May 12, 2023 Greetings everyone! Welcome to the 2023 Commencement at the University of Southern California. What a perfect day to celebrate the world’s most historic academic pageant – graduation! Just look around – it’s so colorful! Pink trumpet trees, evergreen pear trees with small white flowers, and glorious crape myrtle trees with frilly blooms…
Author: Jillian Pih
Commencement: The Ultimate Trojan Celebration Nothing demonstrates USC’s student-centered focus better than commencement, our annual celebration of student excellence, achievement and personal growth. The Class of 2023 is bursting with inspiring stories, including that of the Shute triplets, who will go their separate ways for the first time after receiving their undergraduate degrees from USC.…
Assignment: Earth Pushes Sustainability Across Our Campuses USC’s commitment to imagining and implementing a sustainable future gained further momentum this spring. USC Sea Grant announced it is leading new efforts to assess the impact of the toxic pesticide DDT in the ocean near Los Angeles. USC is preparing to open the university’s first Sustainability Hub…
May 4, 2023 Dear Trojan Community, I’m excited to announce a giant leap forward with one of USC’s Presidential Moonshots for the future: Frontiers of Computing. Planning for this $1 billion-plus, 10-year initiative began in 2019 with a lead gift of $260 million to USC thanks to the generosity of the Lord Foundation of California.…
April 4, 2023 Dear USC Community, It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Andrew Guzman as USC’s next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, starting July 1, 2023. Dr. Guzman is a renowned legal scholar and economist, and an innovative academic leader with decades of experience building programs across multiple disciplines.…
March 28, 2023 Good morning everyone, and welcome. To start our morning off, I’d like you think about this wonderful phrase: “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Yes, that’s the name of this year’s Oscar-winning Best Picture. And USC Cinematic Arts alum Ke Huy Quan won an Oscar for his brilliant performance in the film. (And…
March 29, 2023 Good morning everyone, and welcome. To start our morning off, I’d like you think about this wonderful phrase: “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Yes, that’s the name of this year’s Oscar-winning Best Picture. And USC Cinematic Arts alum Ke Huy Quan won an Oscar for his brilliant performance in the film. (This…
April 3, 2023 Dear USC and CHLA Communities, We are writing to share wonderful news that USC is establishing a new research collaboration with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to improve biomedical research and innovation. It will be funded by the annual proceeds from a $40 million legacy gift from USC’s endowment dedicated to this…
March 23, 2023 Dear USC Community, The arts at USC are central to our special mission – from performing, literary, and visual arts to design, music, architecture, and cinematic arts, they touch every part of our university. The arts challenge us to see our communities through different lenses, shifting our perspectives in unique ways. On…