Trudi Sandmeier is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of Graduate Programs in Heritage Conservation, and Professor of Practice at the USC School of Architecture. She has decades of experience in heritage conservation advocacy, education, and leadership. A respected leader and mentor, Sandmeier has a passion for helping people find and pursue their path…
Category: Announcements
Dear Trojans, On behalf of President Folt and myself, I am excited to announce James Bullock as dean of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences effective July 1, 2025. Dean Bullock will hold the Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair. As the largest and most academically diverse college on our campus, the college…
Dr. Gage Crump is a founding member of the Broad Stem Cell Center at USC and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. His lab studies the development, maintenance, and regeneration of the head skeleton using zebrafish, mouse, and human systems. His lab has established a number…
Dear Colleagues, We are writing to update you on the steps that USC is taking to protect our financial sustainability and academic mission. We know that the last several weeks have been stressful for many of you. We have been working diligently to evaluate the evolving landscape and how to safeguard our mission of research,…
Dear Fellow Trojans, USC is a vibrant academic learning community that thrives on the pursuit of excellence in an environment in which all feel a sense of belonging. For several years, the Office of Inclusion and Diversity and the Culture Team have supported this sense of community, each developing programming and initiatives that embrace mutual…
Bernadette Atuahene, Professor of Law, is a property law scholar focusing on land stolen from people in the African Diaspora. She is the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants who grew up in Los Angeles and attended UCLA for college. She then earned her JD from Yale and her MPA from Harvard. After completing her graduate studies,…
February 20, 2025 Dear USC Community, We are excited to honor this year’s exceptional members of our faculty with University and Distinguished professorships, USC’s highest academic honors. We present these annually to select outstanding faculty who have brought great distinction and honor to our university through their work. Their research enlightens and enriches collective understandings…
As we begin our Spring semester, the Honorary Degrees Committee requests your nominations. The USC honorary degree is a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge those we regard as most outstanding for their work by bestowing the university’s highest external honor. Please use the Honorary Degrees submission form which is available on the Honorary Degrees website. Please…
Josh Kun is Vice Provost for the Arts at USC, and Professor and Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication at the USC Annenberg School. His books include Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America; Songs in the Key of Los Angeles; Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez, and several others. As a curator his projects and exhibitions have…
Dear Colleagues, We know that many of you have been receiving questions about two memos issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday and today ordering a temporary freeze on grants and loans disbursed by the federal government. Following is guidance you may forward to your faculty, deans, and research deans for…