The late television executive Brandon Tartikoff was responsible for bringing Cheers, Seinfeld, Law & Order, The Cosby Show, Miami Vice and many others to the screen. On Oct. 18, 2012, the USC School of Cinematic Arts hosted a dedication ceremony for The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Collection, a vast assortment of correspondence and other memorabilia donated…Continue Reading The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Collection Dedicated at USC
USC President C. L. Max Nikias joined Distinguished Professor George A. Olah, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and holder of the university’s Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Chair in Organic Chemistry, along with a host of others to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute on Oct….Continue Reading USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute Marks Its 35th Anniversary
Robert Gates, former U.S. secretary of defense and U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, offered his unique perspective on foreign and domestic policy to a gathering of some 500 USC trustees, faculty, staff and students at the USC President’s Distinguished Lecture at Town and Gown on Oct. 17. The only person to have served as…Continue Reading USC President’s Distinguished Lecture: Robert Gates
On Oct. 16, 2012, President Nikias officially welcomed Andrew McMahon to the Trojan Family. Chair of the university’s newly created Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, McMahon comes to USC from Harvard University, where he…Continue Reading USC Welcomes Andrew McMahon
On Oct. 6, 2012, President C. L. Max Nikias addressed a star-studded gathering hosted by DreamWorks Studios to celebrate the USC Institute of Urology. Characterizing the institute as “a place where the extraordinary has become ordinary,” Nikias noted that faculty at the institute are trailblazers in robotic surgery and have pioneered many other advances in…Continue Reading USC Institute of Urology Reception
The USC Mork Family Scholars were hosted by the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies during a weekend-long excursion to Catalina Island from Oct. 5-7, 2012. While there, the students were welcomed by USC Trustee John Mork and his wife, Julie Mork, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias and his wife, Mrs. Niki C….Continue Reading Mork Scholars Retreat on Catalina Island
Members of the Trojan Family gathered in Bovard Auditorium on Oct. 3, 2012, to celebrate the life of the late USC trustee Kenneth Leventhal, namesake of the USC Elaine and Kenneth Leventhal School of Accounting. President Nikias presented a eulogy at the event and also read aloud a special citation from the university to the…Continue Reading USC Celebrates the Life of Kenneth Leventhal
The university kicked off the 2012 USC Good Neighbors Campaign (GNC) with celebrations on the Health Sciences Campus Sept. 28 and the University Park Campus Oct. 2. At the UPC celebration, President C. L. Max Nikias and other senior administrators gave community partners a $1.5 million check, representing funds raised from last year’s campaign. Organized…Continue Reading USC Kicks off 2012 Good Neighbors Campaign
On Oct. 2, 2012, President C. L. Max Nikias presented opening remarks for “Twice Tested by Fire: A Conversation with Cecil L. ‘Chip’ Murray,” an event sponsored by USC Spectrum and the Office of Religious Life. Murray, holder of USC’s John R. Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics and retired pastor of Los Angeles’ First African…Continue Reading President Nikias Introduces Rev. Cecil L. Murray
The most dedicated supporters of USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign enjoyed a festive night of food and entertainment at the San Marino home of university president C. L. Max Nikias and first lady Niki C. Nikias on Sept. 27, 2012. The annual event provides an opportunity for the Nikiases to celebrate faculty, staff and students who…Continue Reading Nikiases Host Annual USC Good Neighbors Campaign Leadership Circle Dinner