Silva Sevlian, a senior pursuing a joint B.A./M.A. degree in print journalism and public diplomacy, was named one of three inaugural recipients of the new USC Africa Student Fund, which she will use to pursue independent research projects this year on the African continent

Twenty-five arts journalists have been chosen from 16 states to participate as fellows in the sixth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg. Through the generous support of the NEA, the Institute will be conducted by USC Annenberg's School of Journalism in Los Angeles from May 17-27

Saturday was the day that thousands of users obsessively checking UPS.com for their package status finally got their gleaming white box of iPad; journalism professor Andrew Lih tells readers the pros and cons of the new device

School of Communication director Larry Gross was selected to receive a 2009-2010 USC Mellon Award for faculty mentoring graduate students. The USC Mellon Mentoring Awards are a key part of the larger, university-wide recognition of mentoring

Journalism professor Judy Muller has won a Peabody Award for her work on a KCET SoCal Connected story examining the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles

Funds will be divided between the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

For the 20th year, the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the Public Relations Society of America Los Angeles (PRSA-LA) jointly presented the Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium, an event that celebrates its namesake as well as examining the field of public relations to which he greatly contributed

As USC makes a sweeping commitment to sustainability this year, the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is accelerating its own greening program – a move that has the enthusiastic backing not only of its founders but also of its students