News about protesters, USC

USC announced the decision to cancel the main graduation ceremony, which usually brings some 65,000 students and their families to campus, one day after pro-Palestine organizations staged a Gaza Solidarity Occupation at Alumni Park, which resulted in the arrests of 93 individuals.

The Viterbi Undergraduate and Masters ceremonies will follow the USC Main Ceremony throughout the day on May 10, 2024. Graduates will register themselves and their guests in spring 2024.

USC, a private university, has been the subject of student protests over the war as well as the administration's decision to cancel a commencement speech by the valedictorian, a Muslim student who had expressed support for Palestinians.