Positivity rates see slight decline, UPC has fastest growing COVID-19 rate in LA County
USC Student Health and local health officials are expecting an increase in positive cases from Labor Day weekend.
Outstanding balance: Tuition hike, aid displacement leave students with financial burdens
When USC announced its Undergraduate Living-at-Home Scholarship mid-July, students who opted to stay home faced scholarship displacement in their financial aid package. Through @AffordableSC, students have mobilized to demand USC to make its education more accessible and affordable to all.
Graduate student explores genetics, female empowerment in awarded script
Marlee Roberts’ teleplay “Unnatural Selection” is a Humanitas Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Fellowship finalist.
Twenty five former students come forward with new lawsuit against Tyndall, USC
The lawsuit brings the total number of plaintiffs who have opted out of the $215 million class action settlement to more than 800.
Student Health Center sets up outdoor flu shot stations
The stations are designed to accommodate social distancing guidelines while visitors are on campus.
Off-campus students risk coronavirus spread from social gatherings
As students move back into the surrounding neighborhood, small and large gatherings that violate health orders put the South Central community at risk.
Alum starts ‘Career Coaching Company’ to help students in the job hunt
USC alum A.J. Eckstein started the company to help students navigate the uncertain post-graduate recruitment process amid a pandemic.
Through community organizations, Iovine and Young student hopes to break ‘narrow societal norms’
Graduate student Samantha Broxton currently owns her own natural hair and lifestyle community, SisterLocked, and volunteers at Black Girls CODE L.A.
Alumna premieres Tyndall documentary online
The film recently won best documentary in the First Look 2020 Industry Awards and was included in the BAFTA 2020 student film shortlist.
Positive coronavirus cases among students surge to 104
Over the past three days, USC Student Health has seen a “very dramatic” rise in cases, totaling to the highest single increase in cases yet at the University.