By day, Lauana Rodrigues Pereira Herbert helps her medical team respond to a global pandemic. At night, she studies for her MBA in USC Marshall’s International Business Education and Research program.
A month into her sophomore year, Roxanna Pakkar’s father died. That changed her outlook on just about everything.
Before he graduated from USC Marshall, Gavin Doyle rallied several student organizations to help those suffering during the pandemic.
Though she initially struggled as a first-gen student, Cynthia Diana Villarreal has found — and built — a community of her own.
Along with achieving a challenging double major, political junkie, Latin scholar and sketch comedy performer Austin Peay was the first-ever politics editor for USC Annenberg Media.
A commissioned Army officer and recently graduated USC student, Lt. Justin Lee is on the front lines of California’s pandemic response.
Hannah Walker, a winner of the USC Discovery Scholar Prize, spent a chunk of her undergraduate career creating a device to inexpensively map the ocean’s underwater topography.
After suffering from anxiety and depression during the early days of her Trojan tenure, Joelle Ferguson devoted herself to improving mental health services.
Kalya Stanten, who recently graduated with a master’s degree in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, wants to further her lab research into gene editing and cell therapy.
A new matching system from USC’s Emeriti Center brings together Trojans from all walks of life who may feel isolated due to COVID-19 social distancing.
We first met Sam Hardy and Hunter Harper in August 2016, the day before they moved to USC as freshmen. Now, the two new graduates talk about their journeys as they meet each other for the first time.
Catherine Pérez Garcia, a first-generation college student, will continue her research on health disparities in minority populations.
Inspired by her children, Ana González never gave up. Now, she’s got her degree and years of college memories, including a memorable meeting with President Carol L. Folt.
Even with a bachelor’s degree from USC Viterbi and now a master’s from the USC Iovine and Young Academy, this proud Trojan still puts in his hours on the family farm.
International relations major India Sposato has been helping others since she was a child. Now, she wants to do so professionally.
As they commission during a pandemic, three Air Force ROTC cadets remember what brought them to USC and look positively toward the future.
Since she was 11 years old, Isabella Hauptman wanted to be an epidemiologist. Now, as she prepares to graduate during the COVID-19 pandemic, USC’s 2020 valedictorian sees that field becoming more important than ever.
Programming includes a virtual conferring of degrees, entertainment — and perhaps a few surprises. The live event starts at 9 a.m.
Deeply affected as a child by the Rwandan genocide, Robert Nshimiyimana volunteers to help the underserved, works to make compounds that may reduce harmful inflammation — and hopes one day to help his home nation reach its full, unified potential.
For environmental science and health major and military veteran Abigail Menendez, serving others is its own reward.
Gavin Kress’ road to Los Angeles consisted of thousands of miles and a stop at another school but ended with him being named salutatorian for the Class of 2020.
Though he came into USC as undecided, Thomas Kim was destined to major in international relations. Now, he hopes to use his skills to make an impact domestically and abroad.
Angel Zayas is using the skills and connections he developed at USC to introduce his “Angel Dust” brand to the masses, starting with a gig at BuzzFeed.
Tom Capehart did more than most during his time at USC. Now, at age 85, the former four-sport athlete can finally add “graduating” to that list.