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COMMENCEMENT: Leonor Luis, the 2025 USC Rossier master’s commencement ceremony student speaker, emphasizes teaching with purpose and leading with heart.
COMMENCEMENT: The nondenominational event helps kick off celebrations for USC’s Class of 2025. Read about it and watch the videos.
COMMENCEMENT: Divya Subbiah doesn’t chase the spotlight. She looks for the stories hiding just outside of it.
Experts in population health, engineering and medicine will study and address harms related to the manmade pollutants known as PFAS.
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The USC Sea Grant director brings more than 25 years of experience as a scientist, educator and leader in ocean research, education, policy and public engagement.
USC experts share their expertise on how Angelenos can rebuild their communities stronger and better after January’s wildfires.
USC Distinguished Professor Gale Sinatra’s long-standing mission to help people better understand climate change became deeply personal after the January wildfires.
EARTH MONTH: Megan Fieser, the Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry at USC Dornsife, is working to resolve the vexing problem of plastic accumulating in our environment.
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A visual exploration of the vast and vibrant day-to-day experience at USC.

Earth’s Inner Core is Less Solid than Previously Thought
A USC study reveals that the inner core is undergoing structural transformation.
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Long Before the L.A. Wildfires, America’s Housing Crisis Displaced Millions
A USC study reveals how decades of policy missteps fueled today’s housing crisis, pushing the dream of homeownership out of reach for millions, including the largest generation in U.S. history: millennials.