USC Capital Campus
The USC Capital Campus brings USC’s constellation of schools, centers and institutes together with the brightest minds in our nation’s capital to prepare and develop strong leaders and forge critical partnerships to address and create solutions to complex problems.
Washington, D.C., offers unparalleled opportunities for our experts, researchers and students to learn and listen, connect and share views on the national stage.
USC President Carol L. Folt
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Capital Campus Connection
Read the latest issues of Capital Campus Connection. Find all of the issues here.
June 2025
This month, we hosted a wide breadth of events and programs at the Capital Campus, from national security to combating antisemitism to using our research to prevent wildfires, and so much more. We also capped off the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
May 2025
This month, we celebrated and said farewell to our Dornsife and Price students who have spent the semester at the Capital Campus. We also shared about the arrival of the Annenberg Maymester Program and Dornsife Economic Policy Maymester programs held at the Capital Campus.
April 2025
This month, we announced the Annenberg Foundation’s grant to create a multimedia studio at the Capital Campus, along with our new First Semester in D.C. program, and updates about upcoming events.
Support the USC Capital Campus
The Capital Campus is planting USC’s flag in the nation’s capital. Every contribution to the USC Capital Campus Excellence Fund amplifies our ability to provide students with immersive experiences they can only have in Washington, D.C., accelerates the research and impact of our faculty by allowing them to convene and collaborate with the organizations and partners that are creating public policy, and creates opportunities to engage and connect our Trojan Family through activities, events, and career opportunities. Your partnership and support is helping us to create a legacy that will solidify USC’s expertise and impact in the policies and leadership of our nation.
Latest USC in D.C. News
New USC Capital Campus studio puts students at center of global communications and public discourse
A $5 million grant from USC Life Trustee Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation funds the state-of-the-art multimedia production facility in Washington, D.C.
USC Students’ D.C. Dreams Come True
A gift from the Epstein family opens opportunities for students at the nation’s capital.
USC Launches Trojan Caucus on Capitol Hill
USC Alumni in U.S. Congress unite through the new bipartisan Trojan Caucus to foster collaboration, leadership, and lifelong connections from D.C. to L.A.
NBC’s Chuck Todd appointed inaugural USC Capital Campus scholar-in-residence
The award-winning journalist will host events and lectures in addition to teaching at the university’s Washington, D.C., base and participating in events in Los Angeles.
Hundreds of alumni gather at USC Capital Campus
The event marked the launch of new programs and spaces at the university’s hub in the nation’s capital.
USC celebrates Leonard D. Schaeffer as a ‘powerhourse for good’
The university’s new public policy institute embodies the USC trustee’s vision for solving stubborn problems with scholarship and bipartisan dialogue.