For five years, USC has partnered with the academic boot camp to help veterans transition from active duty to college. This year, the university added an extra week focused solely on business.
New USC medical students give back on Volunteer Service Day
Follow along as one group of first-year Keck School of Medicine students visits the Downtown Women’s Center to serve healthy meals and embrace members of the local community.
New ethics and compliance leader brings a focus on values
Stacy Giwa has joined USC as vice president of ethics and compliance — with a focus on values and culture and the goal of strengthening integrity and ethical decision-making across the university. She is an experienced leader in ethics and compliance, culture, investigations and human resources. Hiring Giwa to oversee the USC Office of Ethics and Compliance is an element of USC’s …
Nearly 100 events mark USC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week
USC marked Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week with nearly 100 events across all areas of the university. Events included panel discussions and workshops, presentations, film screenings, social events and more. Topics ranged from sexual harassment in the workplace and finding academic mentors to money issues for first generation students and students of color and the struggle for LGBTQI right around …
What is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
On Thursday, panelists at a discussion hosted by the USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena shared their definitions of cultural appropriation, offered examples of it and its historical context — colonialism and genocide. The panelists included University Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, MacArthur “Genius Grant” awardee and Pulitzer-winning author of The Sympathizer; Josh Kun, professor of communication and American studies and ethnicity and a MacArthur …
USC Shoah Foundation opens new office, kicks off 25th anniversary commemoration
USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education embarked on a new chapter on Tuesday when it unveiled its new global headquarters on the USC University Park Campus. The event marked the start of the institute’s 25th anniversary, a time that will propel its work into new frontiers as it continues its mission of sharing the 55,000 …
Office of Research Strategic Plan for Diversity and Inclusion 2018
I am pleased to introduce the USC Office of Research Strategic Plan 2018, the result of invaluable contributions from leaders across the USC community. Randolph Hall, Vice President of Research, and Silvia da Costa, Director of Faculty Research Relations, led the effort that included Leana Golubchik and Ricky Bluthenthal, who guided the Academic Senate/Provost University Research Committee in 2017 and …
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
From an official communication from Provost Michael Quick: “The challenges of diversity, inclusion and equity traverse our national history and every sector of society, including higher education. They strike at heart of our sense of justice and equal opportunity, and our sense of who we are – our national and global identity.
USC’s Principles of Community
Dear USC Students, Faculty, and Staff, I welcome all of you, new and returning, to the 2017-18 school year, and I hope that it will be successful, productive, and personally meaningful…