In his new book, USC Dornsife’s Edwin Hill examines the sounds of the black Atlantic diaspora during the 1920s and 30s — and how those sonic spaces contest colonial and anti-colonial ideas about race and gender.
Growing up in Watts, comparative literature undergraduate Eduardo Mollinedo-Piñon got to USC Dornsife through the Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) program. Now he is giving back to his old high school by co-directing its music program.
An intimate group inside the Brain and Creativity Institute’s Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall are privy to a tête-à-tête between world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and University Professor and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio.
The 44-year USC Dornsife staff member will long be remembered for her quick wit, patience, warmth and generosity.
Judith Anne Still '64 has devoted herself to rescuing the forgotten legacy of her composer father, William Grant Still.
The lead gift for the Brain and Creativity Institute Building, which officially opened Nov. 6, came from longtime university supporters Dana and David Dornsife. Joyce Cammilleri donated funds for the performance hall.
Neuroscientists Antonio and Hanna Damasio, both USC Dornsife University Professors, supervise a five-year study that tracks the effects of musical training on emotional, social and cognitive development in children.
The poem by USC Dornsife's Carol Muske-Dukes about "leaning up into love" will be performed in a musical composition by Reena Esmail.
William Wordsworth. Eric Clapton. Jane Austen. Bob Dylan. Grammy Award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo ’85 credits his knack for recognizing greatness to studying the literary classics.
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