Arts

The new award will support USC dramatic arts students pursuing careers across film, theater and the creative industries.

Institute at the USC School of Dramatic Arts starts with an AI think tank focused on developing distinctly human skills and advancing creativity.

The 1996 alumnus is perhaps best known as the creator, showrunner, writer and director of the award-winning Hulu series Dopesick, and as co-creator, executive producer, writer and director of the hit Fox series Empire.

Cinematographer Alice Brooks, known for In the Heights and the Wicked franchise, will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.

The cross-school partnership with USC Annenberg public relations class is giving students real-world experience — and a hit musical.

Manarbek Toleu develops master plans and architectural drawings for Disneyland.

Phillinganes, a five-decade veteran of the music industry, will join his Grammy-winning longtime collaborator on stage Monday.

Grode, who joined the drama school’s Board of Councilors in 2005, was one of four women in the USC Gould School of Law’s Class of 1977.

As part of ShadeLA, the USC School of Architecture-led competition judged entries from hundreds of students across Los Angeles for the best modular shade design.