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.

Trojan Talks

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.

Forever Yours

[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.

Transformative Programs

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.

A brown architectural ceiling in Doheny library surrounded by hanging lights and white walls

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.

New and Trending

    From USC News

    From diagnosing disease to accelerating drug development, USC researchers are using artificial intelligence to tackle urgent real-world challenges — while keeping ethics, empathy and human impact at the center of innovation.

    Jul 20, 2026

    Students met major players in the fashion and luxury industries on the trip organized by the business school’s International Experiential Corporate Learning Program.

    Jul 20, 2026

    When the Placentia public safety dispatcher learned that thousands of people die waiting for a liver donation each year, she decided to become a donor — and help someone she’d never met.

    Jul 17, 2026

    Trojan Alumni

    USC’s Regional Trojan Networks offer new ways for Trojan alumni to find community, opportunity and connection at every stage of life.

    Jul 17, 2026

    As a walk-on basketball player at UC Riverside, Kristopher Acevedo received an academic dismissal that set him on a surprising path to a USC doctorate.

    Jul 16, 2026

    The program gives students and alumni opportunities to expand their horizons in meaningful ways.

    Jun 25, 2026

    On Campus

    The new Early Head Start and Head Start Center expands access to quality early childhood education and support to South L.A. families.

    Apr 13, 2026

    The clinician-scientist is also the school’s associate dean of research and served as interim dean.

    Oct 9, 2025

    USC President Carol Folt is retiring after six years filled with challenging
    hurdles, resounding successes and barrier-breaking collaboration that planted seeds of innovation everywhere.

    Jun 4, 2025