USC Competes

Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theodore Tsotsis are named fellows of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors.

Donor support is growing for USC President Carol Folt’s program to recruit community college transfer students in computing and technology.

With a new dean and innovative initiatives in the works, USC’s library system is abuzz with activity — from new collections to expanding connections.

How joining the Big Ten Academic Alliance — now with 18 members — will elevate Trojans’ experiences, from the lab and the classroom to the halls of administration.

Honorees join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The National Institutes of Health gave ophthalmologists Sun Young Lee and Benjamin Xu reason to celebrate.

Mathematician Paul Newton will use the prestigious fellowship to investigate cancer models; composer Nicolás Lell Benavides will complete several musical works.

The popular USC School of Dramatic Arts program helps students hone their communication and interpersonal skills, teaching collaboration while also nurturing creativity.

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. Read the story and watch the video.

USC welcomed 3,633 first-year students as new enrollees in the fall. They came from more than 2,000 high schools in all 50 states in the United States as well as Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, and more than 60 countries.