Mark Padoongpatt ’11, a professor of Asian American studies, turned his Ph.D. thesis into a book on Thai immigrants that landed him air time on the Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi. [5 ½ min read]
Saud Siddiqui ’11 helped develop the innovative educational software SketchyMedical, which landed him a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. [5¾ min read]
Civil rights lawyer Olu Orange of political science at USC Dornsife wins the reinstatement of an $8 million damages verdict to the family of a Black man killed by sheriff’s deputies in circumstances similar to George Floyd. [6 min read]
Microscape software is disrupting the scientific 3D imaging field, costing a fraction of the price of competitors’ products and able to run on home computers. [4 ¼ min read]
Working on the frontlines of the pandemic to keep us safe, the USC Dornsife alumnus answers questions about the novel coronavirus disease. [7 min read]
Former Mellon Mays scholar Amaka Okechukwu ’08 reflects on poetry, social justice and the uncertain future for diversity in higher education. [6 ½ min read]
Lawyer Lindsay Harrison ’00 overturned the Trump administration’s dissolution of DACA in the Supreme Court and aided the legal battle against the government’s order prohibiting international students from remaining in the country for online classes. [5 min read]
Armed with a new book and a new business as a writing consultant for engineering firms, Brad Henderson ’89 draws on his experience as an aerospace engineer and as a poet and novelist to teach engineers how to communicate more effectively. [6¾ min read]
A chemist by training and an entrepreneur by trade, Tony Atti ’00 has transformed a discarded 200-year-old invention into cutting-edge technology that promises to revolutionize the future of cool in our warming world. [9 ½ min read]
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