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USC hosted an all-women panel discussion honoring Maritza Félix on Thursday. Félix is the founder of Conecta Arizona, a ...
11/21/2025

USC hosted an all-women panel discussion honoring Maritza Félix on Thursday. Félix is the founder of Conecta Arizona, a local media outlet that covers immigration and social issues in Arizona and cross-border populations in Sonora, Mexico.

Felix is also the 2025 awardee of the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Awards. Since 1990, IWMF has supported women and nonbinary journalists who continue to report and tell stories amid the challenges and restrictions.

The other speakers in the panel were Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of IWMF and Kimbriell Kelly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Public Media. Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Jean Guerrero moderated the discussion.

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📸 Avidha Raha

11/20/2025

As fall comes to an end, Trojans reflect on the traditions that define this time of year.

🎥 Miranda Couch

11/20/2025

Even in the rain, the Trojan spirit stayed strong at the Homecoming game against Iowa. Fans shared what makes game day special.

🎥 Christopher Apy

A bomb threat was called into the LGBTQ+ Student Center in the Student Union earlier this afternoon, according to Assist...
11/20/2025

A bomb threat was called into the LGBTQ+ Student Center in the Student Union earlier this afternoon, according to Assistant Chief David Carlisle of the Department of Public Safety.

The USC community received a TrojanAlert message regarding the threat shortly after 2:30 p.m. The bomb threat was later determined to be false by LAPD. At 3:03 p.m., a message was sent by TrojanAlert stating it was “safe to return to the building.”

Students and university staff evacuated the building as LAPD investigated the threat. Dozens of individuals were seen standing near the Shumway Fountain in Hahn Plaza.

During the threat, two white DPS vehicles were stationed outside the Student Union building at the northeast corner. Three additional vehicles were parked at the southwest corner of the building, and yellow caution tape blocked off some pathways in the area. Security officials were set up at building entrances, turning individuals away.

As of publication, the source of the threat remained unknown. When asked about LAPD’s role in the investigation, LAPD Media Relations said that LAPD offered “mutual aid” but directed any further questions about the investigation to USC DPS. DPS did not immediately respond to specific questions regarding the source of the threat or the status of the investigation.

In late September, the university hid classroom locations for Gender and Sexuality Studies from the public view due to safety concerns, despite no previous reports of rising hostilities towards gender-focused studies students.

As of publication, the university had not responded regarding specific steps being taken to protect LBQTQ+ students in the wake of the threat.

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📝 Lizbeth Solorzano
📸 Karan Lodha

11/19/2025

With Thanksgiving approaching, Trojans reflect on what makes campus feel like home.

🎥 Kajal Reddy Padi

A bomb threat was called into an office in the student union on Wednesday afternoon, according to Assistant USC Departme...
11/19/2025

A bomb threat was called into an office in the student union on Wednesday afternoon, according to Assistant USC Department of Public Safety Chief David Carlisle. The STU has been evacuated as a precaution while the Los Angeles Police Department investigates the scene. The source of the bomb threat is currently unknown.

The Student Union Building has been evacuated due to a bomb threat. LAPD is at the scene. Please stay away from the area. Students are advised to avoid the area.

This is a developing story.

USC has announced that the Peace Garden will relocate to Kerckhoff Hall, with construction expected to begin in the spri...
11/14/2025

USC has announced that the Peace Garden will relocate to Kerckhoff Hall, with construction expected to begin in the spring of 2026.

Julie McLaughlin Gray, the associate chair in the Chan Division, said in a briefing with Annenberg Media and the Daily Trojan that Kerckhoff Hall was chosen because it offered more room than the other sites under consideration, and met several criteria set by students and community members.

“We’re excited to continue the work we were doing in the former location and also add some new features,” McLaughlin Gray said.

The USC Peace Garden, created by Camille Dieterle, an associate professor of clinical occupational therapy, was previously located on Shrine Place before USC sold the property over the summer. The closure prompted student outcry and concern about losing a community space that supported gardening, produce sharing, wellness classes and informal gatherings.

