Leaders of three faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—met together yesterday to discuss the different ways Abraham is discussed in each of the religious traditions at USC Hillel. The panel included Rabbi Reuven Firestone, professor of medieval Judaism at the Hebrew Union College and co-director of the USC Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement; Imam Jihad Turk, director of […]
Thinking about the future and what lies ahead can often be a rather daunting activity. Hearing the stories of others and how their lives came together can help relieve some of that normal anxiety that we all feel. Today at the University Religious Center, students will be given the chance to listen to USC faculty […]
The renaming ceremony for the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences hits a snag.
The Intervarsity Trojan Christian Fellowship has erected an eye-catching installation on Trousdale to address some of the problems that plague L.A. The booth features a wheel of misfortune, photos and exhibits that touch on issues like homelessness, alcoholism, abuse, racism, poverty and injustice. One of the members is sleeping on a cardboard box in front […]
This week in review includes Vision and Voices’ Ballet for the 21st Century and the Dornsife College renaming ceremony.
Ballet for the 21st Century, an event put on by Visions and Voices Thursday in Bovard, included Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall of the New York City Ballet. They performed two modern masterworks, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain and Liturgy.
On March 14, Michael Messner, an expert in the sociology of sports at the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spoke to Ms. Magazine about the lack of coverage of women’s sports in the media. He has been collecting research on the prevalence of women’s sports in the media, and comparing the coverage to […]
Award-winning journalist and author of There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, will be presented today by the USC Dornsife College and USC Spectrum. Kotlowitz was a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal from 1984 to 1993 after freelancing for five years, whereupon he wrote for multiple magazines. Currently he contributes to The New York Times magazine and […]
Some Greeks may have a more lasting impact in the green movement than others.
Radioactive emissions from the earthquake in Japan will soon hit California.