Latest solar venture powers USC toward a greener future
The university is accelerating its transition to renewable energy and edging closer to its ambitious sustainability goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025.
Entrepreneur turns to USC online health administration program to help launch startup
Ryan Nazar started Practical Healthcare to improve patient satisfaction, especially when it came to difficult disease and injury diagnoses.
Quiet not so long ago, campus hotspots buzz with back-at-school energy
A few weeks ago, the University Park Campus was pretty empty. That’s no longer the case with classes back in session. Check out the photos — before and after.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum marks centennial
The iconic stadium, beloved by generations of USC fans, looks back on a century of sporting, entertainment and cultural history — and forward to the next 100 years.
White coat ceremony marks beginning for future doctors of pharmacy at USC Mann
Members of the Class of 2027 represent 19 countries.
Jennifer Cohen named USC director of athletics
Cohen, a Southern California native, was previously athletic director at the University of Washington. She will be USC’s 10th director of athletics and the first woman to hold the position.
Linked through mission, L.A. and USC bring medicine and housing to the homeless via Street Medicine
A “fireside chat” between USC President Carol L. Folt and Mayor Karen Bass reinforces the university’s collaborative work with the city in a united quest to care for the unhoused, whose numbers have increased since COVID.
USC Roski announces interdisciplinary minor in fashion
The minor will inspire students to create powerful, astute, technology-enabled and sustainable practices to facilitate meaningful change.
A Trojan welcome: Convocation speakers encourage new students to take in all USC has to offer
USC President Carol L. Folt and the university’s deans welcome nearly 13,000 new undergraduate, graduate and transfer students and their families.
Excitement, emotions run high as students from near and far begin on-campus life
Approximately 8,700 Trojans moved into residential colleges this week. Meet some of them and their families.
What you need to know for the USC football 2023 tailgate season
Game day at USC starts well before kickoff. Be sure you know what to expect before the Aug. 26 season opener, and start planning right away.
USC appoints alumna Melissa Just as new dean of libraries
The academic library veteran hopes to elevate USC Libraries’ ability to collaborate across campuses and amplify research.
Giving the gift of a law school education
USC Gould alumni see need-based scholarship donations as an opportunity to make law students’ dreams come true.
In memoriam: Dennis Nemeschansky, 67, USC Dornsife professor of physics and astronomy
An expert on string theory who focused on supersymmetry quantum field theory, Nemeschansky is best known for the Minahan-Nemeschansky Theory, which he developed with Joseph Minahan while playing golf.
USC Gould alum honors her father’s legacy with scholarship
Trojan Francisco “Frank” Solís, father of Terry Solis (pictured with husband David Flores), was active in Los Angeles politics and an officer in the city’s Mexican American Bar Association.
Controversy brings opportunity: USC experts navigate tough questions about AI
New center and initiative position the university as a leading institution on artificial intelligence policy discussions, best practices and ethical decision-making.
Gaming’s Unsung Heroes
USC Thornton has embraced and contributed to the growing industry of video game scoring.
Keck Hospital of USC receives highest rating in national quality report
Hospital earns five stars in the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services annual quality star rating report.
USC Dornsife scholar Peggy Kamuf elected to the British Academy
The Professor Emerita of French and Italian and Comparative Literature is recognized for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Heritage at the Heart of Trojan Life — In Photos
Relive some of our favorite moments from heritage months during the 2022-23 school year.
In memoriam: Sri Narayan, 63, chemist whose research advanced energy storage solutions, powered Mars rovers
The USC Dornsife professor’s prolific work had recently earned him an appointment to the National Academy of Inventors.
USC Alumni Association marks a century of celebrating the Trojan Family
The centennial celebrations of the group — 100 years old today — communicate a “come one, come all” message to alumni.
Trojans reflect on what Juneteenth means to them at USC holiday commemoration
Some pay moving tributes to enslaved ancestors; others see holiday as a modern-day call to action.