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COMMENCEMENT 2022: Alyssa Young found support from USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative and the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund. She, in turn, helped others find their way. When Alyssa Young graduates Friday from USC, she’ll walk away with her Bachelor of Arts from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the satisfaction that she has given back…Continue Reading How one Trojan paid it forward all along the path to her USC degree

Admission offers are out to almost 8,200 would-be students around the globe. The admitted pool of applicants is smaller than last year, but access is broadened to students from all backgrounds. BY Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez APRIL 13, 2022 The hashtag #IGotIntoUSC began trending March 25, when some of USC’s soon-to-be students found out they’d been granted admission into the university….Continue Reading USC’s incoming class: higher percentage of first-gen students than ever

Master’s students help put organization on solid financial footing using experience they gained at Price By Eric Ruble Students help Educating Students Together increase funding by nearly fourfold in one year Students revamped components essential to fundraising EST received a $32,000 grant from Microsoft to implement Price students’ recommendation of creating a Customer Relations Management…Continue Reading Price students help nonprofit dedicated to helping low-income youth go to college

USC celebrates a new lab with research accelerator AltaSea — a project that may one day help California grow stronger, healthier mussels, oysters and kelp that can withstand the effects of global warming. BY Emily Gersema MARCH 7, 2022 USC is diving into aquaculture, working with a growing research accelerator near the Port of Los Angeles so…Continue Reading USC joins AltaSea in opening a new lab to harness the power of aquaculture

The semesterlong architecture immersion course gives students rare opportunities — and a glimpse into a field that just might be a perfect fit. BY Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez MARCH 2, 2022 Fewer than 5% of licensed architects in the United States are Black or Latino, so there’s a push to get more students of color into the architecture school…Continue Reading To increase diversity in architecture, USC’s A-Lab nurtures South L.A. high schoolers

The afternoon event featured music, panel discussions, giveaways, games, food and fun. BY Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez AND Gus Ruelas FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Student play Jenga during the “Family Reunion” event on McCarthy Quad. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas) Black History Month closed in party style Friday, as university leaders and students converged on a sunny McCarthy Quad for food and music at…Continue Reading ‘Family Reunion’ on McCarthy Quad helps wind down Black History Month celebration

USC Leonard Davis School and Rebuilding Together team up to serve Angelenos in need and teach professionals how to help older adults age safely at home. BY BETH NEWCOMB | February 22, 2022     On February 11, two days before the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl LVI win, Henrietta Dunlap-Mabin was already on the front porch cheering –…Continue Reading A Winning Partnership Helps Make Los Angeles Homes Safer

The LBCC Phoenix Scholars will be initiated thanks to U.S. Department of Education grant  Long Beach City College (LBCC) and the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education’s Pullias Center for Higher Education will receive $990,000 over the next three years from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education (DOE)…Continue Reading LBCC & USC Receive Nearly $1 Million for New Innovative Education Program for Gang-associated Youth

The assistant chief replaces the retiring John Thomas, who will stay with the university as a key adviser. David Carlisle has been named interim chief of USC’s Department of Public Safety, effective Thursday. Carlisle, currently assistant chief, will manage the department until the search committee finds the new, permanent chief. David Carlisle, left, has been…Continue Reading David Carlisle named interim chief of USC Department of Public Safety

The national nonprofit’s new Crenshaw center is just 1½ miles from USC’s University Park Campus — and Trojan Olympian Allyson Felix has joined its board to boost participation in the neighborhood where she grew up. BY Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez JANUARY 12, 2022 The promise of college success is closer than ever for young people in the Crenshaw district, now that College…Continue Reading USC partners with College Track to promote school success for first-gen high school students of color