Commencement 2018: Spotlight on Vanessa Arientyl, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Vanessa Arientyl was born in Quebec, the daughter of Haitian immigrants. Her first language was French and she learned English at the age of 6, when she moved with her family to New Jersey.

Arientyl recalls an entry in her fifth-grade Read More »

May 10th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Commencement 2018: Spotlight on Ruth Barber Goodson, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Ruth Barber Goodson likes to say that she was destined to graduate from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Her parents, both of whom attended the Keck School, met on their very first day, while viewing red blood cells Read More »

May 10th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Graduating senior impacts L.A. families through CHLA research, USC outreach

Kaushik Parvathaneni figured out early on he wanted to work in medicine.

As a teen in high school in Seattle, he reached out to University of Washington faculty, asking if he could help with cancer research. He ended up studying a rare Read More »

May 10th, 2018|Announcements, Commencement, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2018: Spotlight on Jordan Despanie, USC School of Pharmacy

Jordan Despanie adheres to the Jewish concept of Tikkun olam – literally to “repair the world” through acts of kindness that help alleviate suffering.

The Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD candidate, who will receive his degree from the USC School of Pharmacy on Read More »

May 10th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Commencement 2018: Spotlight on Yeva Manukyan, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Yeva Manukyan’s passion to serve in the field of oral health was shaped early on by her role model, her mother. Assisting her mother, who is a dentist, to plan mission trips to Armenia, the country from which they emigrated, Read More »

May 9th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|