
Trojan Family Magazine Spring 2024
Check out the Spring 2023 Trojan Family Magazine issue on Issuu.
South Korean dance star Aiki brings K-pop moves to USC Kaufman
The dancer and choreographer, one of Korea’s most popular TV personalities, touched off a dynamic exchange of movement and culture during her weeklong residency.
Five ways students are learning through food at USC
At USC, some of the most interesting courses on history, biology and sociology are taught via food — and students are eating it up.
Q&A with Elyn Saks: When your mind is your best friend and worst enemy
Elyn Saks is a renowned legal scholar and a skilled educator. She’s also a fierce advocate for mental health who evaded a dire prognosis after being diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 28.
For USC fall transfer students, becoming a Trojan is a dream fulfilled
More than half of USC’s 1,335 new transfer students attended a California community college last year. USC remains a leader among top private research universities in enrolling transfer students.
Trailblazer and alumna Stayce Harris named to USC Board of Trustees
Harris joins the board after decades as an active alumna and leader in the military, aerospace and aviation.
Business executive Reon Roski joins USC Board of Trustees
The USC alumna and lifelong Trojan is chief executive officer of Majestic Realty in Los Angeles.
USC launches interdisciplinary fashion minor
The minor — based at the USC Roski School of Art and Design and available to all students beginning this semester — takes advantage of resources across a multitude of USC schools.
Optimism and determination mark grand opening of USC’s new Sustainability Hub
GREEN WEEK: The 1,500-square-foot hub is a collaborative, inclusive and multiuse gathering space for advancing sustainability at USC.
Revamped USC Hotel Garden provides fresh produce to campus restaurants
The university grows fruits, vegetables and herbs — sustainably — in an unexpected oasis just off of Figueroa Street.
USC hosts leaders in climate research at Solutions for a Sustainable Future conference
The conference brought together leading experts to address three aspects of climate change: energy and technology, food and water, and human behavior.
USC geneticist Marlena Fejzo named one of Time magazine’s 2024 ‘Women of the Year’
The recognition follows the Keck School of Medicine professor’s recent study that showed that a hormone produced by the fetus triggers nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
USC announces new Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer’s $59 million gift establishes a new institute that will address multiple public policy issues with evidence-based research and educate new generations of scholars to help solve our nation’s policy challenges.
USC launches School of Advanced Computing
The new school, a key feature of USC President Carol Folt’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot,” will act as a nexus for advanced computing research and education across the university.
How USC helped propel hip-hop innovation
Some of the foremost innovators in hip-hop are part of the Trojan Family. USC artists and scholars look back on 50 years of the art form — and forward to its future evolution.
Using art for medical healing
A vibrant collection of USC programs infuses arts activities into health care to soften the hospital setting, support patients’ recovery and lift their spirits.
A New Era for an Ancient River
The largest river restoration and dam removal project in U.S. history is underway along the Klamath River, which runs through Oregon and California. Could the river’s restoration ensure that salmon, trout, birds and other species will thrive?
Meet some of the doctors healing USC’s athletes
How the orthopedic specialists at Keck Medicine of USC and USC Student Health keep Trojan athletes — and the L.A. Kings — moving.
Celebrating a half-century of scholarships and mentoring for Latino Trojans
USC Latino Alumni Association marks its 50th anniversary at a time of record-setting Latino enrollment.
From India to Los Angeles: Deloitte manager on USC’s global reach
Immersion in the Los Angeles supply chain industry was the proper start for Namratha Sunil ’16 in a career she’s passionate about.
USC alum creates the perfect brew in India
After honing his work ethic in Los Angeles, Ajai Thandi ’13 brought his skills back home to tea-drinking India and launched a coffee startup.
