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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