Month: October 2016

USC ranks fifteenth on national list of universities; USC Kaufman dedicates new building; USC professor named MacArthur “genius”

  • Publication date October 31, 2016

Everyone at USC is still thrilled by the outstanding news we received earlier this semester: The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education released a comprehensive ranking of top colleges and universities in the United States, and USC ranked fifteenth on their national list of public and private universities… Earlier this month, the USC community came together to formally dedicate the majestic, new home for our Kaufman School of Dance… The MacArthur Foundation recently announced the recipients of its coveted “genius” grants, and this year’s list included our longtime faculty member Josh Kun of the USC Annenberg School….Continue Reading USC ranks fifteenth on national list of universities; USC Kaufman dedicates new building; USC professor named MacArthur “genius”

USC mental health clinic’s opening celebrates vision for veterans

  • Publication date October 8, 2016
L-R: USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Workd dean Marilyn L. Flynn, Medal of Honor recipient Kyle White, Cohen Veterans Network CEO Anthony Hassan and Marvin Southard, clinic CEO and director of our Doctor of Social Work program formally open the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at USC. (Photo/Steve Cohn)

The grand opening of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at USC celebrated a vision aimed at bringing the highest quality of mental health care to Los Angeles’ veterans and military families. The downtown Los Angeles clinic was made possible by a $15.7 million grant from Cohen through his nonprofit Cohen Veterans Network. It…Continue Reading USC mental health clinic’s opening celebrates vision for veterans

An elegant dance mecca opens at USC

  • Publication date October 5, 2016
Robert A. Cutietta, Glorya Kaufman, C. L. Max Nikias and Jodie Gates at the opening of the Glorya Kaufman Dance Center (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

The Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center, the largest dance-dedicated building on a private university campus, had its grand opening Oct. 5 in a stylish celebration of movement, scholarship and the arts. At noon, several hundred people filled the courtyard of the handsome Italianate Collegiate Gothic building, a crowd that included more than two dozen USC…Continue Reading An elegant dance mecca opens at USC