Innovators, thinkers, disruptors and problem solvers: The academy's inaugural class heads into the world ready to tackle its challenges.

Retired ophthalmologist Allen Ginsburg and his wife, Charlotte, donate $10 million to name the USC Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics.

She helps youngsters see the impact of music — from Beyoncé to Beethoven to the music of Botswana — on their own communities.

Thousands will descend on the University Park Campus for the university’s 135th commencement Friday. You’ll want to plan ahead.

It is the first university in California to endorse the 10 principles of the international Age-Friendly University Initiative, which highlights how higher education can respond to the challenges and opportunities of an aging population.

Yoofi Quansah fulfilled his dream of playing for the Trojans. As graduation nears, he’s looking toward life as an entrepreneur.

Mei-Lee Ney’s donation is the largest in the history of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

He was an institutional presence in the athletic program, who worked with six national championship football teams and 10 College World Series-winning squads.