For the first time in 21 years, Trojan triplets will go their separate ways
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Triplets Ireland, Kala and Smith Shute, from left, are wrapping up their four years as USC undergrads. (Photo / Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez)

“But we’re all ready to leave the nest now. And I’m very excited to see what my siblings do. Regardless, if they end up here or across the world, I don’t care because we’re always going to be together.”

Kendall Damon, the USC Price valedictorian, puts the ‘extra’ in extracurricular
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Photo / Kendall Damon

“What’s exciting to me is that it’s Price, and all of the people who are in Price care about making a difference and going out and using the skills they learned to actually change something. I think that it’s so cool that I can speak directly to that.”

Robots Predict Human Intention for Faster Builds

“We hope that our research can make it easier for people to show robots what they prefer. By helping each person in their preferred way, robots can reduce their work, save time and even build trust with them.”

Skateboard Diplomacy
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Photo / Miles Jackson

“Skateboarding brings people from around the world together,” said Jackson. “And the community is incredibly generous. We are giving Cuban youth the tools to skate through life.”

Senior Spotlight: Ava Noble’s Musical Theater Survival Guide

“I think the amazing thing about Kaufman is that we train in so many different styles. Every Broadway show is so different right now. To be successful in a career like musical theater, you truly have to be able to do it all. The more styles you can do, the more you will work.”

Fighting for gender equality within the new media landscape
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Sarah Banet-Weiser is the founding director of the Center for Collaborative Communication at the Annenberg schools at USC and the University of Pennsylvania. (Photo / Courtesy of USC Annenberg)

“To have students who are media makers and invested in transforming the media and this landscape to be more diverse and inclusive is incredible to me.”

USC Student Wins Big for Plastic Waste Capture Device

“Even a few of these instruments can make a huge change strategically placed in points across the city. I feel like it has the potential to make a real impact and a real change.”

USC Price School alum helps musicians with autism showcase their talents
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Ifunanya Nweke (Photo / Jazz Hands for Autism)

“When you see somebody on stage performing and they’re having the time of their life – singing their heart out and having so much stage presence – something powerful happens in the way that you perceive them.”

2 Trojans are blazing trails for Filipinos in slowly diversifying fields
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Corina Irvin and Ernie Ocampo (Photos / Courtesy of Corina Irvin and Ernie Ocampo)

“These days, it’s much easier to find people in our community who hold those positions,” he said. “You don’t have to worry about being the pioneer or being the only person who looks like you in the field. We are trying to show that we are here — there are still too few of us, but we are here.”

Award-winning design from USC architecture professor saves energy while using none
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Doris Sung’s winning climate action project is called the InVert Self-Shading Window. (Photo / Doris Sung)

“I have huge hopes — which is probably why I enjoy being at a university — that either this technology or myself influences the next generation of designers, tinkerers, innovators and even the general public. The more that we can get this out there, the better our world is going to be.”