Social Impact

The finding held true across 121 countries, including the U.S. and other wealthy nations.

The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity — an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait. USC’s Peter Mancall explains.

Drawing on his studies at USC Rossier and nearly three decades in the U.S. Army, Jackson Drumgoole is developing Bridge Builders Communities, a housing and support initiative.

Claire Oberle, who is teaching English classes in Cambodia, is raising money to build a youth media lab at the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

Keck School of Medicine of USC practitioners connect Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers to leading-edge research — and, just as importantly, to compassionate care.

Faith Huss, who served in the U.S. Army for 10 years prior to attending USC, will use her nutrition and dietetics expertise to serve patients at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Long Beach.

COMMENCEMENT: New PharmD graduate Makenna Fox will become the first resident in USC Mann’s geriatrics pharmacy residency program — an early step toward addressing the growing need for specialized care for older adults.

COMMENCEMENT: Jackson Dowell discusses deciding to attend USC, extensive community involvement and the journey that led to a job at J.P. Morgan.

COMMENCEMENT: Arthur Bookstein bikes across Japan to raise funds for AYA@USC, a program that supports adolescents and young adults with cancer.

COMMENCEMENT: Yuquan “Wendy” Zhou’s introduced a novel, “people-based” approach that measures when and where essential services are accessible in daily life.