USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate News

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  Equity and Stability for All

  April 9, 2013

  The topic of a recent lecture at USC, “Will There Be Peace in Afghanistan?” is one of timely importance as the United States debates the possibility of troop withdrawal and the end of a long, unpopular war. The… more>

  categories: research, undergraduate research

  tags: afghanistan, economics, nake kamrany, publication, student organization, undergraduate

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  Digging for Knowledge

  January 30, 2013

  Evening is falling on the ancient Maya kingdom of El Zotz deep in the dense undergrowth of the Guatemalan jungle. A dark tide of bats flows out of a large cave in the nearby mountainside as the last rays of the setting sun… more>

  categories: research, faculty research, undergraduate research

  tags: anthropology, excavation research, geographic information systems (gis), guatemala, mayans, thomas garrison, undergraduate

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  Going for the Goal

  August 24, 2012

  Soft-spoken and shy, sixth-graders Emily Cervantes and Nayely Gonzalez are best friends with a vision for their futures. Emily plans to be a fashion designer, Nayely an author. “I’ve actually had this goal for a… more>

  categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research, diversity, undergraduate diversity, community engagement

  tags: community, department of psychology, diversity, foshay learning center, going for the goal, margaret gatz, middle school, psychology, saint vincent school, social sciences, teaching, undergraduate, youth

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  Brink of Life

  August 24, 2012

  Arriving at USC from Oahu, Hawaii, the first thing Azmera Hammouri-Davis unpacked was a Kukui nut lei, a traditional greeting gift she brought for her roommate. The state tree of Hawaii, the Kukui has a spiritual meaning of… more>

  categories: undergraduate, alumni, diversity, undergraduate diversity

  tags: class of 2016, diversity, move-in day, new academic year, new students, parents welcome, undergraduate, welcome picnic, welcome week

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  Remarkable at Any Rate

  April 22, 2009

  A former high school cheerleader interested in studying theater, Marie Anne Cuevas may seem an unlikely student to excel in nanoscience. But Cuevas is a quintessential Trojan skillful in both the sciences and humanities.… more>

  categories: undergraduate

  tags: humanities, natural sciences, research, social sciences, undergraduate, undergraduate symposium for scholarly and creative work, undergraduate writers' conference, webfest