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Two Trojans find ancestral link to each other — and the Underground Railroad
Black History Month: Trojan Cyan Shreve and longtime USC employee Lori Shreve Blake are both descendants of trailblazing abolitionist and activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
USC Capital Campus offers new summer opportunities for students across the university
The USC in D.C. Summer Program is designed to allow students to take classes in the nation’s capital while holding down an internship.
Childhood in Kenya inspires young Michigan-born Trojan’s desire to write
Micah Owens, who spent much of his life attending boarding school, is the latest winner of the USC Dornsife Magazine Creative Writing Contest.
Entrepreneurs, academics discuss L.A.’s place in the startup world at USC Venture & Innovation Summit
More than 450 people attended the daylong summit, which featured more than 30 entrepreneurs, investors and academics from across the country.
Trojan leverages online master’s program to scale accessibility startup
Joey Quatela is a student in USC’s online Master of Integrated Design, Business and Technology program.
In memoriam: Susan Grode, 86, pioneering entertainment lawyer and longtime supporter of USC School of Dramatic Arts
Grode, who joined the drama school’s Board of Councilors in 2005, was one of four women in the USC Gould School of Law’s Class of 1977.
Featured from USC Trojan Family Magazine
“Where I am now is ‘give-back’ time,” the Half Century Trojan says.
A new study from Keck Medicine of USC’s Janet Choi is the first to link hearing devices to improved social well-being among adults with hearing loss.
From patches that restore vision to compounds that kill brain tumors, drug and device discoveries by USC researchers are reaching patients faster than ever before.
The Trojan Family has one of the most powerful alumni networks in the world — and it’s now 500,000 strong.
Latest ‘Trojan Talks’ Episodes
Episode 5: Beong-Soo Kim and Eileen Crimmins
USC President Beong-Soo Kim and Eileen Crimmins, one of the world’s leading scholars in aging and population health, discuss how scientists measure aging and longevity — and why living longer does not always mean living healthier. They explore biomarkers, life-course influences on health, and what demographic trends suggest about the future of aging.
Episode 4: Beong-Soo Kim and Inderbir ‘Indy’ S. Gill
USC President Beong-Soo Kim speaks with Inderbir “Indy” S. Gill, USC’s chair of urology and a global leader in robotic surgery, about the world’s first in-human bladder transplant and the innovation behind it. They discuss what this breakthrough could mean for patients, the future of AI and robotics in medicine, and USC’s expanding role in advancing care globally.
Episode 3: Beong-Soo Kim and Eric Schmidt
USC President Beong-Soo Kim and Eric Schmidt — former CEO and chairman of Google, and chair and CEO of Relativity Space — discuss the rapid evolution of AI and what it means for higher ed. Recorded at USC’s first AI Summit, their conversation covers the future of work, the global race for talent, the importance of computing power and the immense opportunities for students and researchers today.
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As part of ShadeLA, the USC School of Architecture-led competition judged entries from hundreds of students across Los Angeles for the best modular shade design.
USC-led study demonstrates the first quantum scaling advantage for approximate optimization problem-solving using a quantum annealer.
The USC-led California Solar Canal Initiative could transform major portions of the state’s 4,000 miles of canals into a powerful source of clean energy and water conservation.