“Each one of us holds a puzzle piece, and when it comes to science and technology we’re trying to assemble this puzzle. We don’t know what the picture is, and if you don’t add your piece then the picture is incomplete”- Esther Takeuchi Esther Takeuchi is a materials scientist and chemical engineer. Her background is in chemistry and … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Women in STEM: Spotlight on Esther Takeuchi
Archives for March 2016
Benefits of Acute Stress: Empathy as a Treatment for Depression
Joyce Ho graduated from the University of Southern California in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology and a minor in Musical Studies: Piano. As a student, she assisted in research at USC's Health, Emotion, & Addiction Lab and worked on health policy advocacy with Los Angeles County Medical Association. Holding a Christian perspective on science, she is … [Read more...] about Benefits of Acute Stress: Empathy as a Treatment for Depression
Big Ideas in Small Packaging: The Refrigerated Rail Car’s Redefinition of the Perishable Foods Industry
David Chengazhacherril is a junior majoring in Economics and Mathematics with minors in Computer Programming and Business Finance. He is a member of various organizations here on campus including the Applied Statistic Club, Trojan Investing Society, and Corpus Callosum. He is planning on working at PayPal this summer as an intern. In addition to school, he likes to go … [Read more...] about Big Ideas in Small Packaging: The Refrigerated Rail Car’s Redefinition of the Perishable Foods Industry
Extraordinary Women in STEM: Spotlight on Ayanna Howard
“Your best champion and cheerleader is yourself. Always be proud of your accomplishments, big or small.”- Ayanna Howard Ayanna Howard is a roboticist. Her main goal is to implement human intelligence systems into autonomous robotic structures. These are basically just robots that can think for themselves. Ayanna Howard first … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Women in STEM: Spotlight on Ayanna Howard
Stateless: Exploring the Political Dynamics of Cultural, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities Around the World, This Week’s Focus–Basques
The Basque people are an indigenous group to the northern part of Spain and a small part of southern France near the western part of the Pyrenees range and the Bay of Biscay—known as the Basque Country. Basques speak the language known as Basque, which is unrelated to any Indo-European languages and is believed to predate Romance languages. Traditionally, Basques have mostly … [Read more...] about Stateless: Exploring the Political Dynamics of Cultural, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities Around the World, This Week’s Focus–Basques