A research milestone: $1 billion
USC reaches a new high-water mark in annual research spending, with significant investments in President Carol Folt’s “moonshots” in computing, health and sustainability leading the way.
USC Photo/Gus Ruelas
USC’s Network of Informational and Support Resources in Times of Conflict
Top Headlines
Operated through the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, the clinic provides affordable, high-quality oral health care and patient education to kids in underserved communities.
Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with news organizations including The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, ProPublica, Reuters and Wired magazine.
The actor, director and podcast host sits down for a discussion with Alexandra Billings of the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
USC study shows that the devices reduce the risk of death by almost 25%.
23 for ’23: The Top USC Stories of Last Year
The last 12 months have seen groundbreaking accomplishments, ambitious launches and moving moments for the Trojan Family. Check out all 23 of our favorite stories of 2023.
Inspiration Through Artistic Experiences
Tap into the vibrant artistic energy at USC and let it fuel your inspiration. With the spring semester in full swing, immerse yourself in a captivating array of shows, performances, exhibits and community through the university’s six arts schools.
USC Competes
USC President Carol Folt’s “moonshot” initiatives aim to make USC the international standard-bearer for preeminence at scale, building on the convergence between the opportunities and challenges faced by our world and USC’s unique strengths as a big, great, fast and connected university.
The USC Competes moonshot aims to make the university the destination of choice that attracts the best and brightest, and where faculty, staff and students can thrive and achieve their dreams.
Around the University
Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles
Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles (SZLA) is an immersive and interactive environmental justice experience merging exhibition, performance, and activism created by filmmaker and USC professor Michael Bodie and playwright and USC professor Paula Cizmar. Using multimedia-enriched documentary theatre and film storytelling, SZLA sheds light on the damaging effects of decades of industrial pollution on South Los Angeles communities by transforming the Otis Booth Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County into a home along the I-710 Corridor that is besieged by health risks.
Jan. 13 – Jan. 28
