USC Dornsife News

Graduating USC Dornsife senior Elaine Huang led the student orchestra through the COVID-19 pandemic as it produced a unique set of virtual concerts. [4¼ min read]

Graduating with dual degrees in narrative studies and computer science — and possessing an “others first” attitude — Ashwin Bhumbla aims to use his skills for the greater good. [3 min read]

Cameron Audras learns how to interweave his passion for conservation and his skill with the viola while earning a degree in environmental sciences. [4½ min read]

Graduating senior Kimberly Melgoza has been studying how mind-altering substances, like psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca, have been used in rituals across Latin America. She’ll bring this research to Yale Divinity School as a master’s student this fall. [4½ min read]

Inspired by her experience at a refugee camp in Greece, biological sciences and global medicine student Lauren Yen launches organizations that improve health care documentation and shelter conditions for vulnerable populations. [3 min read]

Kelebogile Zvobgo studies political violence and how truth commissions, trials and other transitional justice initiatives can help countries understand and address the mistakes they’ve made. [3¾ min read]

As they commission during a pandemic, the three international relations majors remember what brought them to USC while looking positively toward the future. [3½ min read]

Since she was 11 years old, the cognitive science major wanted to be an epidemiologist. Now, as she prepares to graduate during the COVID-19 pandemic, USC’s 2020 valedictorian sees that career becoming more important than ever. [1 min read]

Poet and playwright Catherine Theis graduates with a Ph.D. in creative writing having found her life’s passion and her partner within the academy. [6 min read]