The internationally lauded 23-year-old filmmaker, education advocate and policymaker came to USC to deepen her understanding of leadership and organizational change.
Like many Angelenos, USC Rossier doctoral student Zuriel Oduwole is tuned in to Award Season, that time between November and March when nominations for major entertainment awards are announced. When her father called to check in with Oduwole and her siblings while he was traveling in February of this year, he asked them to identify which awards were most important. They rattled off the Emmys, Grammys and Oscars. Knowing they hadn’t quite hit the mark he had in mind, he asked them to think globally. They immediately thought of the Nobel Prize. He then revealed to Zuriel and her siblings that she had been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.