The school year has begun and academic life seem pretty calm – for now! But midterms and finals will surely bring a torrent of stressful situations. Not to mention, being a graduate student can be difficult in between exams as well. We must balance research… Read More »5 Ways for Grad Students to Practice Self-Care
On April 18th, representatives from the University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount University, California State Polytechnic University, and California State University, Los Angeles met to discuss successes and next steps for the year-old Diversity, Inclusion and Access (DIA) Initiative to create pathways for underrepresented students… Read More »Regional Universities Collaborate to Increase Diversity, Inclusion and Access in Doctoral Programs
On Monday, April 17, 2017, nine distinguished USC Ph.D. candidates across various programs were honored at the Academic Honors Convocation for their superior research, dissertations, academic teaching abilities and strengthening the Trojan community. Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship supports outstanding graduate students… Read More »2017 Academic Honors Convocation
Mysteries of the heart are explored through literature, poetry, and cinema, requiring us to examine and reexamine great loves and great loves lost. But what about the mysteries of an actual “broken heart” – the medical questions that surround when our hearts do not work… Read More »Why Does a Heart Break?
Doctoral student Nicholas Goldenson conducts research as a member of the University of Southern California Health, Emotion, and Addiction Laboratory (USC-HEAL) and is a trainee in the USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (USC TCORS). His research is focused on understanding the determinants of e-cigarette… Read More »Understanding People and Product Appeal – Electronic Cigarettes
The Graduate School hosted a Research and Fellowships Week panel on the applying for international research fellowships and opportunities. Current USC PhD students working on dissertations that require travel and research abroad offered this advice on applying: I want to dispel the myth that you… Read More »Funding for International Research Panel Recap
