To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research hosted “Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide,” a two-day series of events on Saturday and Sunday that examined the role of music in resisting violence and raising awareness. The event was put on in […]
USC head coach Steve Sarkisian is taking a leave of absence, Athletic Director Pat Haden announced. Haden’s announcement came after Sarkisian did not show up for the team’s practice on Sunday. Haden said that he asked the second-year head coach to take an indefinite leave of absence after determining it was clear to him that […]
“First and foremost that the participants in college athletics have to be full-time students at their universities participating in sport, and second that they be amateurs, that they not be professionals,” Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, declared last year as he testified in the Ed O’Bannon trial. In an op-ed in the Wall Street […]
Alumna Natalie Camunas spoke on a range of topics from her USC experience to racial adversity she has experienced in the film industry Friday at noon in the El Centro Chicano Center in the Student Union. El Centro Chicano Director William Vela moderated the question and answer session which was hosted by El Centro Chicano and […]
Students Sarah Dhanaphatana and David Moreno returned to campus late Sunday night after representing USC at a Harvard Institute of Politics conference “Campus Activation: Increasing Student Voting and Political Engagement” over the weekend. Undergraduates from across the country traveled to Harvard University to participate in the conference, which featured lectures from political practitioners, expert organizers […]
The No. 19-ranked Trojans bounced back from last week’s loss to Stanford in a dominant fashion, blowing out Pac-12 South foe Arizona State 42-14 on the road in Tempe, Arizona. The rout not only gave the Trojans their first conference and road wins of the season, but it also produced their first victory over the […]
Ben Pila never dreamed that he might one day play classical guitar for the Pope — but that is exactly what he will be doing. Pope Francis’ first visit to the U.S. will have him in New York on Friday to meet the families of several 9/11 victims, and Pila, a Thornton alumnus, will be […]
Nearly 30 percent of female undergraduate students at USC have experienced some form of sexual assault or misconduct since attending the University, according to respondent results from a university campus climate survey released Monday. The survey, which was administered last spring, drew responses from just over 8,000 students, or 19.4 percent of those enrolled in […]
Stanford rallied from a double-digit first half deficit to upset the No. 6-ranked Trojans, 41-31, handing them their first loss of the season on Saturday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC (2-1, 0-1), which lost its Pac-12 opener for only the third time in its last eight tries, jumped out to an early 21-10 […]
Steve Kay, dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will leave USC on Nov. 30 to assume his new position as president of the Scripps Research Institute, Provost Michael Quick announced in an email today. “Leading with enthusiasm and dedication, Dean Kay ensured the continued excellence of our institution’s oldest and most […]