From 35 countries and equipped with the skills to advance their chosen field of engineering, the Viterbi Class of 2026 gathered to celebrate degrees earned across oceans, languages, and cultures.
In his speech to the crowd of thousands, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos framed graduation as the start of a larger adventure: “America at 250 years old is an unfinished journey toward ideals that each generation must re-earn. You will be the most important part of this story. And the problems you will solve, in a human-centric, skillful, and ingenious way, will be what makes this nation come closer to its founding ideals. We will count on you. And we are certain that you will make us proud.”
Read on for more about USC Engineering Graduates as Trustworthy Problem Solvers, Viterbi Graduates’ Role in Building Human-Centered Technologies, and The Power of the Trojan Engineering Community:
