In memoriam: Rosalind ‘Roz’ Wyman, youngest person ever elected to L.A. City Council
The Trojan alumna was a driving force behind Dodgers moving west.
Studying for finals? Let classical music help
Works by Bach, Brahms, Mozart and others are effective aids that improve sleep patterns and reduce stress, studies find.
Preparing professionals to collaborate with, manage and lead diverse teams
New USC Annenberg program will prepare future communications leaders to create and support inclusive environments, and to help advance equity and representation across the communication landscape.
Sustainability will move into key campus space as USC increases focus on Assignment: Earth
The move provides a new space for collaboration and research. The pharmacy that has held the space moves into a much larger location near the Engemann Student Health Center, with room to add services.
100 years of ‘Fight On!’: Legendary USC fight song nears a milestone
It’s the fight song that begat a motto for an entire university, and this year it turns 100. Learn more about the history of the song — which didn’t win the university fight song contest.
Pioneering pharmacy professor learned early to work hard and help others
TITLE IX: For almost five decades at USC, Jean Chen Shih has excelled at research and in teaching. She says the groundbreaking legislation is as important now as it was 50 years ago.
Student muralists spruce up Peace Garden near University Park Campus
The vibrant artwork on a 120-year-old house enlivens the walk to campus.
USC Rossier Educational Equity Initiative to address inequities in children’s education
Inspired by realities exposed during the pandemic, Dean Pedro Noguera announces a series of projects designed to create transformative educational opportunities for kids in L.A. and across the country.
USC School of Pharmacy, Department of Biomedical Engineering announce naming gifts
The substantial gift from innovator and physicist Alfred E. Mann will expand USC’s activities at the intersection of health sciences and engineering.
USC plastic bottle ban keeps a million bottles out of landfills
The ban on single-use plastic beverage bottles — part of USC’s effort to reach zero waste by 2028 — took effect July 1.
A different kind of danger challenges USC veteran
Advanced treatment helps a Marine power through a life-threatening disease. Cheering him on are an optimistic oncologist, a close personal advocate and 50,000 fans.
Acclaimed composer Andrew Norman to return to USC Thornton School of Music
The alumnus and former faculty member — a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music — will return as an associate professor of composition in fall 2023.
Keck Medicine of USC enhances commitment to patient safety, quality care with 2 new leadership positions
Tom Bates will serve as the health system’s first chief quality officer, and Mary Virgallito is the first chief quality officer at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.
USC’s new, student-led mariachi band brings back a Trojan tradition
Mariachi Los Troyanos de USC is heavily booked, with gigs on campus, at major city events and on television.
Expanding global access to testimonies of the Holocaust and other genocides
USC Shoah Foundation has redesigned its Visual History Archive, the world’s largest collection of primary source video testimonies from genocide survivors.
In memoriam: Richard Thompson, 83, quantum physicist who studied superconductivity
The emeritus faculty member, who worked at labs in France, the Soviet Union and Germany before joining USC in 1970, co-discovered the “Maki-Thompson effect” on electron transport in superconductors.
USC works to get out the vote
With the midterm election just days away, USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future is leading a final push to encourage USC students, faculty, staff and the local community to make their voice heard.
USC medical student investigates mysterious breast disease and aims to educate women about it
Ivonne Verduzco seeks answers about a painful condition prevalent in Latinas.
USC’s Joint Educational Project celebrates 50 years of service to the community
Since 1972, some 100,000 USC students have taught in classrooms and provided more than a million hours of service to the neighborhoods around the university’s campuses.
New USC Annenberg center empowers climate storytellers
The Center for Climate Journalism and Communication will provide critical training to media, public relations and communications professionals to be climate storytellers who advance a deeper understanding of the consequences of climate change.
New USC center provides crime victims with free mental health services, support
The Trauma Recovery Center at the USC Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is the first comprehensive victim recovery behavioral health clinic at the university.
USC Libraries marks 30th anniversary of Filipino American heritage celebrations
Preserving Filipino Los Angeles exhibit will be on display at Doheny Library for the rest of the fall semester.
President Biden appoints USC Professor Shaun Harper to national board
Harper, executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, will join the National Board for Education Sciences, an independent, nonpartisan branch of the U.S. Department of Education that supports research for education practice and policy.
Harnessing data to improve food safety and nutrition
Abigail Horn brings expertise in fighting global challenges in food systems to USC Viterbi.