Conversations

Misty Copeland was the first Black female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She talks about her experience and struggles while breaking new ground.

Madhu Viswanathan, profess of marketing, says his Business for Good program challenges his entrepreneurial students to think about the needs of low-income, low-literacy consumers.

Jonas Mureika studies quantum physics — matter and energy at the level of atoms an subatomic particles. We don’t yet understand it, but he and others are in search of the “Holy Grail of physics.” Mureika talks about his quest.

Abby Wambach, who delivered the Commencement address at the 2022 Commencement Exercises, talks about Title IX, equal pay for women and misogyny.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who was elected chair of the Board of Supervisors in December 2021, talks about her goals as supervisor

“Sorry for the Inconvenience,” the award-winning short film by Jane Chow ’19, is set in L.A.’s Chinatown. She talks about why Chinatown means so much to her, a native Hong Konger.

When Camille Bryan’s parent told her they would establish a scholarship in her honor, Bryan decided to name it for her late friend and classmate Bianca Red Arrow. Here she explains why.

New softball Head Coach Tairia Flowers, a veteran of the U.S. national softball team, describes what it takes to build a championship program.