Inside a ‘house on fire’: Interim President Beong-Soo Kim on his first four months in office
Kim described an obligation to make “as many hard, painful decisions as need to be made” to a faculty audience at a University Club luncheon Monday.
USC declines to join Trump’s university compact
The university is the fourth to turn down Trump’s offer, following MIT, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania.
One man dead after fire at Portland Street apartment complex
A fire at a Heritage Student Housing apartment complex north of campus killed one man Tuesday afternoon. A neighbor said her smoke alarms never went off during the fire and building managers didn’t notify her of the blaze.
Viterbi lays off all 57 student academic advisors
The School of Engineering notified advisors Monday that they could reapply to a reduced 44 positions at decreased pay.
After internal review, USC says sophomores are again guaranteed housing
Information about the two-year housing guarantee program was wiped from the USC Housing website last week after the university said the promise was “under review.”
Doheny student workers told to stay in library amid bomb threat evacuation
USC students inside Leavey and Doheny Memorial Libraries weren’t told about the bomb threat while evacuating on Sunday.
Sophomores no longer guaranteed USC housing
The university will end its two-year housing guarantee in fall 2026, with only freshmen promised on-campus housing.
Rossier School of Education lays off 19, including lone career services specialist
As university-wide budget cuts continue, Rossier laid off four faculty members and 15 staff this week.
USG Senator, College Republicans president resigns to work political campaign in Illinois
Dakota Driemeyer, elected to the Senate in May, tendered his resignation Monday morning.
Annenberg lays off 13 employees to make $6.5 million budget cut
Dean Willow Bay announced the losses in a meeting with faculty and staff Monday.
USC Keck Medicine and School of Medicine lay off 89 employees
Keck Hospital alone let go of 45 employees, citing university budget cuts.
USC Agents of Change establishes hotline to help move immigration hearings online
Since Monday, a group of 15 USC student, alumni and faculty volunteers have already received thousands of calls for help on open immigration cases.
Remembering Pope Francis in Rome
Hours after his death, thousands visited the Vatican on Easter Monday to pay their respects to the ‘People’s Pope.’
Amid tariff talks in Washington and Rome, Italians are divided on Trump and Vance
Italy’s prime minister will host Vice President Vance in Rome on Friday, one day after she visited the White House Thursday.
USC raises tuition, again, bringing total attendance costs to nearly $100,000
USC Tuition has increased about 5% each year since 2022, and more than $10,000 since the pandemic.