The events featured appearances by John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Reince Priebus and other prominent political and media figures. Funds raised support the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future.
The prestigious honor will advance Molina’s book project on the untold stories of laborers who helped to build the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Several USC Dornsife faculty were honored for their research and contributions to the university including Kenneth Nealson, Emily Hodgson Anderson and Anna Krylov.
Matthew Pratt’s research on protein modifications earns him a place in the 2025 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
USC was named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright students for 2025–26, with 19 in total. Among those, 15 earned degrees or completed a minor at USC Dornsife.
Toby Kiers is honored for research on mycorrhizal fungi — and for efforts to map and protect the underground networks that sustain life on Earth.
Associate Professor Geoff Boeing of USC Dornsife’s Spatial Sciences Institute and USC Price School leads a global research initiative that helps cities around the world measure their progress toward becoming healthier and more sustainable.
Aimed at identifying and nurturing scientific talent, the scholarships support students focused on developmental biology and pediatric neurology.
The Distinguished Professor of English earns fiction’s highest honor for his novel James, which offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic.
The prestigious membership honors a select number of scholars, artists, humanitarians and policymakers each year for their outsized contributions to the world of ideas.
