Los Angeles is getting ready to host the 34th Summer Games in 2028, and USC will be playing a major part.
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Trojan traditions make USC football Saturdays unique. Stay on top of the details to make the most of it all.
GREEN WEEK: A host of changes are underway to make the university more sustainable. USC celebrates its fourth annual Green Week as September begins.
USC will host a spectacular fireworks display at the Coliseum to mark the opening of the arts extravaganza PST ART. Also on the agenda: art exhibitions and a symposium.
COMMENCEMENT: The event gave the USC Class of 2024 one final moment in the Coliseum as students.
For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has kept a finger on the pulse of music, politics, religion and culture. Where else could you see both a pope and a pop star?
USC Thornton alums Ella Collier and Sam Vendig wrote “We Came to Bring the Fire,” which has its official release on Friday.
Experiential learning classes use the historic venue as a living laboratory. Students explore the stadium’s rich past and current operations — and help envision its future.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is home to two to three dozen “working cats” who control the rodent population, reducing the need for harmful rodenticides. Known as the “Coli cats,” these feral felines are beloved by the Coliseum staff members who feed them, especially security guard Rick Halpin, the resident “cat whisperer.” The cats hide in the stadium’s nooks and crannies during events but sometimes surface during USC Trojans Football games.
The Hollywood sign, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and many other points of interest are hitting their centenary this year. Historian Phil Ethington explains how the 1920s shaped today’s City of Angels.