Half a Million Strong
USC Trojan Family Magazine | Autumn 2025
The Trojan Family has one of the most powerful alumni networks in the world — and it’s now made up of 500,000 living alumni. Read a PDF of the magazine on Issuu.
Main Features
A new study from Keck Medicine of USC’s Janet Choi is the first to link hearing devices to improved social well-being among adults with hearing loss.
From patches that restore vision to compounds that kill brain tumors, drug and device discoveries by USC researchers are reaching patients faster than ever before.
The Trojan Family has one of the most powerful alumni networks in the world — and it’s now 500,000 strong.
USC’s Center for the Political Future offers a hopeful, practical model for ensuring that democracy functions and flourishes through respectful, civil dialogue and trust — regardless of political party affiliation.
President Beong-Soo Kim with Jonathan Haidt
President Kim and social psychologist and thought leader Jonathan Haidt explore what it means to nurture wellbeing and personal development in a generation shaped by technology and how universities can lead with purpose and empathy.
[PHOTOS] Reconnecting the Trojan Family
The USC Alumni Association is set to launch its Regional Trojan Networks in select areas across the country beginning spring 2026.
An oral history of USC’s Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative
USC’s premier college-access program is now 35 years old: Read its oral history from the people who took part in it.
In the AI Boom, a Room of Their Own
FoundHer House, an all-female hacker house started by two students at the USC Iovine and Young Academy, aims to accelerate the growth of female-led, AI-driven tech startups.
