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Cameron Gray, a junior film major in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named the recipient of a 2021 Beinecke Scholarship. She is the second Beinecke Scholar in Syracuse University’s history.
The award provides graduate funding and mentorship for juniors in the arts, humanities or social sciences. The Beinecke Scholarship seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated juniors of exceptional promise to pursue graduate study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The Beinecke Scholarship works with approximately 135 participating institutions. Each school may nominate one candidate per year; the campus nomination process is highly competitive. This year, the Beinecke Scholarship Program received 95 nominations and selected 16 Scholars.
Paolo Sigismondi’s primary research and teaching interests focus on the phenomena of globalization forged by new technologies and economic forces such as multinational corporations, especially media, advertising and entertainment conglomerates, and their multifaceted economic, political, social and linguistic impact on societies around the world. He graduated summa cum laude in economics from LUISS University in Rome. At the University of Southern California, he earned an MBA from the Marshall School of Business, a graduate certificate in Business of Entertainment from the School of Cinematic Arts, and an MA and a PhD from USC Annenberg. He has more than a decade of work experience in the global media and entertainment industry. He held executive positions with Mediaset and Telemontecarlo, two leading European media holding companies; in the United States, he worked at the world headquarters of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
April 6, 2021 in Film, Lifestyle
The upcoming Netflix series “Shadow and Bone” is based off Leigh Bardugo’s fantasy universe. (Photo courtesy of Netflix.)
Stressed out about your upcoming finals? We’ve compiled a list of TV shows and movies for this month’s streaming guide to help you escape from the tedium of studying. You can live vicariously through the fantasy world of “Shadow and Bone,” take a blast to the past with the classic “Legally Blonde,” or get lost in the whimsical “Moonrise Kingdom.” And for a shot of USC pride, we’ve included some films and TV shows with prominent USC alumni.
April 5, 2021 in Lifestyle, Music
Established women in the music and entertainment industries gave advice and networked with attendees of the Feminist Media Festival. Vincent Leo | Daily Trojan.
Transitioning into the Zoom era, USC’s Women of Cinematic Arts, a student organization for female and gender nonconforming students, hosted its fifth annual and first virtual Feminist Media Festival on Saturday. The club recognized the achievements of these gender minorities at USC and welcomed a variety of women in the entertainment industry to several panels, workshops and a private networking event.
The festival began with an opening ceremony featuring Ashley Strumwasser, vice president of film and television at Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine.
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