emotional ceremony. Their USC Dornsife mentors in the JEP-NAI freshman seminar cheer them on.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:41:00 -0500 Operated by USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP), the USC Young Scientists Program joins forces with the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy to hold a three-hour "health and fitness studio" at a local grade school.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:48:00 -0500 "The world would be a better place if everyone was required to spend time in a radically different country than their own." — Robert Rosencrans '13, research fellow in Ghana.]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:58:00 -0500 USC's first Posse scholars — half of the dozen from USC Dornsife — together navigate the sometimes difficult transition from high school to college.]]> Tue, 4 Oct 2011 12:05:00 -0500 USC Summer Programs gives high school students insight into life in USC Dornsife.]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:33:00 -0500 The USC Shoah Foundation Institute housed in USC Dornsife provides educators with the skills they need to introduce testimony into classroom lessons.]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:30:00 -0500 With USC Dornsife alumni at the helm, a bridge essential to villagers in Sikoro, Mali, moves closer to completion.]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP) teaches Vermont Avenue Elementary School children about preserving the environment.]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:47:00 -0500 Eight USC Dornsife undergraduates have traveled to Ghana for five weeks of research aimed at helping rural farmers. Follow their research and read their impressions posted on their blog.]]> Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:28:00 -0500 This summer, the USC Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island welcomes the general public to visit its state-of-the-art research facilities through its “Saturday at the Lab” program, which began on...]]> Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:25:00 -0500 The American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute within the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is cultivating the skills of American Muslim civic leaders.]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 15:42:00 -0500 Joe Cerrell rallies government and industry leaders to increase funding for international development.]]> Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:45:00 -0500 Master of Professional Writing Program students take on residencies with the PEN in the Classroom program to help provide teens with an outlet for self-expression.]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:44:00 -0500 USC College alumna Divinity Matovu was recognized by Glamour magazine for her leadership at Ugandan nonprofit Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association, which she co-founded in 2008.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:27:00 -0500 Experiential education changes lives. Just ask the 68,000 student volunteers from USC College’s Joint Educational Project (JEP) since 1972. Katherine Schwarzenegger, Paul Krekorian and the Vidana twins included. And don’t forget Yvette.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:13:00 -0500 Students in Anne McKnight's Modernology course enriched their study of food in Japanese culture and literature by planting a community garden.]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:15:00 -0500 In USC College's new Teaching Ethics Program, undergraduates instruct high school students, using controversial case studies as discussion points.]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:05:00 -0500 We can all inspire others, says Keary Colbert ’06, a spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s “Be Great” campaign.]]> Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:22:00 -0500