USC Libraries celebrate scholarly success of 2018 graduates
Phi Kappa Phi, Sidney Harman Academy and Wall of Scholars all pay tribute to top USC scholars.
USC’s latest Fulbright Student Grant recipients take their educations global
USC is regularly among the top producers of students in the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange effort.
Kelvin Davies, Enrique Cadenas named officers of France’s National Order of Merit
Award recognizes their contributions and service to science and international cooperation.
Wanda Austin, Viet Thanh Nguyen among honorees at Academic Honors Convocation
The annual event, held at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus, recognizes that USC is above all else a community of scholars.
Viet Thanh Nguyen elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and USC professor joins Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor and Tom Hanks in being elected to the academy’s 238th class.
Nikias honor reflects USC’s investment in brain mapping, bioscience
The university’s president receives the Humanitarian Award of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics.
Physiology department rises in national rankings of research funding
Berislav Zlokovic enhances a strong neuroscience base and strives to make USC No. 1 in grant awards around the world.
Professor inducted as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
UK fellowship honors people who have made significant contributions to the practice or science of medicine.
Engineering phenom follows footsteps of female researchers into science
USC alumna Richelle Smith talks about Marie Curie, her inspiration for pursuing a degree in electrical engineering, and how she balanced time in the lab with horseback riding and other interests.
USC again among top producers of Fulbright students
The university’s 22 Fulbright students is the most of any institution west of the Mississippi.
Cannon, Kuo and Saks named Distinguished Professors; Nguyen, Soll named University Professors
The five faculty members are recognized by USC President C. L. Max Nikias for outstanding leadership in their fields.
Seattle Times reporters win USC Annenberg’s Selden Ring Award for patient care series
The dogged investigation hows how a respected medical center and one its surgeons put profits ahead of patient care and safety.
USC Libraries’ Scripter Award honors Call Me by Your Name and The Handmaid’s Tale
The movie and TV series are recognized as the year’s best cinematic adaptation of the written word at Doheny Library.
Top chefs take top honors at USC’s Culinary Challenge
Competitors from the Lab Gastropub, Soto Street Café and USC Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club at King Stoops Hall test their skills in the annual event.
USC Libraries name finalists for 30th annual Scripter Awards
In a competitive year, tie votes lead to additional nominees for the awards, which honor the authors of printed works alongside the writers who adapt their stories for film and TV.
USC Thornton artists nominated in eight Grammy Award categories
Nominations go to renowned alums like Michael Tilson Thomas and faculty members such as Jazz Studies teacher Vince Mendoza.
USC’s Edwin Saucedo named a 2019 Schwarzman Scholar, will study in Beijing
The onetime USC student body president is the third Trojan to be honored by the prestigious program and study at Tsinghua University.
6 USC professors named fellows of esteemed scientific society
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes the researchers for their efforts to advance science.
USC Norris Cancer Hospital honored for high-quality nursing
The hospital earns national accolade for excellence at an academic medical center.
Viet Nguyen wins prestigious MacArthur Foundation award
The “genius grant” honors the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and professor, whose groundbreaking work has enabled Americans and others to view the Vietnam War from more balanced perspectives.
USC President Nikias receives honorary degree from Scottish university
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow honors Nikias for his ‘dynamic leadership in higher education.’
USC Viterbi researcher uses novel technique to battle cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
USC Viterbi’s Sangpil Yoon uses high-frequency ultrasound to deliver molecules through cells.
USC Libraries celebrate students’ scholarly success
Top thinkers are acknowledged at ceremonies honoring Phi Kappa Phi initiates, Polymathic Academy fellows and the newest names on Leavey Library’s Wall of Scholars.
USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun awarded prestigious Berlin Prize
The onetime ‘genius grant’ honoree will study the effect of immigration on music.