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Date Title & Description Contributors
2021-10-19

  Episode 5: "I Am Not A Unicorn"

The 30+ year journey of a Black engineer in K-12 education – featuring Dr. Darin Gray 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2021-03-09

  Episode 4 "The Equity Scholar-Practitioner"

In junior high Dr. Brandi Jones, USC Viterbi Vice Dean for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, ran for student body president. Her slogan was "Through me your voices will be heard!" A lot has changed since then but Brandi's mission hasn't. In this ... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2020-09-14

  Episode 3 "The Black Engineering Student Experience"

Episode 3 "The Black Engineering Student Experience" by USC Viterbi School of Engineering 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2020-09-01

  Episode 2 "Race and Leadership in Academia"

An intimate conversation at the intersection of race, STEM and academia with two legendary Black leaders: Dr. Wanda Austin, retired CEO of Aerospace Corporation and former President of USC, and Dr. John Slaughter, former director of the National Scienc... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2020-08-24

  Episode 1: Conversations with Black Faculty

Episode 1: Conversations with Black Faculty by USC Viterbi School of Engineering 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2017-10-26

  Episode 6: “Trapped By The Brain"

Every day, we do thousands of movements that we take for granted. But what if our bodies were a prison? Who would unlock it for us? At four months old, following a severe brain injury, Ralph Hernandez was condemned to be a prisoner of his own body. The... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2017-05-03

  Episode 5 "Kate 2600"

Based on the contemporary research of USC Viterbi professor Burcin Becerik-Gerber, KATE 2600 transports us to New Amsterdam — a futuristic city where buildings are not inanimate but sentient beings, uniquely programmed to suit the physical needs of the... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2017-02-14

  Episode 4 "The Love Algorithm"

Musician and composer Wil Brumbach, goes on a search for love enlisting the help of some powerful matchmakers - engineers. He tests the hypothesis of a love formula through highly scientific means - by putting himself “out there” and consulting with da... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2016-09-29

  Episode 3 "Cancer In The Time of Algorithms"

Machine learning expert Greg Ver Steeg and computational biologist Shirley Pepke search for a way to personalize ovarian cancer treatment. For Pepke, the answers can’t come fast enough. 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author
2016-06-05

  Episode 2 "The Escape Of Bogdan Marcu"

On July 20, 1969, from behind the Iron Curtain in communist Romania, ten-year-old Bogdan Marcu watched Neil Armstrong take the first step on the moon. That moment unleashed a space dream and a chain of events that included a gutsy escape plan, a revolu... 		  USC Viterbi School of Engineering author