This page highlights recent announcements and news of faculty and student achievements.
- Announcing Brett Steele as Dean of the USC School of Architecture
USC will welcome Brett Steele as dean of the USC School of Architecture, effective February 1, 2024. Dean Steele will hold the Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair in Architecture. - Message from Provost Guzman and SVP WashingtonDr. Christopher Manning, Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CIDO), will be leaving USC on February 2, 2024, to serve as Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity at San Diego State University.
- Update on Free Speech, Expectations and PoliciesUSC as created a new website on freedom of expression, designed to help everyone in our community better understand free speech at the university.
- Brightspace at USC 2024 All-Faculty Access Date and Training AnnouncementAll faculty and instructors will gain access to Brightspace at USC as well as training on January 16, 2024.
- Retirement of Executive Vice Provost Kelvin J. A. DaviesEVP Davies will retire December 31, 2023. We are grateful for his many years of service to USC!
- Fall 2023 Good Neighbors CampaignUSC’s Good Neighbors Campaign for Fall 2023 has been extended through November 10, 2023. Give back today!
- Update on Campus Hate Speech and New Government Actions Regarding Antisemitism and IslamophobiaUSC publicly and unequivocally denounces antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and xenophobia.
- Join us for our LMS Replacement information session with Brightspace at USC!Join us for our November 2 information session about our new learning management system (LMS), Brightspace at USC!
- Message from Provost GuzmanA message from Provost Guzman to the USC community about the potential federal government shutdown and USC preparations.
- Faculty Hiring WorkshopsAll faculty are invited to participate in the strategic faculty hiring workshops put on by the Office of the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer on October 3 and November 1, 2023.
- Call for Nominations: University and Distinguished ProfessorsSubmit your nominations for University and Distinguished professorships by November 1, 2023.
- Mindful USCJoin our Fall 2023 mindfulness classes with Mindful USC!
- Provost Guzman’s Fall 2023 Welcome Message
Dear Colleagues, For those of our faculty who are new, welcome! To our returning faculty, welcome back! It is invigorating to see how lively campus is at the start of each new semester, but it is especially exciting to feel the energy of a new academic year in my new role as Provost. Last week, … Read more - Digital Accessibility and OSAS Testing Center
Dear Colleagues, I hope you had a good summer and I look forward to seeing you on campus soon. As you are aware, USC is committed to supporting its students with disabilities, and faculty routinely do this through the provision of academic accommodations. I am writing to provide you with two updates on our institutional … Read more - LMS Replacement
Learning Management System (LMS) will replace Blackboard as of our summer 2024 term.