After tensions led USC to drop its valedictorian and keynote speaker from its main commencement ceremony, the school cancelled its largest graduation event.
USC announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, that she would not be delivering the traditional speech.
Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, according to his representative. The last time the main USC commencement was canceled was in 2020 after the start of the pandemic. Those graduates participated in online and in-person ceremonies the next year, along with the Class of 2021. 'This is a rather unusual commencement, to put it in obvious terms,' said Donal Manahan, a USC biologist who has been the university marshal for the main stage ceremony since 2016.
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