Making Children’s Voices Heard in the Courtroom

USC computer science undergraduate student Zane Durante is using artificial intelligence to identify truthful language in child forensic interviews. By Caitlin Dawson

Academic Honors and Fellowships Summer 2019 Newsletter

2019 Commencement honors, Truman & Udall Scholarship Recipient, USC Named Top Fulbright Producer for seventh year running.

Bennis Scholars Class of 2019: Cohort 2

Pooja Agarwal Pooja Agarwal is a senior from Massachusetts majoring in Business Administration with minors in Environmental Studies and Spanish. She is a Leonard D. Schaeffer Government Service Fellow and is spending the summer interning at the California State Assembly in Sacramento. Around campus, she is involved as Vice President of Finance for Peaks and Professors; member of Environmental Core, …

Grateful for support that made college possible, USC Fulbright grantee pays it forward

Troy Camp co-director Marla Ross found her confidence at USC through financial assistance and guidance from mentors and friends. As a recent grad, she wants to help others do the same.

2019 Fellowship Recipients

2019 Astronaut Scholarship Recipient Zane Durante is a rising junior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Applied and Computational Mathematics. As a part of this honor, scholars receive up to a $10,000 award; expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the “Innovators Gala”; mentoring by an Astronaut Scholar alumni, C-suite executive, or astronaut; …

2 Bridge Institute BUGS grads finish with Fulbright fellowships in hand

Students attribute Fulbright opportunities to study diabetes and cancer to research experience gained at the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.

Valedictorian Ivana Giang channels her refugee family story to combat global education inequality

As the proud child of Vietnamese refugees, Giang has spent her time at USC tackling education disparities at a local, national and international level. By Joanna Clay

Salutatorian Haochen Wang went from struggling in middle school to singing with the Rolling Stones

Salutatorian Haochen Wang of Anhui, China, discovered a love of singing and performing during his time at USC. By Joanna Clay

Salutatorian Diviya Gupta wants to make medicine more accessible

Diviya Gupta became interested in medicine when her grandfather was diagnosed with an unfamiliar disease. With graduation right around the corner, she is looking forward to bringing her skills as a physician to underrepresented areas. By Joanna Clay

Driven to help immigrants, graduating senior finds her path at USC

As a Trojan, Tingyee Chang discovered her passion for research. It guided the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants toward a double major in neuroscience and public policy.