5/7: Project Restart – The Path to Bringing USC Back to Campus

We established Project Restart, which is comprised of working groups involving over 100 faculty, staff, and students. These teams are charged with envisioning how we can return each specific element of university life to on-campus operations. The teams are planning in great detail, considering contingencies, and preparing us to be both nimble and thorough in our approach.

4/29: Spring 2020 Exams

ITS shares its recommendations with faculty for how to best administer or proctor spring 2020 final exams.

4/29: Seroprevalence Study at USC Student Health

USC Student Health is conducting a study to estimate the percentage of USC students who have developed antibodies (a marker of exposure) to the virus that causes COVID-19. This study may help us learn more about infection rates of COVID-19 on the USC campus and among USC students and help the university prepare for the physical re-opening of the University Park Campus.

4/28: Academic Updates for Current and Future Trojans

USC Provost Charles Zukoski shares several decisions in key areas concerning the upcoming summer sessions and planning for fall 2020.

4/17: USC Hospitality Update

USC Village dining hall will reopen for the remainder of the spring semester on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Everybody’s Kitchen (EVK) will close following dinner service on Friday, April 17, 2020.

4/16: Support for the USC Graduate and Professional Student Community

USC Provost Charles Zukoski shares numerous updates for graduate and professional students, including information about grading policy and withdrawals, qualifying exams, thesis and dissertation submissions and emergency grants.

4/15: Message to Trojan Community from President Folt

Even as the challenges continue, the spirit, creativity, and generosity of Trojans everywhere are a force for good. President Folt shares several stories that lift our spirits and remind us that our empathy, creative thinking, humor, and progress in science and medicine will get us through this crisis stronger and more united than ever.

4/13: Community Update Regarding EVK

We recently received information about a confirmed case of COVID-19 from an EVK employee who worked in the Community Kitchen. The last date the individual worked a shift was April 7.

4/10: COVID-19 Cybersecurity Awareness for Faculty

It is increasingly important for you to practice daily behaviors to protect the privacy and security of your and your students’ information.

4/9: Face Coverings Health Advisory — City of Los Angeles

Based on direction of the Mayor of Los Angeles, the use of face masks and/or cloth face coverings is now required in public settings on the USC campuses, effective April 10, 2020.