With expected humor and surprising insight, the featured commencement speaker keeps the crowd laughing.

The valedictorian’s commencement address looks at her classmates with admiration, and ahead to the future with wonder.

The university’s 134th commencement draws more than 60,000 people to the University Park Campus.

The comedian, a 1990 USC graduate, keeps the audience laughing but has some thoughtful observations, too.

The singer-guitarist completes molecular biology degree after putting it on hold to focus on rock ’n’ roll.

Kimberly Kelly-Rolfe builds a one-stop shop for the accounting, bookkeeping and payroll needs of small businesses.

? Class of 2017: The university is a key partner in the national scholarship program, which has awarded more than $1 billion to 20,000 students since 1999.

The team’s preparation for annual student competition results in narrow victory for its unmanned electric plane.

USC’s football and men’s basketball teams posted all-time highs in the academic progress rate assessment. Fourteen of USC's 21 sports improved on last year's APR, and perfect scores went to five sports: men's volleyball and women's beach volleyball, cross country, golf and tennis

Renowned scientists share recent findings at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute in a collaborative effort to streamline unpublished research findings toward possible solutions.