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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

Carol Folt shows the victory sign to the crowd during commencement

Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

Quincy Watts, Carl L. Folt and Anna Cockrell

Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

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Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

Carol Folt with the USC Helenes

Carol L. Folt

University of Southern California’s 12th president

“We are experiencing our own Galileo moment. We’re seeing problems as opportunities, exercising muscles we didn’t know we had, tapping into wells of expertise and knowledge–and compassion–we didn’t know were so deep.”

– Carol L. Folt, from her State of the University address

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Lt. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein looks on as USC President Carol L. Folt signs the agreement to have USC join the U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

USC joins U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program

President Folt has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Space Force, bringing the university into a select group of academic Space Force partners.

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Driven to lead, USC sets the pace on carbon neutrality

In a move taken by only a handful of universities, USC aims for net zero carbon emissions. By 2025, the university will have improved its energy efficiency and expanded the use of solar power. USC also has made sustainability a core part of its curriculum, fostering global citizens who will fight climate change.

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Statement from USC President Carol L. Folt regarding antisemitic behavior

“I understand the hurtful impact of recent anti-Jewish social media statements to those who are Jewish and to those of us who know how harmful antisemitism is when left unchecked.”

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Historic campus building to be renamed in honor of alumnus Joseph Medicine Crow

The Center for International and Public Affairs will now bear the name of the late Native American historian and renowned chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation, who earned his master’s degree at USC.

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