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USC Trustee Steven Spielberg captured a proud moment on his phone at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Spielberg created the Michael Kahn Endowed Chair in Editing to honor his longtime editor, Michael Kahn, who won Oscars for editing celebrated cinematic works including Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The…Continue Reading USC Trustee Steven Spielberg creates Michael Kahn Chair in Editing

USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Mrs. Niki C. Nikias welcomed Trojans at a reception held in the San Francisco Bay area. USC has approximately 20,000 alumni in Northern California who, in addition to San Francisco, are concentrated in communities such as San Jose, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Lafayette, Oakland and Fremont. USC…Continue Reading Trojans welcomed in San Francisco

The USC School of Pharmacy launched its $100 million fundraising initiative during a gala event on Nov. 3 at the historic Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Supporters, faculty and USC leadership celebrated the school’s achievements even as they planned for a bolder future. The initiative is part of the larger Campaign for the University…Continue Reading Building the future of USC Pharmacy

This year, the Trojan Family Weekend was the occasion for the inauguration of a new giving society — The USC Parent Leadership Circle, a philanthropic group comprised of parents of undergraduates who express a strong interest in the university’s long-term stability and growth. The USC Parent Leadership Circle, with 200 parents committed to its goals,…Continue Reading Parents take the lead in new philanthropic circle

As Chicago-based Trojans ramped up for the annual football game against Notre Dame, more than 150 came to a special event at the W Chicago Lakeshore and met with USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Mrs. Niki C. Nikias. In President Nikias’s own words, the purpose of these special events is for him “to…Continue Reading Chicago Trojans meet with President Nikias

C. L. Max Nikias was among one hundred-sixty four influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge on Saturday, October 12. Academy Award-winning actor Sally Field, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, novelist Martin Amis and jazz great Herbie Hancock were among the inductees.  Field and Burns…Continue Reading C. L. Max Nikias inducted into 233rd Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

At the USC v. Arizona football game on October 10, 2013, representatives of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center received an on-field tribute from thousands of Trojans in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Harlyne Norris (center left)—whose husband Ken Norris was the founding visionary who established the center forty years ago—received the cheers alongside her daughter,…Continue Reading Cancer Fighters Saluted

At an event attended by colleagues, university leadership, and media, 2013 Nobel Prize recipient Arieh Warshel was lauded for his accomplishments in “the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.” Professor Warshel is a longstanding member of the Department of Chemistry in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “We are particularly…Continue Reading USC holds press conference for 2013 Nobel Prize recipient, Professor Arieh Warshel

Retired Gen. David Petraeus officially became “Professor Petraeus” to USC students during the week of October 7 — lecturing on energy and the U.S. economy, meeting with student veterans and cheering the football team to a win in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Petraeus, whose current interests include how energy, information technology, life sciences and…Continue Reading Petraeus leads a surge across campus