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Mark Stevens ’81 — NVIDIA board member, venture capitalist and USC trustee — says risk-taking, persistence and long-term thinking remain essential to innovation.

The gift from USC Dornsife alumnus Mark Stevens ’81 and his wife, Mary, will support faculty hires, among other initiatives.

There’s more than 30 different tofu textures and tastes. Stiffman ’19 is working to get this variety onto more Americans’ plates.

These accomplished alumni are changing everything from our diets to our understanding of ancient life on Earth.

See the full schedule of USC Dornsife faculty, alumni and students participating in this event.

Alumni Laurie Barge ’09 and Scott Perl ’19 co-lead a laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. There, they search for the origins of life on Earth to better understand how life might develop elsewhere in the universe. [5½ min read]

“We think it’s all weirdos and whackos, but fringe culture has real implications,” says USC Dornsife alumnus Colin Dickey, who explores the paranormal and the occult in his books. [5¾ min read]

From the first deaf American to win an Olympic medal to the only swimmer to win a million dollars in prize money, these USC Dornsife Olympians demonstrate Trojan excellence. [4 min read]