In the days leading up to commencement, you most likely heard that USC announced a visionary gift from Mr. Iovine and Andre Young, the celebrated artist and music industry pioneer known as Dr. Dre. Their $70 million gift will create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. This will be a groundbreaking program for our undergraduate students, and effectively collapse the boundaries between art and industry, artist and entrepreneur. The academy will prepare keenly creative individuals to become savvy business strategists, while nurturing the artistic passions of talented entrepreneurs.
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Month: June 2013
USC School of Cinematic Arts opens Interactive Media Building
On June 12, 2013, three of the most influential thinkers in entertainment media, filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, came to the USC campus to discuss the entertainment landscape of the future tackled this question at an event hosted by the USC School of Cinematic Arts…Continue Reading USC School of Cinematic Arts opens Interactive Media Building
Commencement Remarks at Santa Monica College
President C. L. Max Nikias delivered a commencement address to the Class of 2013 of Santa Monica College on June 11, 2013. His remarks acknowledged the solemnity of the occasion, as students and faculty gathered in the wake of a tragic shooting during the previous week. “It is a mark of our times that milestones…Continue Reading Commencement Remarks at Santa Monica College
2013 Global Conference in Seoul, South Korea
During the USC Global Conference in Seoul, USC leadership had the opportunity to hold meetings with several prominent members of the higher education and business sectors of Korea. President C. L. Max Nikias visited Seoul National University and met with the university’s president, Yeon-Cheon Oh. Seoul National University has a number of educational partnerships with…Continue Reading 2013 Global Conference in Seoul, South Korea