LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of University of Southern California students walked away from their 2017 commencement with degrees and a powerful rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from ...

USC graduates walk by vacant chairs and tables in Alumni Park on the USC campus, where the school's canceled main stage commencement usually takes place. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mudd Hall on University of Southern California campus. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) After canceling its mainstage ...

It's been a peculiar graduation season for many local university students, but that's not a new experience for them, either. Four years ago, many found themselves without a traditional high school ...