Year: 2017

USC Village praised for its design; Blind student-athlete Jake Olson completes perfect snap; President Nikias urges congressional action on DACA

  • Publication date September 28, 2017

This fall semester, we have been so gratified to see how quickly and enthusiastically our new USC Village has been embraced—not only by our students, faculty, and staff, but by our local community, alumni, and friends… This project was seven years in the making, so it’s wonderful to see so many enjoying the buildings and patios, dining hall, fitness center, green spaces, and shops. Without question, it has profoundly transformed the experience USC offers its students….Continue Reading USC Village praised for its design; Blind student-athlete Jake Olson completes perfect snap; President Nikias urges congressional action on DACA

USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon

  • Publication date August 31, 2017
(left to right) Sculptor Christopher Slatoff, USC President's wife Niki Nikias and USC President C. L. Max Nikias unveil the Hecuba statue during USC Village grand opening celebration, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)

The Trojan Marching Band, led by its Trojan warrior in full regalia, led hundreds into the medieval Tuscan village. You know, the type of medieval village with a Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and lodging for 2,500 students. “Let’s follow them!” a woman shouted from the crowd.   USC Village, the university’s massive development at the corner…Continue Reading USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon

USC Village celebrates grand opening; Hecuba, Queen of Troy unveiled; Bovard Scholars program

  • Publication date August 30, 2017

As our 137th class of students begins a new academic year, it arrives at a milestone moment in our university’s history, as together we celebrate a transformative addition to our University Park Campus: the USC Village…  USC’s campuses have transformed in recent years, and alumni and friends always marvel at the breadth of new facilities.  But this project—the largest in USC’s history and the largest in the history of south Los Angeles—inspires special pride for our Trojan Family, as just a generation ago, USC was viewed primarily as a commuter campus… At the heart of the USC Village is a proud new monument for our university….Continue Reading USC Village celebrates grand opening; Hecuba, Queen of Troy unveiled; Bovard Scholars program

Nikias and USC professor Jacob Soll talk financial accountability in high level Athens meetings

  • Publication date July 7, 2017

USC Professor Jacob Soll’s master work, The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations (Basic Books, 2014), cast a stark light on the financial world as national economies continued to recover from the Great Recession of a few years earlier. Now the book has been translated to Greek, and Soll presented the updated version to scholars…Continue Reading Nikias and USC professor Jacob Soll talk financial accountability in high level Athens meetings

Trojans celebrate commencement; USC recognized as a leader in accepting transfer students; Biotech Park plans advance

  • Publication date June 29, 2017

As we enjoy summer on campus, I would like to return to last month’s glorious commencement, and once again offer my congratulations to USC’s newest alumni and their families… Edwin Saucedo, USC’s graduating student body president, sat down with the Los Angeles Times… Jorge Campos, a USC TRiO student who was previously homeless, was interviewed by our local ABC News affiliate, as he prepares to attend Harvard University this fall on a full scholarship. …Continue Reading Trojans celebrate commencement; USC recognized as a leader in accepting transfer students; Biotech Park plans advance

USC President Nikias receives honorary degree from Scottish university

  • Publication date June 27, 2017
C. L. Max Nikias, President of University of Southern California, receives an honorary degree from University of Strathclyde; June 23rd, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy of Graeme Fleming)

USC President C. L. Max Nikias and his wife, Niki C. Nikias, traveled to Scotland, where he was made an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The ceremony, which recognized Nikias’ “dynamic leadership in higher education,” took place June 23 in the university’s Barony Hall. Upon his arrival on campus, Nikias…Continue Reading USC President Nikias receives honorary degree from Scottish university

East L.A. biotech park could create ‘explosion of employment’

  • Publication date June 16, 2017
President C. L. Max Nikias joins East LA Community leaders at USC's Business of Biotech Summit.

The competition for biotech investment is escalating, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias wants to make sure Los Angeles emerges a winner. “Los Angeles finds itself falling behind in the race for the future of this increasingly important industry,” Nikias told attendees of USC’s Business of Biotech event, which recently brought together community, business and university…Continue Reading East L.A. biotech park could create ‘explosion of employment’

W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center at USC with $10 million gift

  • Publication date June 15, 2017
Robert Day, right, and C. L. Max Nikias celebrate the naming of the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center on the USC Health Sciences Campus. (Photo/Steve Cohn)

The W. M. Keck Foundation is giving $10 million to support a USC Health Sciences Campus facility critical to advanced patient care, expanding upon the foundation’s longstanding and transformative support to the university. The generous gift names the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center, one of USC’s largest outpatient facilities, which houses Keck Medicine of USC…Continue Reading W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center at USC with $10 million gift

The Business of Biotech

  • Publication date June 14, 2017

Delivered on June 8, 2017 It’s a privilege for USC to host this important discussion about the business of biotech. I want to recognize USC Civic Engagement for organizing today’s event – Sayles, Paysinger, Escutia. And I want to welcome our colleagues from other colleges and universities, leaders in public service and private business, as…Continue Reading The Business of Biotech