COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC Viterbi graduate Saket Venkatesh is harnessing his industrial and systems engineering skills to develop badminton shuttlecocks that avoid animal cruelty and cut waste.
As the 2021-2022 academic year wraps up, the president shares a video message highlighting an incredible year. Watch her roundup of the year’s events and hear her words of thanks to students, faculty and staff.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Manushri Desai leaves USC with an arsenal of experience advocating for disability rights.
The Paramount Latinx Diversity in Journalism Scholarship, supported by a $1 million gift, will cover yearly tuition for a Latino student to enroll in one of USC Annenberg’s journalism master’s programs.
Two USC Viterbi doctoral students want to make the process of redesigning apps for accessibility convenient.
Relive all of the memories of Commencement Day:
COMMENCEMENT 2022: A class tempered by the uncertainty of COVID-19 crosses a finish line during USC’s 139th commencement ceremony — where a new passage awaits. Share in the festivities and see some of our favorite photos of the day.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC alumni return to their alma mater to watch their children receive degrees of their own.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Jacqueline Martinez will receive bachelor’s and master’s degrees on Friday, thanks to her mom and dad’s loving support.
Lucy Westlake, who started climbing mountains with her father when she was just 7 years old, reached the summit early Thursday morning.
But Hollywoodland is also a hot spot for tourists, setting the stage for conflict between residents and visitors, notes USC Dornsife’s Leo Braudy. He’s the author of The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon.
It’s not just a privacy issue: Being monitored lowers your sense of perceived autonomy, which can increase stress and anxiety, says USC Marshall Associate Professor Nathanael Fast.
Saving our planet may depend on communicating with people 10,000 years from now. USC Dornsife visiting scholar Vincent Ialenti says that the speed at which language evolves will make such communication difficult. The word “internet,” he notes, would mean little to someone living in the 1970s.
The USC alum will speak on May 13 at the Shrine Auditorium. Insecure writer-director-EP Prentice Penny will receive its Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
“When I look at Twitter, I don’t see a social network, I see an information network,” says USC Annenberg’s Karen North. “It’s a network of people who are communicators, either journalists or people who act like journalists conveying information to their audiences.”
Russian embassies around the world are prolifically using Facebook, Twitter and other platforms to undermine the international coalition supporting Ukraine. “They must know better, but that’s what it’s like living in and working for a totalitarian regime,” said Nicholas Cull, a USC professor who studies diplomacy and propaganda.
Trojan Ethan Ward reports on homelessness for KPCC-FM. It’s topic into which he has special insight: Before attending USC or becoming a reporter, he lived in his car.
Rising housing costs in Los Angeles County and the Bay Area are chasing away both California natives and immigrants, USC Dornsife Professor Manuel Pastor says.
Recovering from a lifetime of toxic masculinity requires men to be mindful of the ways we have been socialized to handle anger in interactions with other men, women and genderqueer persons, Executive Director Shaun Harper of the USC Race and Equity Center notes in an op-ed.
An increase in COVID cases in 2022 should be entirely different from one in 2020, says Jeffrey Klausner of the Keck School of Medicine of USC: “We’re kind of more in the realm right now of what a typical influenza season might look like.”
Longer, more creative titles can be intimidating to some viewers and unnecessary for others, says Associate Professor J.D. Connor of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. And adding numbers to the end of sequels can discourage viewers who haven’t already seen the previous movies.
Model from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics plays key role in report form the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Working in intelligence, John Esparza he knew a deeper understanding of the law would be beneficial to his career. That’s where USC Gould’s online Master of Studies in Law program comes in.
“My Armenian Story,” a program of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, encourages Armenians from Southern California and around the world to record their memories.
The university’s signature college prep program celebrates its graduates in person for the first time since 2019.
Despite the conflict in her home country, junior Anastasiia Slivina stays strong for her family and her teammates.
USC University Professor Emeritus Michael Waterman stood at the forefront of computational biology 40 years ago. The world is still catching up.
The 2011 doctoral graduate will research the role of social workers in evaluating older adults’ capacity to make decisions.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Serish Thakker just graduated with degrees in public policy and international relations.
Ricky Ramiro Jr. — a new graduate of USC’s signature college prep program, the Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative — says his parents’ hard work and sacrifices helped him become a Trojan.
USC and Stanford researchers say the index — a public resource for tracking segregation — signals an “urgent need” to address rising segregation in large school districts.
Key to the repair strategy examined in the USC study is a gene with a fittingly heroic name: Sonic hedgehog.
Caring for unhoused people offers key lessons to Family Medicine interns at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: From playing on USC’s world-famous marching band to mentorship for USC’s female engineers, the USC Viterbi graduating senior thrives on Trojan spirit and family.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC Viterbi graduate Patricia Garcia is winning accolades for her company that allows students to thrift their logo clothing and other branded items.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Abby Erckenbrack says the lessons she learned and friendships she formed will last a lifetime.
At 8 a.m. PDT, the Association of American Universities will livestream the speech on how American universities and Ukraine can work together to rebuild the country’s higher ed sector; a Q&A follows.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC’s valedictorian speaks for a resilient Class of 2022, and shares a poignant message on the war in Ukraine.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC’s president shares a message of hope and encouragement with the university’s newest graduates.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: The USC Rossier alum — winner of seven Olympic gold medals and the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history — shares words of wisdom with USC’s Class of 2022.
The president — a biologist — notes that diverse perspectives are key to creating a more sustainable future, whether students come from backgrounds in business, engineering or the arts.
USC experts predict wildfire threat to grow in coming years, but see hope in new mitigation methods.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: The goal for commencement ceremony venues is to be zero-waste — or as close to zero-waste as possible.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Alyssa Young found support from USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative and the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund. She, in turn, helped others find their way.
COMMENCEMENT 2022: From humble beginnings in El Salvador to Los Angeles County leader, Laura Trejo has earned a USC bachelor‘s degree, two USC master’s degrees and now a Doctorate of Social Work.