Thomas Barrack Jr., CEO of Los Angeles-based Colony Capital LLC, one of the world's largest private equity real estate firms, was elected to the USC Board of Trustees.

Outgoing USC Alumni Association Board of Governors President Lisa Denton Barkett ’81 has been elected to a five-year term on the USC Board of Trustees.

Which high school graduating class boasts 100 percent of its students enrolling in higher education?

Violinist Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, will join the USC Thorton School of Music faculty in fall 2014.

USC's Neighborhood Academic Initiative graduates 54 South Los Angeles students, all enrolling in higher education; 26 will attend USC on full-tuition scholarships

A native of Los Angeles, Dicterow, one of the most prominent concert artists of his generation, has been nominated to be the inaugural Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music, created to honor the founder of the Juilliard String Quartet.

USC and the Coliseum Commission have agreed to a lease that would redefine their relationship, placing the university in charge of managing the stadium while committing USC to at least $70 million in renovations.

Two USC professors were knighted on May 9 by an Order of the French Republic, among the highest civilian decorations awarded in France.