
Trojans share their commitment to being ‘All Out With Pride’
“We are not going to let anyone steal our joy,” USC Lambda LGBTQ+ Alumni Association President Erika Hartman says during the university’s virtual Pride Month kickoff event.
“We are not going to let anyone steal our joy,” USC Lambda LGBTQ+ Alumni Association President Erika Hartman says during the university’s virtual Pride Month kickoff event.
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences initiative will focus on fostering a culture of self-reflection, learning and continuous improvement to advance racial equity.
The icon, modeled after a number of USC football players, represents the five qualities of a Trojan: faithful, scholarly, skillful, courageous and ambitious.
TITLE IX: Janine Williams says the landmark legislation is “about opening doors and leaving the door open for who will come next.”
“It’s all about being together and standing alongside each other,” says USC Professor Karen Tongson.
Alumni from Troy Camp’s 75-year history reunited for their first fundraising gala since 2019.
This year’s gala honors a class of scholars who bonded during trying times to help one another succeed as they progressed through the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
The generous donation comes from longtime USC supporters Amy King Dundon-Berchtold and James “Jim” Joseph Berchtold.
The clinical professor of communication was a scholar, teacher and mentor at the school for more than 20 years.
Read the president’s message as well as the incredible stories of Trojans everywhere who are making their mark.
Strong representation in STEM majors and continued support for transfer students are hallmarks of the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
COMMENCEMENT: New Trojans provide proud day for parents who didn’t have the same opportunities. Read their moving stories.
COMMENCEMENT: The Marvel Studios chief tells how his USC degree helped him achieve his filmmaking dreams, and how perseverance pays off (he got into USC’s film school on his sixth try).
COMMENCEMENT: The student standout shares stories of friendship, challenges and success — and some auditions that seemed to go nowhere.
COMMENCEMENT: She shares words of inspiration with the new graduates, many of whom arrived at USC in 2019 at the same time she did.
COMMENCEMENT: Family and friends fill the University Park Campus as a record 20,000 degrees are conferred. It’s a day to remember.
COMMENCEMENT: The USC trustee shares very personal stories of life, faith and overcoming adversity.
COMMENCEMENT: Hers is an honorary degree; his is a doctorate of musical arts. The conferral is a prelude to an operatic interpretation of Huerta’s remarkable life, which the composer calls “a microcosm of loss and perseverance.”
COMMENCEMENT: Online retreats provided strong connections and mutual support during daunting years of study, research and writing.
COMMENCEMENT: While at USC, the Bay Area native maintained the nonprofit she founded in high school and co-founded an organization that improves health equity for unhoused people.
COMMENCEMENT: The USC Dornsife senior hopes to use his social policy experience in legislative work or community organizing before going to law school.
The program will equip graduates with the skills required to address the complexities of big data, AI innovation and machine learning through the lens of antitrust, privacy, data security and IP laws.
The Sustainability Course Finder helps spread awareness of courses across the university and provides students with an easy way to see how classes relate to various sustainability issues.
COMMENCEMENT: Graduating with a degree in political science and a minor in dance, Robles will be heading to Taiwan as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.