Building a Sustainable Future

Trojan Family Magazine’s Spring 2025 Issue focuses on the ways USC marshals the university’s research, teaching and community engagement to create a healthy, just and thriving world. Our story on lithium mining in the Imperial Valley shows just how important Trojan research is to communities in Southern California and beyond.


Looking Forward to a Sustainable Future | Spring 2025

USC’s sustainability “moonshot” marshals the university’s research, teaching and community engagement efforts to create a healthy, just and thriving world.

Better Health, Better Planet

Obesity and diabetes drugs can catalyze profound changes in your body — and in public health, too

USC experts say anti-obesity drugs have the potential to significantly reduce future health care spending.

100 Years Ago

English architect who designed iconic USC buildings subject of new exhibit

John Parkinson designed a host of L.A. landmarks, including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Real world at USC

Big Ten Network StudentU program brings real-world sports-broadcasting opportunities to USC students

The organization produces more than 2,500 athletic events per year on the Big Ten Network’s streaming platform, B1G+.

A New Lithium Economy at the Salton Sea

Manuel Pastor — Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences — discusses how lithium mining in the Salton Sea region will affect local communities and the nation’s electric future.

New and Trending

  • On Campus
  • Trojan Alumni
  • From USC News

On Campus

The USC Visions and Voices event El Respiro / Respire invites participants to speak their minds on climate justice — without saying a word.

Feb 26, 2025

The organization produces more than 2,500 athletic events per year on the Big Ten Network’s streaming platform, B1G+.

Jan 7, 2025

What makes a dance video spread like wildfire on social media? Artists at the USC Kaufman School of Dance share all the right moves.

Dec 16, 2024

Trojan Alumni

The documentary filmmaker continues a long tradition of Trojans who have won an Academy Award.

Feb 27, 2025

USC Thornton alumna Isa Klar works in marketing for some of hip-hop’s biggest stars at record label Top Dawg Entertainment.

Apr 17, 2024

How the USC School of Dramatic Arts alumna is elevating unheard voices as an actress, writer and director.

Nov 15, 2024

From USC News

The strategic arrangement with XLRI Xavier School of Management will cultivate leaders capable of navigating global challenges and advancing economic growth in both countries.

Apr 18, 2025

Undergraduate and graduate students from across the university demonstrated how artificial intelligence can have a positive impact on the world.

Apr 17, 2025

EARTH MONTH: Duffty — award-winning designer, collaborator and stylist to rock legends —  discusses how the fashion industry can pave the way for a more sustainable and innovative future through technology, upcycling and purpose-driven design.

Apr 17, 2025