The Quarantunes Student Music Competition asked students to inspire each other during these uncertain times from around the world.

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Quarantunes Student Music Competition brings global perspective
USC Thornton students make the finals in the Quarantunes Student Music Competition and reflect on how the pandemic has offered new ways to stay creative.

USC School of Cinematic Arts Professor Pablo Frasconi suggested perhaps the Global Exchange Workshop could go virtual during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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USC Global Exchange Workshop continues in Zoom
The Global Exchange Workshop documentary short Come, Live, Leave (2019) is the story of two students whose lives are in limbo because of visa issues -- Gao in Beijing (left) and S. in Los Angeles (right). The film inspired Professor Pablo Frasconi to proceed with the global filmmaking workshop this summer -- connecting students in China and the US via Zoom.

USC was awarded a $3 million NIH-Fogarty grant for air pollution health research to establish a new hub for research and discovery.

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USC awarded NIH grant for air pollution research
Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub researchers. From left: Lynn Atuyambe, Makerere Univ. (Uganda); Augustine Afullo, Univ. of Kabianga (Kenya); Etienne Rugigana, Univ. of Rwanda; Abera Kumie Takele, Addis Ababa Univ. (Ethiopia); and Steve Howland, USC Children’s Health Study.