Had a lot of fun! Like the small group dynamic which led to great discussion
Below is a listing of the 2018 Micro-Seminars.
2019 micro-seminar topics will be available starting on August 2, 2019.
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- 21st Century Media: An Evolving Global Digital Landscape
Paolo Sigismondi, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - 911 and John Snow: Emergency Medicine and the Power of Maps
Dan Dworkis, Emergency Medicine | Keck School of Medicine
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- Accounting: The Real Deal – Meet Your Employer
Zivia Sweeney, Leventhal School of Accounting - Animals, Aliens, AIs, and Enemies: Who Matters Morally?
Sharon Lloyd, Philosophy | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
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- The Beatles and Their Evolving Message
Bill Biersach, Music Composition | Thornton School of Music - Behavioral Machine Learning and AI: Applications in Health, Media, and Beyond
Shrikanth Narayanan, Signal & Image Processing | Viterbi School of Engineering - Building Better Habits: Incorporating Self-Care to Optimize College Performance
Kristy Payne, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy - Building the USC Campus: A Brief History
Kenneth Breisch | School of Architecture - Buzzed – Modern Pharmageddon, Abuse or Addiction
Daryl Daves, Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology | School of Pharmacy
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- Cancer and its Spread: the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Josh Neman, Neurological Surgery | Keck School of Medicine - Chinese Politics, Society, Economics, Ideology, Culture and Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping: The Implications for Sino-American Relations
Stan Rosen, Political Science | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences - College Student Activism: Exploring Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement
Robert Labaree, USC Libraries - Competing with Free
Ira Kalb, Marketing | Marshall School of Business - Constructing the Self: Identity, Responsibility and Double Consciousness in Marvel’s Black Panther
Alyssa Brissett, USC Libraries - The CRISPR Revolution in Genome Engineering: Science, Technology, and Ethics
Peter Qin, Chemistry | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences - The Culture and Politics of Street Food in Los Angeles
Sarah Portnoy, Spanish & Portuguese | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
I found this seminar to be very helpful in both content and presentation and helped alleviate my fears for my first week of classes.
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- Diego and Frida: Life and Art
Liana Stepanyan, Spanish & Portuguese | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences - The Digital Future of Emotion
Elizabeth Ramsey, Media Arts and Practice | School of Cinematic Arts
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- Earthquakes in LA, the West Coast, and the World
John Vidale, Earth Sciences | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - Enchanted: The Power of Stories in Children’s Literature (and Beyond into College)
Thomas Gustafson, English | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - EPI-genomics: Why your DNA sequence is only Half the Story
Ite Laird-Offringa, Surgery | Keck School of Medecine - Ethics Through Contemporary Music
Joanna Demers, Thornton School of Music - The European Union and Brexit: Tragedy of Triumphant Exodus?
Robert Webster, Gould School of Law - Exercise and Nutrition: Goals for Health
Bob Girandola, Human Biology | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences
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- Fact and Fiction: Finding Reliable Information in the Age of Fake News
Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - Fashion, Revolution, and the Politics of Embodiment
Karina Karakus, Gender Studies | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - Finding Ourselves in the Archives: LGBT Histories at the ONE/USC National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Christina Belcher, Writing Program | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - Forging Shakespeare
Emily Anderson, English | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - From Sketches to Standup: Comedy that Makes a Difference
Emily Anderson, Writing Program | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences
I loved the welcoming feeling of the class and the excellent discussion opportunities that guided the class.
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- Generating Solutions for a Sustainable World
Kenneth Nealson, Earth Sciences | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - The Grand Challenges for Engineering and USC
Harly Ramsey, Engineering Writing Program | Viterbi School of Engineering
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- Healthy Start to College Life at USC
Steve Hsu, Physical Education | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences - “He/She/They said…He/She/They meant…”: Gendered Communication Practices and why what we say matters
Sabrina Pasztor, Business Communication | Marshall School of Business - The Hollywood Sound: From the Music Score to Sound Design
Bill Whittington, School of Cinematic Arts - Human Speech: Mouth, Ear, Mind and Tech
Dani Byrd, Linguistic | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
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- Internal Combustion Engines: The Worst Form of Vehicle Propulsion… Except for All the Other Forms
Paul Ronney, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering | Viterbi School of Engineering - Intro to Immersive Storytelling
Robert Hernandez, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - Introduction to 3D Printing
Perry Hoberman, Media Arts + Practice | School of Cinematic Arts - Introduction to Animation Industry
Caroline Hu, Animation | School of Cinematic Arts - Introduction to Contracts – You Agreed to What???
Michael Roster, Gould School of Law - Invisible City: The Social Life of Infrastructure in Los Angeles
Andrew Lakoff, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - Is Entrepreneurship For You?
Elizabeth Amini, Lloyd Grief Center for Entrepreneurial Studies | Marshall School of Business
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It was an amazing experience. The professor is engaging and awesome.
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- Lawyers and Secrets
Clare Pastore, Gould School of Law - Life in the Universe
Vahe Peroomian, Physics & Astronomy | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences - Losing the Stress Habit: Managing Stress in Daily Life
Myka Winder, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
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- Materials & Making: How Ideas become Matter and Matter becomes Ideas in Art
Paul Donald, Sculpture | Roski School of Art & Design - Medical Controversies and the Law
Fred Weissman, School of Pharmacy - Monster and Ourselves
Ellen Oliviera, Spanish & Portugueses | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences - Multicultural USC: How to work effectively in multicultural teams in the classroom and beyond
A. Carolin Fleischmann, Business Communication | Marshall School of Business - Music Steams and Globalized Seas: What Spotify Can Teach Us About the New Economy
Andrew De Silva, Writing Program | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences
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- Nanotechnology: The Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles
Ted Lee, Chemical Engineering | Viterbi School of Engineering - Neuroscience of Creativity and Social Interaction
Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy - New School, New City: Starting your College Bucket List
Amber Bennett, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
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- Perceptions of Los Angeles
Rob Berry, School of Architecture - Planning for medical schoolPlanning for Medical School? How to Plan for Your Undergraduate Years
Joel Schechter, Cell & Neurobiology | Keck School of Medicine
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I liked how it is not related to my major and now I am considering it as my minor
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- Social Media for Social Change: Social Movements in the Era of Hashtag Activism
La Mikia Castillo, Price School of Public Policy - Space: From Firecrackers to Interstellar Flight
Mike Gruntman, Astronautical Engineering | Viterbi School of Engineering - The Supremes’ Greatest Hits: Supreme Court That are Shaping Your Rights to Healthcare, Privacy, Abortion, and Contraception
Nicholas Merkin, Price School of Public Policy - Stem Cell Therapy: Hope or Hype?
Young Hong, Surgery | Keck School of Medicine - Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: An Update
Francesca Mariani, Cell & Neurobiology | Keck School of Medicine - Studying Engineering
Sam Safadi, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering | Viterbi School of Engineering - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Probing the Medical Mystery
Tom Keens, Pediatrics (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles) | Keck School of Medicine
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- Transportation Alternatives for Los Angeles
James Moore, Viterbi School of Engineering - Trump, America, and the World: Madness or Method in U.S. Foreign Policy
Jefferey Fields, International Relations | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences
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- Unstuck: Creativity in Art and Life
Stephanie Sabo, Roski School of Art & Design
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- What’s Hot in Video Games Right Now
Chris Swain, Information Technology Program | Viterbi School of Engineering - WRITE ON! Writing the University Level Essay
Shefali Rajamannar, Writing Program | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences
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- Yes And: Living Through Improv
Kirstin Eggers, School of Dramatic Arts
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Love that you get to meet people outside your major also interested in the same topic.