COMMENCEMENT: Formal commencement exercises are May 14-17, but Grad Week events help kick off the Trojan Family’s celebration of the Class of 2025. Watch the video and share in the excitement.

A USC-led team found that about twice as many teens used nicotine pouches in 2024 than in 2023.

COMMENCEMENT: Human biology major Srikar Kolluru launched a student publication aimed at making science easier to understand.

Thirteen USC Athletics programs matched or improved their multiyear scores in 2025, according to data released by the NCAA.

USC research also found that independent pharmacies and those in low-income, Black or Latino communities were more likely to be excluded from the preferred networks.

Mary Andres will soon wrap up more than a quarter of a century of teaching at USC.

The English professor’s novel James offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic — and has now earned fiction’s highest honor.

COMMENCEMENT: From skydiving to switching majors, USC Marshall senior Meghan Anand has learned to embrace the unexpected — and encourages others to do the same.

Anthropologist Hrag Papazian brings a global lens to contemporary Armenian experiences and diasporic life.

Celebrated around the globe, National Biomechanics Day aims to introduce high school students to burgeoning fields of study, including biokinesiology and physical therapy.