USC Viterbi assistant professor gets research award from National Institutes of Health
Wade Zeno, an expert in proteins, has received the Early-Stage Investigator’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
USC claims 2022-23 Crosstown Cup in rivalry competition with UCLA
The Trojans now hold a 13-8 all-time lead over the Bruins in the history of the good-natured challenge.
USC student films win at Cannes
Trojan productions were once again recognized as standouts among the 38 official selections in The American Pavilion’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes.
USC Dornsife’s Percival Everett elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Distinguished Professor of English is the fourth USC faculty member elected to the academy.
Structural biologist Helen Berman elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The USC Dornsife professor (research) of quantitative and computational biology is recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
USC student-athletes reach new record NCAA Academic Progress Rate
Seventeen Trojan teams earned scores equal to or improved from 2022.
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital nationally recognized with first ‘A’ hospital safety grade
The grade rating places the hospital among the safest hospitals in the country.
2 more USC professors elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Maja Matarić and James Van Cleve join the prestigious organization, which recognizes excellence in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science.
USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association to honor 4 distinguished alumni on Saturday
Leadership Awards will go to Husodo Angkosubroto and Gay Q. Yuen. Pranav Shah and Sean Miura will also be honored.
Rick Caruso, USC Joint Educational Project among award recipients at Academic Honors Convocation
The event, held at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus, is a reminder that USC is above all else a community of scholars.
USC Price Professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett wins prestigious Guggenheim fellowship
The fellowship will support Currid-Halkett’s research into the evolution of American cities.
USC to award honorary degrees to science, cinema and humanitarian leaders
USC’s 140th commencement ceremony will include the presentation of honorary degrees to three internationally renowned figures: Frances Arnold, Kevin Feige and Dolores Huerta.
L.A. poet Victoria Chang wins USC Dornsife’s 2023 Chowdhury Prize in Literature
The Department of English, with the support of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation and in collaboration with Kenyon College and the Kenyon Review, will award the $20,000 prize during a gala at USC on April 18.
‘Women Talking,’ ‘Slow Horses’ win 2023 USC Libraries’ Scripter Awards
The movie and TV series are recognized as the year’s best adaptation of the written word.
Notable USC alumni to receive honors at the 89th annual Alumni Awards
Bill Allen will receive the 2023 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award.
Tyler Prize award ceremony returns to USC for its 50th anniversary
On April 28, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement ceremony returns to its home at USC to celebrate this year’s laureates, marine biologist Daniel Pauly and economist Rashid Sumaila.
Reuters team wins 2023 Selden Ring Award for ‘Nightmare in Nigeria’
Team of reporters investigated military abuses against civilians during the brutal war against Islamist insurgents.
USC produces more 2022-23 Fulbright students than any other university in California
Twenty-two Trojans from various schools received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant during the 2022-23 awards cycle.
8 faculty members named University Professors and Distinguished Professors
The titles recognize faculty members who are leaders in their respective research fields.
2 undergrads earn prestigious fellowships to address school-to-prison pipeline
Irene Franco Rubio and Katherine Owojori, who serve in USC Dornsife’s Agents of Change civil rights advocacy clinic, are the first at USC to receive Soros Justice Fellowships from the Open Society Foundations.
USC Viterbi professors, Board of Councilors member elected to National Academy of Engineering
Professor Costas Synolakis, Emeritus Professor Gérard Medioni and technology entrepreneur Fariborz Maseeh, a Viterbi Board of Councilors member, join the prestigious academy.
USC Thornton faculty, alumni celebrated at 65th annual Grammy Awards
Trojans won awards — some for the first time — and were featured in the televised performances. On music’s biggest night, a nomination can often be as important as a win.
4 USC researchers named AAAS fellows
Carolyn C. Meltzer, Massoud Pedram, Remo Rohs and Richard M. Watanabe join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science.
USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang elected as National Academy of Inventors fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.