Bold Growth, Lasting Impact

After six years of visionary leadership, Carol Folt is retiring as USC’s 12th president. The bold “moonshots” and initiatives she’s introduced have positioned USC as a leader in research, technology, health, athletics, innovation and more.


Carol Folt’s Presidency | Summer 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.

Trojan Heart

Putting Students First

USC President Carol Folt’s student-centric approach has been at the heart of her six years leading the university.

Forever Yours

USC Alumni Association honors Trojans for achievements, legacy of service

The university honors outstanding Trojans — and USC President Carol Folt — at the 91st alumni awards ceremony.

Transformative Research

Post-COVID, USC physicians are treating the rise in alcohol-related liver disease

Alcohol-related liver disease has quietly surged to become the leading cause of alcohol-related deaths. USC is leading the charge to change that.

A New Lithium Economy at the Salton Sea

Manuel Pastor — Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences — discusses how lithium mining in the Salton Sea region will affect local communities and the nation’s electric future.

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    On Campus

    The graduate student has won 13 championships in intramural flag football and six in soccer.

    May 27, 2025

    USC’s signature college prep program sends all 95 of its 2025 graduates to colleges this fall — with more than half of the graduates heading to USC.

    Jun 10, 2025

    As USC Village’s inaugural faculty in residence wrap up their final year in the complex’s residential colleges, they reflect on the community they helped build in the eight years since the facility opened.

    Jun 5, 2025

    Trojan Alumni

    Skylar Funk MA ’25 — a professional rock musician and climate activist — has helped make USC a greener place as graduate co-chair of the Student Sustainability Committee.

    May 23, 2025

    After a nearly 10-year gap to work in the music industry, Grant Bozigian brings his collegiate journey to an end with a degree from USC Marshall.

    Jun 11, 2025

    Tatum Getty is investing in early stage medical technologies targeting women’s health, mental health, oncology, chronic conditions and more.

    May 30, 2025

    From USC News

    Lorne Green plans to open a school that teaches Black history through games, questions, stories and art.

    Jun 17, 2025

    USC researchers, along with a team of experts from UC San Diego, Carnegie Observatories and other institutions, led the development of a computer simulation tool they call “COZMIC,” giving astrophysicists a mechanism for testing ideas about dark matter and its behavior in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

    Jun 16, 2025

    A new study from researchers at USC’s Viterbi Information Sciences Institute takes a data-driven look at geographic health care inequities.

    Jun 16, 2025