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      “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

    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

Anna-Catherine Brigida graduated from USC in May 2015 with a degree in print and digital journalism and a minor in international relations. She now works as a freelance journalist in Latin America.   Immigration reform has once again risen to the top of policy issues for the Obama Administration, this time surrounding the recent surge in young Central American … [Read more...] about Rethinking Refugee

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The Kurds are an ethnic group native to the area of eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, western Iran, and northern Syria, an area which they call Kurdistan. The northern part of Iraq is called Iraqi Kurdistan and is an autonomous region. Kurds are related to Persian peoples and speak various dialects of Kurdish, which is most similar to Persian. In Iraq, Kurdish is an official … [Read more...] about Stateless: Exploring the Political Dynamics of Cultural, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities Around the World, This Week’s Focus–The Kurds