Asna Tabassum, 22, majored in biomedical engineering and has a minor in "Resistance to Genocide," an interdisciplinary series of courses that researches the "causes, results and representations of ...

It’s an honor Tabassum is no stranger to: She was named valedictorian of her high school in May 2020 but due to the pandemic, she never got to deliver a speech, she told CNN on Tuesday. And it ...

Asna Tabassum received some backlash about her social media content on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Tabassum said she questions the university's reasoning for canceling the speech.

Asna Tabassum - USC's 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians - is speaking out after the university canceled her commencement speech, citing safety concerns.

Asna Tabassum was selected as USC valedictorian and offered a slot to speak at graduation. The university canceled her speech after pro-Israel groups criticized her Instagram.

USC officials chose Tabassum from nearly 100 student applicants who had GPAs of 3.98 or higher. But after USC President Carol Folt announced her selection, a swarm of on- and off-campus groups ...

Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC‘s valedictorian, would have delivered her speech before thousands of her peers at this year’s graduation ceremony. Instead, amid ...

Asna Tabassum, a senior at the University of Southern California, has been banned from delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony due to “security” concerns after critics accused her of ...