Something Big

The month in photos October 2024

USC Big Ten football game at the Coliseum — (Photo: John McGillen)

“This is the dawn of a new era for USC Athletics.”

— USC President Carol Folt

USC takes its place in the Big Ten, a move years in the making. The university joins the oldest and one of the most successful conferences, bringing big benefits on and off the playing field.

USC football game flag runners — It’s time for Trojan Football! USC tamed the Wisconsin Badgers 38-21 at our first Big Ten home game. (USC Photo/John McGillen)

USC Big Ten gameday banner

USC Galen Center 'Were Thinking Big' digital screen

USC Big Ten towels on stadium seats

Yup, the Trojans in the Big Ten … it’s BIG! (Photos clockwise from top left/Logan Vandergrift, Logan Vandergrift, John McGillen)

USC Women’s soccer team holding the Big Ten Conference title trophy — Goooal! USC women’s soccer beats UCLA to claim the Big Ten conference season title. (Photo/Marcus Heatherly, Daily Trojan)

Big Celebrations

From the Trojan family reception at our Capital Campus in Washington D.C., to the 30th anniversary celebration of Leavey Library and grand opening of the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, big events are happening at USC.

USC Capital Campus building — Move over red, white and blue! At the USC Capital Campus it’s all cardinal and gold. (Photo/Dan Swartz)

USC Trojan Marching Band playing for the Trojan Family — “All Hail”, as the USC Trojan Marching Band rallies the Trojan Family. (Photo/Dan Swartz)

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Leavey Library 30th anniversary celebration event — Thirty years on and still looking good, Leavey Library — formally the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library — celebrated a milestone anniversary. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

Leavey Library 30th anniversary celebration: Carol Folt, Kathleen Leavey McCarthy and Melissa Just — When it comes to saluting the library, we’re all smiles. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

Ginsburg Hall ribbon-cutting — Ginsburg Hall, the home of the next generation of creators, inventors and discoverers, opened with great fanfare. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

— Maya Angelou

LGBTQ+ History Month celebration: Hao Leo and River Chew

Student coloring 'Queer History' tote bag

USC Latinx Heritage Month closing celebration dancer

Latinx/e Heritage Month closing celebration: Lowriders on Trousdale Parkway — How do we celebrate LGBTQ+ History and Latinx/e Heritage months? With lots of color, dance and classic lowrider cars! (USC Photos/Gus Ruelas)

The Great Shakeout

In California, we take earthquake drills seriously.

USC campus team practicing the emergency response system — Teams across campus practice using the latest emergency response system software to keep the Trojan community safe. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

Great ShakeOut: Student Hamzah Ahmad takes cover — At 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17, students, faculty and staff heeded the call to “drop, cover and hold on.” (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

Parting Shots

USC campus squirrel eating an apple — Gearing up for midterms makes everyone hungry! (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

Birds-eye view shot of USC Village — There’s nothing like fall in Los Angeles, when the temperature dips to a chilly 81 degrees! (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)