Students

COMMENCEMENT: The honor society welcomed 160 USC students during commencement week.

COMMENCEMENT: Main ceremony filled with inspiration and music celebrates the Class of 2026. Commencement activities continue through Saturday.

COMMENCEMENT: We talked to some of USC’s newest graduates as they prepare to move into the next stage of their lives, and their remarks will inspire you. Watch the video.

COMMENCEMENT: Issac Vargas was part of the Reuters investigative team that was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

COMMENCEMENT: Rahinatou Sawadogo has charted a career path at the intersection of biopharmaceutical science and business.

COMMENCEMENT: Arthur Bookstein bikes across Japan to raise funds for AYA@USC, a program that supports adolescents and young adults with cancer.

COMMENCEMENT: Yuquan “Wendy” Zhou’s introduced a novel, “people-based” approach that measures when and where essential services are accessible in daily life.

COMMENCEMENT: Christian Gudiel is dedicated to helping system-impacted youth choose a different path for their lives.

COMMENCEMENT: Maxim Averbukh appreciates the "uniquely holistic way of thinking about aging" that is fostered for students and trainees at the USC Leonard Davis School.

COMMENCEMENT: In her research, Eleanor Batista-Malat found that older adults receiving home- and community-based services had the same likelihood of experiencing abuse as those not receiving services.