USC ranked No. 1 film school by The Hollywood Reporter

The lifelong Angeleno — now a senior manager with Takeda Pharmaceuticals — is the first person in her family to attend college.

USC Dornsife psychologists show that empathy can be conditioned through emotional rewards — revealing a surprising path to compassion.

Heading into college, the alum — now director at Allogene Therapeutics in San Francisco — was torn between engineering or doing something else. In the end, “I felt like there were way too many electrical and computer engineers in my family.”

The longtime leader of the Annenberg Foundation invested $1.5 billion in nearly 3,000 nonprofits and projects.

The longtime leader of the Annenberg Foundation invested $1.5 billion in nearly 3,000 nonprofits and projects.

Barrio was an associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work until her retirement in 2024, and served as the school’s executive vice dean for a time.

USC scientists have developed a wearable system that enables more natural and emotionally engaging interactions in shared digital spaces, opening new possibilities for remote work, education, health care and beyond.

USC scientists have developed a wearable system that enables more natural and emotionally engaging interactions in shared digital spaces, opening new possibilities for remote work, education, health care and beyond.