McLaughlin Gray said the new location aims to restore community connection and remain accessible to residents of the university’s surrounding neighborhoods.

A September survey conducted by USC Sustainability garnered 291 responses from students, staff, faculty and community members to gauge the most desired locations, furniture and plant types. The most requested components included an on-campus location with access to sunlight, shade, space for programming and a mix of shade trees and native plants. Respondents also highlighted accessible pathways and quiet areas.

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📝 Lauren Tonsich
📸  Terence Holton

For Michael Kodas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and senior editor at Inside Climate News, the problem isn’t ...
11/13/2025

For Michael Kodas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and senior editor at Inside Climate News, the problem isn’t that young people don’t care. It’s that the way climate is covered often makes them feel either numb or powerless.

“We’ve created a society built on distracting people,” Kodas said during Wednesday’s climate journalism event at USC Annenberg. “Everything is fighting for our attention.” The event drew a small crowd, but the low turnout created space for a more intimate, student-driven conversation, allowing attendees to engage Kodas with deeper questions.

In that attention war, climate stories lose twice: first to the algorithm, and then to despair.

Kodas argues that journalists haven’t always helped. Too often, climate coverage exposes what’s broken but doesn’t show readers what they can do to help.

“We’ve been good at exposing wrongdoing,” he said. “We haven’t always been good at giving people tools to feel like they can make even a small difference.”

Kodas suggested, for Gen Z, raised on a steady stream of breaking news and existential threats, that distinction matters. If every headline reads like the world is ending and nothing changes, checking out can feel like a form of self-preservation.

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📝 Danielle Hughes
📸 Avidha Raha

The USC AI Summit brought hundreds of Trojans to the Ginsburg Hall Auditorium on Tuesday. At the summit, Marshall School...
11/13/2025

The USC AI Summit brought hundreds of Trojans to the Ginsburg Hall Auditorium on Tuesday. At the summit, Marshall School of Business Dean Geoffrey Garrett announced a partnership between USC and OpenAI that provides all USC students, faculty and staff with complete access to GPT-5 and limited access to more advanced AI models from OpenAI.

Garrett said, “Behind the scenes, we were desperately hoping that USC and OpenAI could come to an institutional level agreement about the use of AI on campus, and we did that.”

To open the event, USC Interim President Beong-Soo Kim and guest Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, had a conversation about the future of AI.

Schmidt joked with the crowd, saying it took him one sentence to write a sonnet about the Marshall School of Business. He poetically urged, “USC with boldness lead the way and teach tomorrow’s mind what rules today.”

After the applause died down, Schmidt said, “Welcome to the new world of AI.”

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📝 Melie Haile
📸 Melie Haile

USC hosted the Trojan Family Weekend on Friday, Nov. 7. The annual celebration is an occasion for parents, families and ...
11/13/2025

USC hosted the Trojan Family Weekend on Friday, Nov. 7. The annual celebration is an occasion for parents, families and alumni to connect and share new memories in the campus community.

At USC Annenberg, the day started with a special breakfast gathering. Dean Willow Bay spoke about the various opportunities that students at Annenberg can get access to.

One of the biggest attractions for students is the Annenberg Media Center, which functions as a professional newsroom and provides students with an immersive learning experience.

Some parents visited the media center in the morning, before the workday began.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📝 Avidha Raha ()
📸 Avidha Raha

USC hosted the Trojan Family Weekend on Friday, November 7. The annual celebration is an occasion for parents, families ...
11/13/2025

USC hosted the Trojan Family Weekend on Friday, November 7. The annual celebration is an occasion for parents, families and alumni to connect and share new memories in the campus community.

At USC Annenberg, the day started with a special breakfast gathering. Dean Willow Bay spoke about the various opportunities that students at Annenberg can get access to.

One of the biggest attractions for students is the Annenberg Media Center, which functions as a professional newsroom and provides students with an immersive learning experience.

Some parents visited the media center in the morning, before the workday began.

Read more at the link in our bio.

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📸 Avidha Raha

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