Greetings Trojan Family, USC is once again bursting with life. Everywhere you look, students are brimming with excitement to be back living and learning on campus. I am filled with gratitude. Gratitude for the incredible medical, health care, student services, and administrative staff who helped us reopen safely and securely. Gratitude for our extraordinary faculty, academic,…
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Dear Trojan Community, The University Park Campus looks amazing and is ready to welcome back more than 44,000 students and nearly 12,000 faculty and staff over the next few weeks. We are on track for a return to the full breadth of in-person academic, research, clinical, and service activities after nearly 18 months of video…
Greetings Trojan Family, We just completed our in-person and online commencement ceremonies for the classes of 2020 and 2021. Seeing the joy on the faces of our graduates and their families and friends is unforgettable. It was no small feat – with 14 individual ceremonies over 7 days and a total of 36,000 degrees and certificates…
April 9, 2021 Dear Trojan Community, I am pleased to let you know that state health officials have opened commencement to participation by the full graduating classes of both 2020 and 2021. This also applies to international students who are permitted to travel to the United States. International students currently located abroad should work with…
April 8, 2021 Dear Trojan Community, Last June, we announced a series of actions to advance our efforts at fostering excellence, diversity, access, and a sense of belonging and inclusion across our campuses. Thousands of you have participated in these efforts, and with your input, we have either completed or made substantial progress on all of the…
Dear USC Community, I am writing to let you know that the remaining litigation against USC, arising from the abuse of patients by former Student Health physician George Tyndall, has been resolved. I am deeply sorry for the pain experienced by the women who trusted him as a physician and appreciate the courage of all…
Dear members of the USC community, Like so many around the world, I was heartbroken by the tragic events in Atlanta that took eight innocent lives, six of them Asian women. It’s saddening and deeply upsetting that these attacks – which appear to be rooted in a mix of racial, gender, and sexual bias –…
Dear Trojan students and families, Commencement is one of the most cherished ceremonies in a student’s academic life. It’s the single time when we come together as a community to celebrate years of hard work by our graduates. Unfortunately, COVID-19 kept USC and most other universities from offering in-person ceremonies last year. Today, I am…
March 11, 2021 Dear Trojan Community, It’s my pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Steven Shapiro to the newly created position of Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, effective May 15. In this new role, he will directly oversee Keck Medicine of USC and Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) with oversight of associated biomedical research programs.…
Greetings Trojans. It has been almost a year since the coronavirus was designated a global pandemic. The losses have been staggering, the hardships severe, and the virus showed us how fragile life can be. Last March when we had to close campus, we hoped it would be temporary. After an extended spring break, we thought…