On April 26, 2012, USC marked the 40th anniversary of its Information Sciences Institute (ISI) during a celebratory dinner at Loews Santa Monica Hotel. Founded in 1972, ISI played a pivotal role in conceiving, designing, and implementing the Internet and its predecessor, the Department of Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) communication system known as ARPANET….Continue Reading USC Information Sciences Institute 40th Anniversary
In the wake of the tragic event of April 11, 2012, USC president C. L. Max Nikias met with Los Angeles chief of police Charlie Beck, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and others at the mayor’s office in City Hall on April 25 to discuss enhanced safety measures, including a heightened presence of the USC…Continue Reading Enhanced Safety Measures
“All of you here this morning should take great pride in the fact that we are part of the largest public literary festival in America.” With those words, USC president C. L. Max Nikias kicked off the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 21, 2012. In its second year at USC,…Continue Reading Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
On April 20, 2012 — the eve of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held for the second consecutive year on the University Park Campus — USC president C. L. Max Nikias hosted a President’s Distinguished Lecture and Visions and Voices signature event featuring Anthony Everitt, bestselling author of Cicero: The Life and Times…Continue Reading USC President’s Distinguished Lecture: Anthony Everitt on The Rise of Rome
At a gala dinner on April 19, 2012, USC president C. L. Max Nikias accepted the Committee of 100’s Advancement of U.S.-China Relations award on behalf of the University of Southern California. The dinner marked the opening of the committee’s 21st annual conference, convened under the banner of “Common Ground” to bring together leaders from…Continue Reading Committee of 100 Honors USC for Advancing U.S.-China Relations
John Boehner , speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, dropped by Saturday night to greet USC administrators and trustees attending the 2012 USC Trustee Conference in La Quinta, Calif. The conference, which was held March 30 to April 1, included panel presentations titled “Online Education: Beyond the Classroom,” “USC ROTC: Developing the Next Generation…Continue Reading Speaker of the House John Boehner at 2012 USC Trustee Conference
On March 30, 2012, the USC Pratt & Whitney Institute for Collaborative Engineering, a research partnership between the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Korean Air, Inha University, and the Pratt & Whitney Corporation, commemorated its 10-year anniversary during a luncheon event in La Quinta, Calif. The institute is the brainchild of USC trustee Yang Ho…Continue Reading USC Pratt & Whitney Institute for Collaborative Engineering Commemorates 10th Anniversary
The Asia Society Southern California (ASSC) honored USC president C. L. Max Nikias with its 2012 Education Leader of the Year award at the organization’s annual gala, held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on March 28. The award recognizes USC’s strong commitment to advancing the internationalization of education in the United States, especially with respect…Continue Reading President Nikias Receives Asia Society’s 2012 Education Leader of the Year Award
USC trustee William J. Schoen BS ’60, MBA ’63 and his wife, Sharon, have made a new gift of $10 million to the Schoen Family Scholarship Program for Veterans, providing financial support for veterans studying at the USC Marshall School of Business as well as at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. This latest gift—which…Continue Reading Schoens Give $10 Million to Provide Scholarships for Student Veterans at USC
On March 20, 2012, USC celebrated the Harman Family Foundation’s gift of $10 million to fulfill the extraordinary vision of Sidney Harman, founder of the university’s Academy for Polymathic Study and the first Judge Widney Professor of Business. The gift endows the center that now bears his name, the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic…Continue Reading Harman Family Foundation Donates $10 Million to the USC Libraries