Category: USC Ambassadors

Celebrating Nobel Laureate, Arieh Warshel

  • Publication date October 31, 2013
C. L. Max Nikias and Arieh Warshel

The USC community awakened to the exciting news that Distinguished Professor Arieh Warshel of our Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This was an extraordinary day for Professor Warshel and his family—and for USC. He shares this stellar distinction with two colleagues at other institutions, Harvard’s Martin Karplus and Stanford’s Michael Levitt, with whom he collaborated earlier in his career….Continue Reading Celebrating Nobel Laureate, Arieh Warshel

New century for Trojan Football, as USC signs lease for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

  • Publication date September 30, 2013
Don Knabe, Fabian Wesson, C. L. Max Nikias

I’m delighted to share the wonderful news that USC formally signed its new lease agreement with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, following the unanimous approval by the governing board of the California Science Center. This agreement ensures that USC will operate and restore the Coliseum over the coming century, and that this beloved landmark will remain a community treasure for generations to come, as USC has committed to at least $70 million in renovations. The governing board’s vote represents an outstanding milestone for USC—one that resonates particularly strongly with our devoted alumni and friends, so many of whom have formed very special memories in the Coliseum. …Continue Reading New century for Trojan Football, as USC signs lease for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Verdugo Hills Hospital joins Keck Medicine of USC

  • Publication date August 30, 2013

In July, USC finalized its purchase of Verdugo Hills Hospital, a 158-bed hospital in Glendale, California, thereby adding the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) to Keck Medicine of USC. This new partnership significantly bolsters both organizations, and increases our ability to bring outstanding health care to residents of the Foothills, as well as throughout Southern California.

The acquisition of USC-VHH builds on a larger initiative to expand access to USC’s world-class medical care throughout our community. In recent years, we have significantly developed and beautified our Health Sciences Campus, which is home to our Keck Medical Center and its two anchor institutions: Keck Hospital of USC and the USC Norris Cancer Hospital. We also have established clinical locations throughout Southern California, and patients can now see our faculty physicians in downtown Los Angeles, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, and an increasing number of locations….Continue Reading Verdugo Hills Hospital joins Keck Medicine of USC

USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation

  • Publication date June 28, 2013

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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Researchers Arthur W. Toga and Paul Thompson join USC

  • Publication date May 31, 2013

I am delighted to share the exciting news that the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) will move to USC from UCLA, representing a tremendously significant cluster hire of 110 faculty, researchers, and multidisciplinary staff. This group includes the eminent scientists Arthur W. Toga and Paul Thompson, who stand among the world’s leading experts in studying the structure and function of the human brain. This is a landmark moment for USC, and will dramatically bolster a number of academic programs throughout the university….Continue Reading Researchers Arthur W. Toga and Paul Thompson join USC

Argus II, now FDA approved, brings sight to the blind

  • Publication date March 29, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a prosthetic eye implant developed by Professor Mark Humayun, which represents the first treatment to restore limited vision to blind patients. This device, known as the Argus II, uses electrodes implanted in the eye to transmit images to the brain, bypassing retinas damaged by retinitis pigmentosa. This technology might eventually treat conditions other than blindness, such as spinal paralysis….Continue Reading Argus II, now FDA approved, brings sight to the blind

Solomon Golomb receives National Medal of Science

  • Publication date February 28, 2013

University Professor and Distinguished Professor Solomon Golomb has received our nation’s highest honor for scientific innovation: the National Medal of Science. In a special ceremony at the White House, President Obama praised Professor Golomb’s pioneering work on shift register sequences. The mathematical structures of these sequences—with their seemingly random strings of zeros and ones—make them tremendously useful, with applications that range from radar to cell phone systems to space communications. For this reason, Professor Golomb’s groundbreaking work touches everything from Tetris to the Mars Rovers….Continue Reading Solomon Golomb receives National Medal of Science

USC Village project receives unanimous approval from L.A. City Council

  • Publication date January 31, 2013

In December, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously (15-0) to approve the USC Specific Plan, which includes our plans for the USC Village. This will create a vibrant new center for student and community life, while bringing much-needed student housing and retail to the area. This ambitious project—planned for the area just north of the University Park Campus—represents a huge step forward in USC’s goal of becoming a fully residential university, as it will nearly double university-owned student housing….Continue Reading USC Village project receives unanimous approval from L.A. City Council