{"id":581,"date":"2026-09-14T18:22:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/lfl\/?page_id=581"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:22:58","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/lfl\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"background:#f7f7f4; border-radius:6px; padding:1.9em 2.2em 1.5em; margin:0 0 1.6em;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center; font-size:2.1em; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.15em; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 1.2em;\">2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 0.25em; font-size:0.8em; letter-spacing:0.16em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#990000; font-weight:700;\">September 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 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