President C. L. Max Nikias just returned from Laguna Beach, CA, where he hosted a roundtable discussion at Wall Street Journal’s prestigious technology conference, WSJ.D Live. President Nikias spoke to delegates about the role universities play in teaching and promoting innovation, and gave a number of examples of where USC is leading in this area, including programs…Continue Reading President Nikias leads roundtable at WSJ.D Live
The academic year is off to an outstanding start, and Niki and I were so pleased to personally welcome students back to campus…Among this group of new students is the inaugural class of our Kaufman School of Dance. Their arrival represents a landmark moment in our university’s history…This month, WIRED magazine presented a lengthy cover story on the Iovine and Young Academy and its benefactors….Continue Reading Kaufman School welcomes inaugural class; Iovine and Young Academy featured in WIRED; Shoah Foundation Gala honors William Clay Ford Jr.
Nikias is Southern California’s first awardee. The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored USC President C. L. Max Nikias today with its Academic Leadership Award. Nikias is the organization’s first awardee in Southern California. The foundation established in 1911 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie bestows the accolade every other year, which comes with a $500,000 grant…Continue Reading Carnegie honors USC President C. L. Max Nikias with Academic Leadership Award
BY C. L. MAX NIKIAS, TONY F. CHAN & ANDREA SIRONI Originally published in the Huffington Post on September 17, 2015 Recent history is littered with examples of multinational corporations meeting spectacular failure on the international stage. Too often, cultural misunderstandings of other nations’ customer bases or corporate environments cripple a company’s efforts to enter…Continue Reading Building a New Global Higher Education Model
Niki and I are delighted to be back on campus, and to be surrounded once again by USC students, faculty, and staff…This year, USC received 53,000 applications for just 2,700 spots in the freshman class, making the admission rate the lowest in the university’s history…The Los Angeles Times published a front-page story on the momentum of our ambitious fundraising campaign, which has raised a remarkable $4.5 billion toward our $6 billion goal…Continue Reading USC among top schools in fundraising; USC’s ambitious vision for biotech in Los Angeles; talented Class of 2019 arrives on campus
Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland made USC one of his key stops during a visit to Los Angeles this week. Hoyer, the second-ranking member of Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, joined USC President C. L. Max Nikias, Provost Michael Quick, Senior Vice President of University Relations Thomas S. Sayles and Provost Professors Andy…Continue Reading Rep. Steny Hoyer praises USC’s efforts to boost Los Angeles biotech industry
At a university steeped in traditions, this is the one that gets everything started: the Fall New Student Convocation. Take a look at some of the sights captured around campus during welcome week here….Continue Reading Class of 2019 welcomed at New Student Convocation ceremony
Delivered on August 20, 2015
Today, we induct you into the academy, and we embrace you as scholars. We have gathered here in this place at a very pivotal moment in your lives, and a very pivotal moment in this university’s history. USC today is one of the academically elite universities, drawing the attention and envy of institutions from every corner of the world….Continue Reading New Student Convocation
On July 5, NBC Los Angeles aired veteran reporter Conan Nolan’s interview with USC President C. L. Max Nikias. The two covered a broad range of topics including biotechnology, USC Village, President Nikias’ vision for USC and the overall state of higher education….Continue Reading President Nikias speaks to NBC Los Angeles’ Conan Nolan
President C. L. Max Nikias returned from Japan this week, after chairing the 19th Annual President’s Meeting of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), hosted by Osaka University. President Nikias was elected chair of APRU in 2014. Established in 1997 by the presidents of the California Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley, UCLA and USC,…Continue Reading Forging closer ties with Japan and the Pacific Rim