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  • Rena M. Heinrich, Josh Kun and Alexandra Billings.

    Excellence in Action: SDA Faculty Celebrated with Top USC Honors

    SDA Professors Alexandra Billings and Rena M. Heinrich were both honored at USC’s Academic Honors Convocation in April

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  • Portrait of William Shakespeare with a Play button on his face.

    Shakespeare: Why we speak him still

    The Bard — born April 23, 1564 (more or less) — passed away centuries ago, so why is his work still relevant?

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  • Zoom panel featuring Donald Webber Jr., Tonatiuh, Emily Goglia, Michael Schwartz, and Will Ferrell.

    USC stars share movie musical experience in panel discussion

    In March, a panel of USC alumni, all veterans of the stage and screen, gathered to discuss the resurgent genre of movie musicals.

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  • Noa Gardner

    Alumni Q&A: Noa Gardner MFA ’20

    For our Alumni Q&A series, Noa Gardner MFA ’20 talks about his new play “The Staircase,” authenticity in language and the importance of reading to writers.

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