TOKYO — The 2017 USC Global Conference opened at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo today with nearly 500 people at the welcome dinner to kick off the three-day event. Guests were treated to a special performance by legendary violinist Midori Goto, Distinguished Professor at the USC Thornton School of Music. The conference runs through Saturday and features…Continue Reading USC Global Conference 2017 opens in Tokyo
The Trojan Marching Band, led by its Trojan warrior in full regalia, led hundreds into the medieval Tuscan village. You know, the type of medieval village with a Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and lodging for 2,500 students. “Let’s follow them!” a woman shouted from the crowd. USC Village, the university’s massive development at the corner…Continue Reading USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon
USC Professor Jacob Soll’s master work, The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations (Basic Books, 2014), cast a stark light on the financial world as national economies continued to recover from the Great Recession of a few years earlier. Now the book has been translated to Greek, and Soll presented the updated version to scholars…Continue Reading Nikias and USC professor Jacob Soll talk financial accountability in high level Athens meetings
USC President C. L. Max Nikias and his wife, Niki C. Nikias, traveled to Scotland, where he was made an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The ceremony, which recognized Nikias’ “dynamic leadership in higher education,” took place June 23 in the university’s Barony Hall. Upon his arrival on campus, Nikias…Continue Reading USC President Nikias receives honorary degree from Scottish university
The competition for biotech investment is escalating, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias wants to make sure Los Angeles emerges a winner. “Los Angeles finds itself falling behind in the race for the future of this increasingly important industry,” Nikias told attendees of USC’s Business of Biotech event, which recently brought together community, business and university…Continue Reading East L.A. biotech park could create ‘explosion of employment’
The W. M. Keck Foundation is giving $10 million to support a USC Health Sciences Campus facility critical to advanced patient care, expanding upon the foundation’s longstanding and transformative support to the university. The generous gift names the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center, one of USC’s largest outpatient facilities, which houses Keck Medicine of USC…Continue Reading W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center at USC with $10 million gift
Nearly two years ago, NBC4’s Conan Nolan spoke to USC President C.L. Max Nikias. On May 14, 2017, Nikias returned to provide an update on a wide range of topics including USC Village, national rankings, fall admits and diversity and inclusion. Nikias discussed his excitement about the fall opening of USC Village, which he said would…Continue Reading NBC4’s Conan Nolan interviews USC President C.L. Max Nikias
The USC Pacific Asia Museum hosted its annual gala on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena. The gala honored Legacy Award recipients Dr. Tei-Fu Chen and Dr. Oi-Lin Chen of the Chen Art Gallery, for their promotion of Asian art and culture through their gallery collection. The recipient of the Visionary…Continue Reading USC Pacific Asia Museum Honors Dr. Tei-Fu Chen, Dr. Oi-Lin Chen and Tadashi Shoji
Interview at DC alumni event introduces USC’s College Access Blueprint USC President C. L. Max Nikias led a group of trustees and university leaders to the nation’s capital on April 26 for a series of meetings with legislators. In the evening, he hosted USC’s annual reception for more than 200 alumni, elected officials and political staffers. This year…Continue Reading Politico’s John Harris interviews President Nikias
Will Ferrell ’90 has long trod the sidelines of USC football games, led the team onto the field of battle and returned for campus events on behalf of charities like Cancer for College. But none of the more than 60,000 people attending USC’s 134th commencement Friday knew quite what to expect when one of the university’s…Continue Reading Trojans, including Will Ferrell, honor Class of 2017: more than 17,000 graduates