Innovators, thinkers, disruptors and problem solvers: The academy’s inaugural class heads into the world ready to tackle its challenges.

To help the community’s most vulnerable, Chris Ah San learns to navigate the world of policymaking.

For solutions to inequality, marginalization and divisiveness, one of USC’s newest deans wants to tap an unexpected resource: architecture.

Lessons from social work and public policy can help law enforcement officers build bridges with their communities.

Renters living near the university’s campuses have a lifeline when they need help.

Essie Justice Group helps launch community leaders ready to advocate for and support other women.

The Los Angeles Coliseum ranks as one of the country’s most sustainable stadiums.

A $1 million gift from Pamela Buffett boosts the afterschool reading program for children ages 5 and up.

A USC Price alumna searches for solutions to combat homelessness in Los Angeles.

As the media industry copes with fake news, journalists still relish the chance to tell stories that matter.

USC’s specialized summer classes make the transition to higher education a little easier.

A USC Rossier doctoral student opens the first educational institute for women, by women.

About one of every five USC undergraduates has parents who didn’t go to college. And these first-generation Trojans are some of the university’s top students.

David Kuroda MSW ’72 has spent his career advocating for children—and healthy divorces.

Jung Kian Ng ’14, MS ’14 aims to bring new-found expertise back to Malaysia.

First-generation college graduate Oscar De Los Santos ’15 heads to Oxford.

USC’s Immigration Clinic wins asylum for two persecuted girls born with albinism.

These are some of the new faces who will make a difference in the lives of others.

A USC Rossier graduate student builds a community through her housing nonprofit.

Students improve lives through sustainability and profitability at the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab.

Lesley Adams Williams earns her master’s degree in the online degree program.

A $60 million naming gift from USC Trustee Suzanne Dworak-Peck supports USC’s drive to transform the profession of social work.

Today an endowed scholarship in Solomon’s name supports minority students studying social work.

U.S. Army Battalion Sgt. Maj. Eric Chastain watched 22 of his friends die. Then came a death he wasn’t prepared for.

USC's newest prep school steers students towards college admission.

A USC Roski professor reflects on a lifetime spent at the intersection of community development and visual art.

USC alumni are woven throughout the fabric of Southern California civic life.

Dentists travel to patients thanks to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC’s mobile clinics.

The USC trustee supports education initiatives in Los Angeles.

A decades-long friendship taught a gerontologist that independence and dignity are worth fighting for.

David Bohnett ’78 endows a living-learning space for students committed to social justice and service.

Brothers in arms, they're now a world apart.

Researchers look at the road to rudeness and chart a path to more respectful discourse.

The Cohen family partners with USC to serve families in Los Angeles.

Meet four USC educators and researchers whose pasts motivate them to make a difference for others.

Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Cybercrime. USC researchers seek out threats to public safety in the Pacific Rim.

Trojans volunteer and reach out worldwide.

Evan Pensis aims to offer arts to the imprisoned.

The event taps into a network of 377,000 alumni — and the entire Trojan Family

The testimonies of Holocaust survivors help scientists map the brain circuitry of their subjects.

A public policy expert gives people—and digital debris—a second chance at life.

USC students create hand prosthetics for children in war-torn areas.

An award-winning paper authored at USC Price reveals that students favor busy streets over low-key locations.

Which one the five finalists in ‘The Next MacGyver’ competition do you want to see on TV?

The university takes big strides in sustainability across the campus.

USC takes a giant step toward finding answers for hearing loss.

Meet the doctor who’s on a mission to change how Americans care for seniors.

The Neighborhood Academic Initiative brings college-prep classes to kids and teens around USC’s campuses.

A global network of Trojans pitched in to help communities around the world.

From career contacts to making new friends, USCAA connects Trojan military members.

USC Rossier’s near-peer advising program puts first-generation high school seniors on track for college.

USC Price grad uses quirky characters to educate voters on key issues.

The Post-Conviction Justice Project leads a nationwide movement for juveniles serving life sentences without parole.

A soccer career cut short opens doors to a creative life serving others.

It’s all about building the complete student-athlete at USC.

USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative expands beyond South Los Angeles to include more than 100 sixth-graders in East Los Angeles.

The USC Alumni Association recognizes volunteers who keep the Trojan spirit alive.

Studies link oral health to school success, and USC dentists aim to keep children smiling.

Creativity can combine with business principles to solve societal challenges—and turn a profit.

Piccolo Lewis donates more than nine tons of books to encourage young readers.

The Ruiz Brothers show hard work pays off.

Hortensia Amaro’s immigrant experience spurs a devotion to solving public health problems of the disenfranchised.