Greg Hernandez

USC President Carol Folt’s student-centric approach has been at the heart of her six years leading the university.

USC’s signature college prep program sends all 95 of its 2025 graduates to colleges this fall — with more than half of the graduates heading to USC.

The longtime director of the world’s largest repository of LGBTQ+ materials retires having facilitated its modernization and expansion.

COMMENCEMENT: A spectacle of celebration and smiles at the Coliseum highlights a week of more than 100 events celebrating the Class of 2025. Commencement events continue through Saturday.

Recipients of three Presidential Medallions were also honored on two inspiring evenings filled with an array of celebrated academics.

Wallis Annenberg Hall and the USC Stage will feature Trojans during the two-day L.A. Times Festival of Books on the University Park Campus.

USC Distinguished Professor Gale Sinatra’s long-standing mission to help people better understand climate change became deeply personal after the January wildfires.

EARTH MONTH: Megan Fieser, the Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry at USC Dornsife, is working to resolve the vexing problem of plastic accumulating in our environment.

More than 400 students, faculty and staff enjoyed music, dance, martial arts and a sense of belonging.

The 16th annual evening of celebration, tributes and tradition features mutual respect and admiration.