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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

USC honored as a leading institution in LA

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. (LAEDC) honored USC with a 2013 Eddy Award for the university’s contributions as a leading research organization, its role as the largest private employer in Los Angeles, and its approval for the USC Village.

USC JEP Anniversary

‘JEP Sparked a Flame in Me’

By Pamela J. Johnson November 1, 2013 As a 9-year-old girl growing up in California’s San Fernando Valley, América Ferrera remembers lying in bed, dreaming of fame and diamonds. “That’s a 9-year-old’s fantasy of celebrity,” Ferrera said in a keynote... Read more

STAR Program

Science comes alive

Learn how neighborhood high school students join USC research labs. Every single student in the near quarter-century of the STAR program has gone on to a university or college.

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Innovative Entrepreneur Gets a Boost

By Robin Heffler Both the substance and the scale of Carmen Rad’s business have changed dramatically over the last two decades, and USC has played a key role in that growth. What began in 1993 as a two-person, custom-embroidery clothing... Read more

Univision Feria Financiera

USC has joined forces with Univision to host Feria Financiera: Plan Prosperidad (Financial Fair: Plan Prosperity), a free event open to the public that will be held on Sunday, March 9.

USC program builds on its business success

In just two years, program participants have obtained 209 construction contracts totaling $11.2 million; created more than 400 new jobs; secured more than $600,000 in capital financing; and rehabilitated 25 homes for purchase by first-time buyers of low-to-moderate income.

USC collaboration fosters future social workers

LAUSD and USC School of Social Work develop a new program that provides high school students with an understanding of real-life issues and prepares them to become their community’s health care givers.

High notes for local high school music director

PBS has featured Foshay Learning Center’s music educator, Vincent Womack, and high school senior, Donovan Brown, in “Jazz Ticket”, a new POV documentary series, as part of the American Promise broadcasts.