For Benti Kaur, volunteering and making a positive impact in her community is about sevā . The concept, which means “selfless service,” is rooted in Kaur’s Sikh faith.

“I’m excited to build a new family at USC and study with like-minded people who want to come together and help create,” said Kaur, who will join USC Annenberg this Fall as a ...

Growing up an only child in Guangdong, China, Zhuoyan “Terry” Tao was surrounded by music.

“Since I was 5, my mother was playing classical music recordings in the house and on the way to school,” he said. “My father was more of a ’90s Hong Kong music fan. There was always music in my home.”

Tao plays multiple instruments and even wrote the score to his high school’s performance...

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I waited for Spencer Topel in the dead of night, eight years ago, outside the only convenience store in Vermont. As his undergraduate research assistant at Dartmouth College, I agreed to help shoot a documentary for his sound art installation. I didn’t realize filming was only possible at midnight, without the shifting sun. The rumble of his four-cylinder sedan cut through the...

USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has received support from MTV Entertainment Studios to become the long-term home of the Mental Health Storytelling Initiative. The unprecedented effort by a coalition of more than 60 entertainment industry partners and mental health expert organizations is designed to revolutionize the narrative on...

It’s clear that America’s newsrooms do not reflect the populations they serve. While the nation’s Latinx population is expected to rise to 119 million or 29% of the total U.S. population by 2060, they currently comprise a mere...

With a career trajectory at ABC News from production associate to White House correspondent within only four years, many would assume that Rachel Scott’s rise to the top ranks of journalism is an unalloyed success story.

So a main theme of her commencement message to USC Annenberg’s Class of 2022 may have come as a surprise. She spoke about how to deal with failure.

“Graduating...