Congratulation to all the USC faculty retirees!

Provost Andrew Guzman, the Retired Faculty Association, the USC Emeriti Center and school leadership celebrated the retirement of 148 faculty who have or will retire fiscal year 2024 and 2025. These faculty represented 17 schools and cumulatively served 4,124 years (with an average of 30 years of service). The longest serving faculty overall was Professor Jeffrey Nugent, 60 years, Dornsife, Economics. The brunch was held in Town and Gown and enjoyed by all.

Academic Honors Convocation

USC President Carol Folt addresses the faculty-focused Academic Honors Convocation on April 16. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

As she kicked off the first of two Academic Honors Convocation dinner celebrations earlier this month, USC President Carol Folt shared a quote attributed to Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi, who isolated Vitamin C: “Research is to see what everybody has seen — and yet think what nobody has thought.”

Both evening events, held at Town and Gown on USC’s University Park Campus, highlighted interdisciplinary work and innovation that embodies Szent-Györgyi’s words.

Twenty-nine groundbreaking USC faculty members were honored at an April 16 dinner. Faculty honorees included a Nobel Prize winner, a recent National Book Award recipient, a leader in colon cancer research and a podiatric surgeon who helps reduce preventable amputations due to diabetes.

Professor Smrity Randhawa of the USC Marshall School of Business was proud to be recognized for nurturing the next generation of financial professionals.

Professor Gage Crump of the Keck School of Medicine of USC said he was thrilled to receive the Provost’s Mentoring Award. Crump has helped develop educational pipeline programs that strengthen the stem cell research community by opening his laboratory to students at all stages, from high schoolers to postdoctoral fellows.

University Professor Emerita Estela Mara Bensimon, a lifelong trailblazer in higher education and the founding director of USC’s Center for Urban Education, received a rousing ovation as she walked to the stage to accept her Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award.

Associate Professor Patrick Corbin of the USC Kaufman School of Dance was singled out for his interdisciplinary courses and for giving students the opportunity to work with organizations that serve people living with Parkinson’s disease, Down syndrome and autism.

For a full list of awardees, continue reading here.