The first 27 of 250 new trees planned for South Los Angeles neighborhoods were planted to provide much-needed shade.

Study finds heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20% during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for two years.

USC Gould Professor Adam Zimmerman’s groundbreaking research on class actions supported disabled veterans.

Master of Public Policy student Dennis Wu served as an Air Force attorney before becoming Veteran Affairs attorney.

Three Trojan vets discuss their journeys — and how they ended up at USC.

Among the universities’ joint work: The SIT-PT Project, a five-year research project focused on children’s early development and readiness to learn.

The educational counseling master’s student aspires to become a college counselor and professor.

Folt, the university’s 12th president, will remain on the USC faculty. Read the letters to the USC community from Folt and USC Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Nora Johnson.

Amid a series of disasters fueled by climate change, USC Bovard College’s David Kang — a FEMA hurricane expert — explains why he’s motivated to train the next generation of emergency managers.

The facility is the latest investment in the future of Trojan sports under President Carol Folt’s “moonshot” aimed at transforming USC’s athletics on and off the field.