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More and more hip-hop artists are streaming live performances, connecting with fans remotely and making their footprints in the metaverse. But there’s a much more interesting counterculture revolution happening in the virtual world. Young artists are changing the game by creating unique experiences for audiences in 3D spaces and developing art with innovative decentralized...

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“What do you know about Kwame Nkrumah?”

The professor at the University of Ghana’s question stumped me. Truth be told, at that point in time Kwame Nkrumah was just a name to me. It was a name that I had seen floated around in regard to scientific socialism and Pan-Africanist philosophy and a name that I had seen on the street signs in Ghana — but a name, nonetheless. I will...

Anthony Gharib dreams of becoming the first Armenian-American national NBA reporter. His love for basketball began as a youth athlete, watching the Los Angeles Lakers.

“I would watch ESPN and was surprised to learn the reporters were either former athletes or studied journalism,” he said. “Realizing I wasn’t going to be a pro athlete, I thought the latter was the...

Charlie Siegel fell in love with the idea of being a Trojan during a guided tour. At first, he was not even considering attending USC, but after witnessing the vibrancy on campus he just knew he had found the right place for him.

“All around there were people walking and enjoying the weather, doing homework in the grass, and saying ‘fight on!’ to my tour guide,”...

Dany Rodríguez Martínez began studying robotics at 12 years old. Then in college, she orbited to space projects while earning a bachelor’s degree in communication from the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico. Through her pursuit of science, she was given the opportunity to unlock an interest in public relations.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Rodríguez Martínez is the first in her...

Since 2019, USC Annenberg’s Seeing ME in the MEdia program has combined mentorship and engagement with alumni and industry leaders to support and empower our first-generation and BIPOC students along their academic journeys.

This Fall, the program expanded to include an executive-in-residence appointment, which offers more deep and meaningful engagement opportunities for students to...