A transformative gift

Alumna Elizabeth Van Hunnick’s $15 million gift puts USC Dornsife’s history department on a path to preeminence. It’s one of the largest to a university history department.

USC to join Big Ten Conference

The university will take the historic step of joining the Big Ten Conference in 2024, a move that will position USC and its student-athletes for long-term success in both athletics and academics.

Stress and the immune system

Everyday stressors, traumatic events and discrimination age the immune system, potentially increasing a person’s risk of disease, a USC study finds.

Title IX: President Carol L. Folt — Illustration/Edward Soleto

Celebrating 50 years of Title IX

A message from President Carol L. Folt kicks off USC’s “50 Years of Progress” commemoration. Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibited sex discrimination at educational institutions, became law on June 23, 1972.

‘Title IX changed USC immensely’

USC had just five women’s sports when Barbara Hedges was hired as coordinator of women’s athletics. Her story helps USC mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which prohibited sex discrimination in educational institutions.

Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids

A Keck Medicine of USC study demonstrates the need for early cochlear implant use for deaf children, regardless of developmental impairments.

Andy Stankiewicz named USC baseball head coach

The former Major League Baseball player comes to USC from Grand Canyon University, where he won five regular-season Western Athletic Conference titles.

Message from President Carol L. Folt to the USC community

The president discusses the decision to join the Big Ten Conference: “This decision was made after serious deliberation and analysis, and with great appreciation and respect for our Pac-12 colleagues with whom we have enjoyed a wonderful history and relationship.”

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