New course explains U.S. to students
Ana Pedroso was always late. She didn’t know not to be, until she took USC’s new American Culture Class, a no-credit class aimed at introducing graduate students from other countries to life in Los...
View ArticleGraduate students to have own lounge
When the Ronald Tutor Campus Center opens its doors in August, graduate students will finally have their own place to go — a new 3,000-square foot lounge that the Graduate and Professional Student...
View ArticleNew GPSS budget aims to repay, grow endowment
The incoming Graduate and Professional Student Senate hopes to make better use of its increased revenue next year and use this year’s leftover funds to repay and grow its endowment. GPSS scored a major...
View ArticleSpecific health issues can impede academic success
A 2009 study conducted by USC Health Promotion and Prevention Services found striking differences between health-related issues that undergraduate and graduate students identified as threatening to...
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Nikias discusses graduate leadership
President C. L. Max Nikias spoke at a Graduate Student Government Senate meeting Monday about the importance of graduate students as leaders of the university. “As Trojans, you are natural leaders,”...
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Event covers transition from grad student to professor
The Center for Excellence in Teaching hosted a seminar Monday to inform graduate students about teaching strategies and time management. Making the Transition from Graduate Student to Professor, held...
View ArticleGrad students produce public radio program
KQED, a radio station that broadcasts statewide, will run a series consisting of documentaries created by USC graduate students from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The radio...
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SCA alumni found TV show Just Seen It
Every Saturday, a team of 10 USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate students, including David Freedman (TV production), Salim Lemelle (screenwriting) and Rachel Applebaum (acting), film five full...
View ArticleUSC fellow merges journalism with virtual reality
Nonny de la Peña, an Annenberg fellow at the School of Cinematic Arts, is working with game designers to bring journalism into virtual reality — a new field called “Immersive Journalism.” Watch to see...
View ArticleGraduate student unions are long overdue
The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision last week granting graduate students in private universities the right to unionize. The case originated at Columbia University, where a group of...
View ArticleGraduate students support national right to unionize
Graduate students enrolled in private universities won the right to be recognized as employees under the National Labor Relations Board last week. Graduate students will now be able to unionize...
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USC graduate student workers file for union election
USC graduate student workers are looking to unionize. A broad coalition of graduate student teaching assistants, research assistants and assistant lecturers known as GSWOC appear to be in the...
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