USC Dornsife News

A quintet of USC Dornsife alumni leapt into public consciousness through appearances on television reality programs — but what did they learn from their experiences?

The rugged beauty of Big Sur. The innovative spirit of Silicon Valley. The hotbed of creativity that is the Hollywood dream machine. The Golden State is endowed with an iconic, almost mythical stature. Unlocking the mystique is The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.

As domestic box office returns plateau, Hollywood is setting its sights on China — the second largest film market in the world. USC Dornsife professors Stanley Rosen and Brian Bernards explain what it will take for the U.S. film industry to break into China’s notoriously complicated movie market.

USC Dornsife researchers are combining the best minds from the arts and sciences to create a virtual model of the human body as The Bridge@USC aims to catalyze a new era of biotech leadership in the Los Angeles area.

These three alumni are bona fide pioneers, either venturing into gender-imbalanced professional territories — and excelling — or forgoing a secure gig to find a true calling.

Kaitlin Solimine ’06 discovers she is both lost and found in China.

An excerpt from alumna Laila Lalami’s new book, The Moor’s Account, offers a fresh perspective on the ill-fated 16­th-century de Narváez expedition through the eyes of the first black explorer in America.

By studying transatlantic food culture through the lens of an 18th-century unpublished cookbook, doctoral student Juliette Parsons sheds light on the formation of modern American eating habits.