USC Dornsife News

USC Dornsife’s 2011–12 Streisand Professor Lecture Series, “Where Is The Love?” examines intimacy and sexuality in American society. One lecture looked at heartache and new media.

Commemorating International Women’s Day, genocide survivors as well as political scholars and filmmakers discuss women’s rights during a recent event organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.

International filmmakers and development leaders discussed the challenges and opportunities for entertainment attractions in China during the UCLA-USC Media and Culture in Contemporary China conference. Keynote speaker Zhang Jizhong shared his plan for a theme park in China called Monkey King.

USC Dornsife’s Jennifer Do swapped a lab coat for a traditional Vietnamese gown when she participated in the 2012 Miss Vietnam of Southern California Pageant. An assignment in Professor Andrew Simpson’s class compelled her to study her Vietnamese culture.

The non-profit publisher of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic literature, housed in USC Dornsife’s Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, brings innovative fiction, poetry and critical essays to the public.

The poem by USC Dornsife's Carol Muske-Dukes about "leaning up into love" will be performed in a musical composition by Reena Esmail.

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.

The earthquake preparedness expert in the Southern California Earthquake Center, based in USC Dornsife, has been named a White House Champion of Change for his international work.