USC University Relations (UR) advances the University of Southern California’s institutional commitment to strengthening the community, civic, and cultural fabric of all the communities we serve. That includes advancing USC’s academic, research and medical missions, creating a shared vision with our neighbors, providing educational and career pathways, building a strong and sustainable economy for all, championing arts and culture, and helping to solve the most pressing issues of our time.
Building a Shared Vision with Community and Neighbors
UR supports and helps facilitate more than 100 community-serving initiatives. Our partnerships can be seen at every level of the university, encompassing our research facilities, individual schools, departments, programs, hospitals, health centers and more.
Powered by a Commitment to Community
USC is committed to community partnerships and building a shared vision with neighbors. The university is committed to supporting healthy, vibrant, and engaged communities around the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
100+ Community Programs
USC University Relations helps facilitate more than 100 programs serving youth and families – job training, workforce development, and skills training.
4,000+ LAUSD Students Served
USC’s comprehensive college access programs serve 4,000 neighborhood students annually, with expansion efforts to serve more Eastside and South Los Angeles families.
140 Years of Service and Beyond
Through its history, USC has dedicated itself to being a good neighbor in Los Angeles, creating and supporting programs and projects that have a lasting positive impact on surrounding neighborhoods.
USC Today
USC announces new Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer’s $59 million gift establishes a new institute that will address multiple public policy issues with evidence-based research and educate new generations of scholars to help solve our nation’s policy challenges.
Four spring transfers share their journeys from community college to USC
Students who were focused and determined to become Trojans are savoring their first days on campus.
‘Stronger Than Hate’: USC student-athletes reflect on life-changing trips to Auschwitz, Selma
USC Shoah Foundation and the Big Ten Conference sponsored the students’ visits to historical sites of the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement.
USC launches School of Advanced Computing
The new school, a key feature of USC President Carol Folt’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot,” will act as a nexus for advanced computing research and education across the university.
Trojan Micki Smith is on a mission to bring therapy to marginalized communities.
Trojan Micki Smith is on a mission to bring therapy to marginalized communities.