{"id":24481,"date":"2025-05-20T12:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?page_id=24481"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:01:45","slug":"the-class-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/the-class-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Class of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--video-with-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--video-with-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          A Look Back\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Dornsife Class of 2025 reflects on the people and memories that shaped their college experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          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alt=\"Headshot of Srikar Kolluru bordered by bands of colorful graphic swirls\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/graduating-senior-launched-student-run-science-publication\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    From Student to Science Communicator\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC Dornsife graduating senior Srikar Kolluru spent his undergraduate years translating scientific research into compelling stories \u2014 and inspiring his peers to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        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     <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-2025-commencement-ceremony-graduation-jon-m-chu\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trojan Family celebrates the university\u2019s newest graduates\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/GR5_1387-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/GR5_1387-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/GR5_1387-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-2025-commencement-ceremony-graduation-jon-m-chu\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Trojan Family celebrates the university\u2019s newest graduates\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday night\u2019s celebration at the Coliseum was attended by 35,000 people and highlighted a week of more than 100 events celebrating USC\u2019s Class of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  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