New student scholarship aimed at increasing diversity at USC Viterbi
The Doug Peacock Scholarship Fund will provide financial support to first-year engineering students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM.
Why a successful engineer left the career he loved to teach kids STEM
Once USC alum Darin Gray got his first taste of teaching, he couldn’t give it up. For decades, he’s helped educate Angelenos in science and math through USC Viterbi’s K-12 STEM Center.
Celebrating a new hub for student innovation, the Baum Family Maker Space
USC faculty, university leaders and even the Trojan Marching Band gathered for a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of USC Viterbi’s new multipurpose design and fabrication center.
USC and Amazon establish Center for Secure and Trusted Machine Learning
The center, which will be housed at USC Viterbi, will support new approaches to machine learning and AI innovation with privacy and security as priorities.
3 USC Viterbi professors named National Academy of Inventors fellows
Keith Chugg, Jay Kuo and Gerald Loeb join this year’s list of 175 distinguished academic inventors.
COVID-era makeover at USC Viterbi’s Biegler Hall enhances lab coursework
The third floor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering lab was reconfigured to offer students an interactive, yet safer experience.
USC’s first fully online sustainable hackathon tackles pollution and recycling
USC Viterbi’s fourth annual Sustain-A-Thon — featuring an appearance by President Carol L. Folt — saw a record-setting number of students propose solutions to improve our planet.
USC engineering society raises thousands of dollars for Black Lives Matter
In two weeks, the USC Viterbi engineering society Theta Tau raised more than $12,000 to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
USC Viterbi puts distance education experience to use during COVID-19
Watch how DEN@Viterbi, one of the top online engineering programs in the nation, is stepping up to help the whole engineering school go online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gift from Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg helps establish new building for computer science at USC
Support from ophthalmologist Allen Ginsburg and his wife, Charlotte, will help the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s computer and data science programs continue their dramatic growth.
Research into machine-learning specialty finds new home at USC Viterbi
A $1.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will help USC build a foundation in the burgeoning field of transfer learning.
USC Viterbi’s Gisele Ragusa honored by the White House as top STEM educator
The professor was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the highest honor for STEM mentors.
USC Viterbi receives $2 million to train engineers in advanced manufacturing
The three-year grant from the National Science Foundation aims to prepare the U.S. workforce for the estimated 2 million manufacturing jobs that will be created yet unfilled by 2025.
Women make up a record 50% of USC Viterbi’s entering undergrad class
At the graduate level, the engineering school leads the nation with almost 2,000 women in its master’s and doctoral programs.
Retired Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski named Judge Widney Professor
Pawlikowski, nationally recognized as a leader in science and engineering, will join the USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty this fall.
Andrew J. Viterbi and Ming Hsieh named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Prestigious honor recognizes USC trustees for their innovations in cellular technology and fingerprint identification.
Center at USC promotes ethical decision-making across disciplines
Trustee Jerry Neely’s endowment supports a center bringing together faculty from USC Marshall, USC Viterbi and USC Price.
USC Viterbi marks the 50th anniversary of the algorithm that changed the world
If you used a smartphone today, thank Andrew Viterbi: His 1967 breakthrough made possible the technology that we now take for granted.
In memoriam: John O’Brien, 48, USC Viterbi executive vice dean
A professor of electrical engineering-electrophysics, he was instrumental in coordinating student recruitment and academic programs across the engineering school.
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering marks 10-year milestone
The entrepreneur’s $35 million gift ushered in a decade of remarkable achievements for the USC Viterbi unit.
It’s back to basics — basic science — for USC, Northrop Grumman
The aim of their new partnership is to create a repeatable model for industry-supported research.
World’s most powerful quantum computer now online at USC
The new processor will be used to investigate the possibilities of the advanced technology on real-world problems.
USC Trustee Daniel Epstein Recognized for Steadfast Service to USC
USC provided the tools to success for Daniel J. Epstein ’62, whose Trojan spirit makes him a natural for the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award.
