Latina doctoral candidates are first in their families to pursue PhDs; now they’re set for USC graduation
COMMENCEMENT: Online retreats provided strong connections and mutual support during daunting years of study, research and writing.
Valedictorian Isha Sanghvi targets health inequity post-commencement
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.
Graduating human biology major creates opportunities for North Korean refugees
COMMENCEMENT: USC Dornsife senior Woori Lee established a nonprofit that provides aid and resources to individuals like her grandfather who fled the authoritarian nation.
Salutatorian Liam Tsao continues branching out of his comfort zone to take on new challenges
COMMENCEMENT: The USC Dornsife senior hopes to use his social policy experience in legislative work or community organizing before going to law school.
Marine Corps veteran ready to engage as family nurse practitioner
COMMENCEMENT: With his Master of Science in Nursing, Tyler Christy feels prepared and empowered to improve primary health care needs.
Salutatorian Carina Robles embraces interdisciplinary opportunities as a transfer student
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.
USC Viterbi senior shines on the track and in the classroom
COMMENCEMENT: Sprinter Chioma Okonkwo, aivil engineering major, hopes to medal in the NCAA Women’s Track and Field Championships and perhaps even run in the Olympics.
Trojan engineer unlocks memories with fragrance
COMMENCEMENT: For Aidan Niswender, a COVID lockdown hobby became a passion that could lead to a career in perfumery.
Beck Bennett, Madhuri Shekar to address USC School of Dramatic Arts graduates
Actor, comedian and writer (and USC grad) Bennett and playwright, screenwriter and producer Shekar will speak during two commencement ceremonies on May 12.
USC Price student lands job at Meta while studying online
COMMENCEMENT: Hannah Will, a Master of Public Administration, earned a 4.0 GPA while moving states, getting married, landing a job and having a baby. She’s now on Meta’s global policy campaigns and programs team.
Social work doctoral graduate receives $1 million grant to pilot gun violence-reduction program
COMMENCEMENT: Jonathan Spikes launched his school-based gun violence-reduction program to help one of the poorest and most violent areas in Florida.
New USC Price grad, motivated by COVID-19, wants to correct health disparities
COMMENCEMENT: Birjot Kaur will taking her new Master of Health Administration degree to New York, where she’ll work at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
For the first time in 21 years, Trojan triplets will go their separate ways
COMMENCEMENT: Ireland, Kala and Smith Shute have rarely been apart. That will change after commencement. It’s a bittersweet milestone in the triplets’ journey.
USC commencement 2023: What you need to know if you’ll be attending
COMMENCEMENT 2023: Thousands will descend on the University Park Campus for the university’s 140th commencement on May 12 — so you’ll want to plan accordingly.
New USC Price graduate has been busy outside the classroom, too
COMMENCEMENT: Kendall Damon landed internships with the U.S. Senate and L.A. County Board of Supervisors and volunteered for political and climate advocacy campaigns.
USC alum and Trustee Rick Caruso named speaker for 2023 baccalaureate
The philanthropist and businessman will be honored and speak at the ceremony ahead of USC’s May 12 commencement.
Social work graduate advocates for victims of domestic violence
COMMENCEMENT: In Russellville, Ark., when the police respond to a domestic violence call, they now have social worker Linda Bankston riding with them.
David Chang to headline USC Annenberg’s 2023 commencement ceremony
The food, culture and media innovator, considered one of the most influential chefs of his generation, will deliver the keynote address on May 12.
Filmmaker and alumnus Edoardo Ponti will deliver 2023 USC Dornsife commencement addresses
Ponti, who graduated in 1994 and now serves on USC Dornsife’s Board of Councilors, will speak to the college’s more than 2,000 graduates at ceremonies on May 12.
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.
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tracy Oliver take center stage at USC film school commencement
Academy Award-winning filmmakers Grazer and Howard will deliver the school’s commencement address, and Oliver — writer, producer and director of films including Girls Trip and Little — will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
Kevin Feige, producer and president of Marvel Studios, named USC’s 2023 commencement speaker
The USC alumnus — the creative force behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe — earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 2019 for producing Black Panther, the first superhero film nominated in that category.