From students giving college a shot later in life to staff and faculty members who encourage Trojans to break the mold, here are 10 stories that stuck with our USC News readers.
2017-2018 USC Presidential Fellow awarded prize for outstanding paper
The Center for the Study of the President and Congress published a selection of the 2017-2018 class of Fellows’ original research papers. Jamie Kwong ’18 was awarded the David M. Abshire Award for Most Outstanding Paper by an International Fellow for “Cold War and Post-Cold War Rogues: U.S. Foreign Policy Responses to China’s and North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Programs”.
USC Boren Scholar writes about youth and culture for The Jordan Times
Boren Scholar Lauren Brackmann describes a recent fusion concert featuring Pakistani & Jordanian musicians, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the two countries. By Lauren Brackmann
Academic Honors and Fellowships Fall 2018 Newsletter
Africa Student Fund Winners, Mork and Stamps Scholars Senior Celebrations, Introducing: Fellowship Fridays, USC Awards & Fellowships Database
Meet 3 Astronaut Scholars Who Are Pushing the Frontiers of Science
Recipients of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship represent some of the country’s best and brightest STEM students.
Math and music merge for Trojan with footholds in two worlds
Paul Chyz grew up with eclectic interests in science and guitar. USC helped him bring them together.
Multimedia journalist wants to rebuild the industry’s reputation
Stamps Scholar alumna Sanika Bhargaw is confident she has the skills to succeed no matter how the industry evolves, thanks to the knowledge she gained at USC Annenberg
Scared by artificial intelligence? Fear not, tech-savvy USC Stamps Scholar grad says
Electrical engineer Eric Deng sees robots as future caretakers, companions and even therapists of sorts. He’ll join Facebook as its first robotics engineer this fall
Student Receives Prestigious Opportunity Through the US-UK Fulbright Commission
Leila Hoffpauir, a sophomore in the Cinema and Media Studies Division, will spend three weeks in the United Kingdom this summer as part of the Fulbright Summer Institute for Film and Media.
USC’s latest Fulbright Student Grant recipients take their educations global
USC is regularly among the top producers of students in the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange effort.
Bennis Scholars Class of 2018: Cohort 1
Joseph Bae Joseph Bae is from Chino Hills, California and majored in Biophysics at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences while also receiving a master’s in Medical Biophysics. At USC, Joseph pursued a variety of activities including conducting research at the Bridge Institute, serving on the executive board of a medical missions club, and practicing Tae Kwon Do. …
Price valedictorian enriched by government engagement, international experiences
USC Schaeffer Fellow and Undergraduate Boren Scholarship recipient named 2018 Price valedictorian.
2018 Fellowship Recipients
2018 Astronaut Scholarship Recipient Nina Singh is a rising senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and was selected for a 2018/2019 Astronaut Scholarship. She previously won the Astronaut Scholarship for the 2017/2018 academic year. 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 …
Graduating Mork Scholar impacts L.A. families through CHLA research, USC outreach
Lured by the opportunity to do undergraduate research at USC, Kaushik Parvathaneni has thrived. Up next: a master’s and studying medicine
Trojan undergrad believes in the power of science to conquer cancer
Cancer researcher and graduating senior Sophie Wix will pursue medical breakthroughs this fall as USC’s first Fulbright scholar to the University of Cambridge and the United Kingdom