For the first time, a woman will lead the USC Trojan Marching Band. India Anderson, a tuba player and junior in the USC Thornton School of Music, will lead the group for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Trojan Air Force cadet, a first-generation student, has his eyes on the skies
Giovanni Flores has long been interested in space. The university’s ROTC program has put it within his reach. USC’s Air Force ROTC program started in 1947, the same year the youngest branch of the military was born. Since its start, roughly 2,000 second lieutenants have come out of the program.
Swim With Mike helps standout athlete move forward after tragic accident
Instant familiarity is a built-in benefit of Swim With Mike, the USC scholarship program that supports student-athletes with physical disabilities. Now in its 39th year, the scholarship initiative started as a swim-a-thon fundraiser for All-American USC swimmer Mike Nyeholt after he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident.
USC MESH Academy and Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Collaborate
The USC MESH (Medicine, Engineering, Science, Humanities) Academy at the USC Keck School of Medicine announced today a collaborative agreement with Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, L.P., a Pasadena-based venture capital firm investing in healthcare startups. The goal of this collaboration is to accelerate the pace of innovation in health and life sciences, expand the portfolio of external investment at USC, and …
To diversify America’s orchestras, USC collaborates on new strings fellowship
Fewer than two or three of every 100 musicians in professional orchestras are African-American or Latino. With that lack of diversity among performers, classical music may feel foreign and out of reach to many. But a new fellowship based at USC, in partnership with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, aims to change that.
Trojan helps build eye implants for people with retina degeneration
Electrical engineer reveals what to know about triggers — and how the right ones, at the right time, can change everything…
Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Please join us in congratulating our 2017-2018 awardees of the Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (ASHSS) program…
Excellence in Teaching
USC’s first priority is the education of our students. As we continue our momentous ascent and assume the responsibilities of the most influential private research university of the 21st century serving the public good, we must reaffirm our commitment to our core academic principles, equipping our students to face contemporary global challenges, helping them acquire wisdom, insight, and a love …
Scientists launch global effort to find the next diabetes drug
USC researchers have launched a massive scientific effort to construct a detailed, virtual 3-D model of the pancreatic beta cell and its components — a global project that aims to one day curb the worldwide rise of diabetes…