The Silver Screen Goes Green at USC School of Cinematic Arts
SCA Green Seal
SCA Green Seal

Sustainable filmmaking debuts for the USC Spring Semester 2022.

There’s Something for Everyone at USC’s Campus Television Station
Group photo of Trojan Vision students
The Morning Brew production crew/Photo Courtesy Chandrea Miller

From improving online lectures, mastering public speaking, delivering on a deadline to even creating podcasts, Trojan Vision is teaching much more than television production.

USC Faculty and Students Produce Films to Save Lives
Professor Kagan with film students
Professor Kagan with the cast and crew behind the scenes of the Latinx short film to promote vaccinations/Photo courtesy Jeremy Kagan.

Multiple USC schools join forces to VaccinateLA using research-proven storytelling.

A Time and Place
Art pieces on wall inside PAM
Intervention exhibit at PAM (photo/Chandrea Miller)

The USC Pacific Asia Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Asian Art: Looking to the Future and Reflecting on the Past.

The sculpture garden outside the USC Fisher Museum of Art is in full bloom with the recent installation of a monumental sculpture
Artist Martinez Celaya standing in front of sculpture
The Well by artist and USC faculty member Enrique Martinez Celaya/Photo courtesy of Raphael Gatchalian

The renowned artist is a USC faculty member and his artwork ushers in a new era of public art.

From artist to astronaut: a USC alum is on a mission to Mars
Richelle Gribble in spacesuit
USC Roski alum Richelle Gribble on her mission to Mars.

Gribble was one a select group of people chosen to experience the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS).

Mental health is no joke but maybe it should be, according to a USC School of Dramatic Arts professor
Professor Zack Steel at his computer
Professor Zach Steel leads USC students through comedy exercises during his Wellness Day workshop on March 12, 2021

Professor Zack Steel addresses student well-being one laugh at a time.

USC’s Official Campus Television Station, Trojan Vision, Partners with the Cinema School to Create Real-World Industry Connections
Michelle Au in TV control room
Senior Michelle Au is the former station manager for Trojan Vision and the current director of industry relations for the station, a department she created to connect students with industry professionals

A USC senior with industry and marking know-how creates a new department within the university TV station in order connect students with industry professionals.

How a Hollywood hitmaker-turned-professor brought virtual filmmaking to USC
Professor Katz and Harrison Ford
Gail Katz on set with Harrison Ford during the filming of Air Force One. (Photo/Claudette Barius)

Gail Katz has produced smash successes like Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. Now, she’s helping students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts embrace a new era of filmmaking.

The Jazz Player
Luca Mendoza playing in Vietnam at a Billboard branch show/Photo Courtesy Luca Mendoza

Improvisation without limitation—A recent graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music mixes jazz with pop, hip hop and electronic music to create a unique sound.