Georges Bizet’s Carmen Live to return to LA Opera


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LA Opera will simulcast its season premiere production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen Live on Saturday, Sept. 23. This year’s transmission with be presented in two separate locations: one at the Santa Monica Pier, and another in Exposition Park south of campus. For the fourth year in a row, the simulcast — billed as “Opera at […]

Ballet BC performs repertoire of contemporary works


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Ballet BC, one of Canada’s premier contemporary ballet companies, visited USC for a night of stunning movement, virality and artistic excellence in Bovard Auditorium on Wednesday evening. In a collaboration between the  Kaufman School of Dance and Visions and Voices, Ballet BC presented a dynamic repertoire of works by late 20th and early 21st century […]

Reaction to Clinton’s book reflects women’s experiences


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Earlier this week, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton made a stop at New York University to promote her new memoir, What Happened. She was met with a strong turnout of young fans who defied the stereotype of all young people being supporters of Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The book offers Clinton’s individual take […]

USC must be ready for potentially destructive earthquake


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For students in California, earthquake drills and natural disaster preparedness have been staples of the state’s education system. However, when students arrive at USC, this practice is no longer prioritized. And in the wake of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida and the Caribbean, as well as the damage […]

Ilium to house sophomore honors students


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Starting in Fall 2018, Building 9 of USC Village, Ilium Residential College, will house 350 sophomore honors students and become the first sophomore honors college at USC. The idea of a sophomore honors college began when the Office for Residential Education received encouraging feedback from scholarship recipients about the honors college experience, but recognized that […]

SCA students’ shorts to be screened at LA film festival


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Five graduate students from the School of Cinematic Arts will have their shorts screened at the DTLA Film Festival. The event will from Sept. 21 to 30 at L.A. Live’s Regal Cinema, and the five USC shorts, along with five from UCLA students, will be screened on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. USC Cinematic Arts […]

Keck offers new biology elective


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Beginning Spring 2018, the Keck School of Medicine will offer a new two-unit elective course, “SCRM 517: Historical and Contemporary Stem Cell Research.” The course, which is geared toward master’s students, will be taught by Professor Rong Lu in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Lu plans to cover significant developments in […]

Economics is the most popular major in Dornsife


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Economics is the largest major within the USC Dornsife School for Letters, Arts and Sciences, according to Economics Department Chair Matthew Kahn. The economics major has grown 36 percent from the fall semester of 2010 to 2016, with over 1,000 students in Fall 2017. “The reason why I became an economist 30 years ago is […]

Poe’s Perspective: Mowins’ historic night is an inspiration


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For the first time in perhaps my entire life, I cried re-watching the highlights of this week’s season opening Monday Night Football game. I didn’t care about the score or the two teams playing, and I wasn’t watching the highlight reel for the game itself. Instead, I was crying listening to Beth Mowins commentate play-by-play […]
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