Month: October 2017

Iovine and Young Academy groundbreaking; Global Conference in Tokyo; USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen named MacArthur “genius”

  • Publication date October 31, 2017

Earlier this month, Niki and I were thrilled to welcome so many parents, alumni, and friends back to campus for Trojan Family Weekend… In a much-anticipated event, we officially broke ground on the new home for the USC Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, a 40,000-square-foot, state of the art building that will rise at the corner of Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard… Earlier in the semester, more than 500 members and guests of the Trojan Family came together in Tokyo for the USC Global Conference. …Continue Reading Iovine and Young Academy groundbreaking; Global Conference in Tokyo; USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen named MacArthur “genius”

USC Iovine and Young Academy’s latest groundbreaking project: an actual groundbreaking

  • Publication date October 11, 2017

Much like a startup itself, when the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy started at USC four years ago, it had to be scrappy. It took a part of a fourth floor in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center in the middle of campus. A couple of classrooms — dubbed “the garage” — served as…Continue Reading USC Iovine and Young Academy’s latest groundbreaking project: an actual groundbreaking

Prominent Angelenos and generous donors join in celebration of USC Village

  • Publication date October 4, 2017
USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Niki C. Nikias arrive at the USC Village gala. (USC Photo/Steve Cohn)

Nearly 1,000 of L.A.’s most prominent business leaders, philanthropists and elected officials joined USC President C. L. Max Nikias and colleagues Tuesday for a festive gala celebrating the opening of USC Village. “Tonight we can see the full span of USC’s extraordinary evolution from cornerstone to capstone,” Nikias told the crowd gathered in USC Village’s Central…Continue Reading Prominent Angelenos and generous donors join in celebration of USC Village