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USC president C. L. Max Nikias receives Humanitarian Award USC President C. L. Max Nikias was honored April 14 with the Humanitarian Award of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics. The award is presented to physicians and scientists who have made significant contributions to survival and quality of life of patients across the globe. “It’s…Continue Reading Nikias honor reflects USC’s investment in brain mapping, bioscience

The facility — USC’s ninth international office — builds on the university’s existing European presence USC just got a little closer for Trojans based in Europe: With a delegation of university leaders led by President C. L. Max Nikias on hand, USC’s newest international office officially opened this week in London. The office serves as headquarters for…Continue Reading USC opens London office to recruit students from UK and Europe

The historic home of the Trojans will be renamed in 2019 after a $270 million renovation is completed United Airlines and USC have announced a naming rights agreement to help sustain and renovate the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, one of the sports world’s most beloved historical landmarks and home of the USC Trojans. Under the 16-year…Continue Reading United Airlines Memorial Coliseum to be new name for L.A. landmark

Lisa Hansen stepped among the steel girders, watching proudly as the building around her slowly took shape. Her family has been a leading force behind many of the facilities at the USC Health Sciences Campus, like the one she was walking through that day. But as a hardhat-wearing Hansen made her way through the dust…Continue Reading Making cancer a disease of the past inspires a legacy of giving by the Norris family

Thanksgiving can be a lonely holiday for international students and those who can’t travel home to visit family and friends. But hundreds of USC students who would have spent last Thursday on their own had plenty to be thankful for this year. Continuing an annual tradition she started years ago, Niki C. Nikias, wife of…Continue Reading Students find home away from home at annual Thanksgiving dinner

In the near future, USC researchers might be talking about medical breakthroughs made while chatting with engineers in line for an espresso at Michelson Hall — noting the ideas on a nearby touchscreen and saving their thoughts to the cloud. Michelson Hall debuted Wednesday at USC’s University Park Campus. It will be the home of…Continue Reading USC’s Michelson Hall, new center for convergent bioscience, makes its debut

Much like a startup itself, when the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy started at USC four years ago, it had to be scrappy. It took a part of a fourth floor in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center in the middle of campus. A couple of classrooms — dubbed “the garage” — served as…Continue Reading USC Iovine and Young Academy’s latest groundbreaking project: an actual groundbreaking

Nearly 1,000 of L.A.’s most prominent business leaders, philanthropists and elected officials joined USC President C. L. Max Nikias and colleagues Tuesday for a festive gala celebrating the opening of USC Village. “Tonight we can see the full span of USC’s extraordinary evolution from cornerstone to capstone,” Nikias told the crowd gathered in USC Village’s Central…Continue Reading Prominent Angelenos and generous donors join in celebration of USC Village

The Trojan Family grew by 3,358 when the fall semester began, and many of those incoming students are first in their families to attend college. Almost 17 percent of the class of 2021 are first-generation college students, according to the USC Office of Admission. About two-thirds of the class are students of color. The incoming…Continue Reading USC’s freshman class sets record: More first-generation students than ever