Foshay Learning Center provides more first-year USC students than any other high school

Foshay graduates now at USC: Kathryn Johnston, Jose Martinez-Garcia, Dayanara Saucedo, Samantha Suarez, Katherine Loera, Jessica Hernandez-Flores, Angelica Vasquez, Fatima Saravia, Sergio Lopez and Nancy Hernandez, from left (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

The Foshay Learning Center has done it again. For the second year in a row, the public high school — which is less than a mile from the University Park Campus — has sent more first-year students to USC than any other high school. Foshay first took the honor last year with 19 students, and that number…Continue Reading Foshay Learning Center provides more first-year USC students than any other high school

USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon

(left to right) Sculptor Christopher Slatoff, USC President's wife Niki Nikias and USC President C. L. Max Nikias unveil the Hecuba statue during USC Village grand opening celebration, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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

Nikias and USC professor Jacob Soll talk financial accountability in high level Athens meetings

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 Nikias receives honorary degree from Scottish university

C. L. Max Nikias, President of University of Southern California, receives an honorary degree from University of Strathclyde; June 23rd, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy of Graeme Fleming)

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

East L.A. biotech park could create ‘explosion of employment’

President C. L. Max Nikias joins East LA Community leaders at USC's Business of Biotech Summit.

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’

W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center at USC with $10 million gift

Robert Day, right, and C. L. Max Nikias celebrate the naming of the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center on the USC Health Sciences Campus. (Photo/Steve Cohn)

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

NBC4’s Conan Nolan interviews USC President C.L. Max Nikias

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

USC Pacific Asia Museum Honors Dr. Tei-Fu Chen, Dr. Oi-Lin Chen and Tadashi Shoji

L-R: USC President C. L. Max Nikias and First Lady Niki C. Nikias with honorees Tadashi Shoji, Dr. Oi-Lin Chen, Dr. Tei-Fu Chen and Pacific Asia Museum Director Christina Yu. (Photo/Vanessa Preziose)

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

Politico’s John Harris interviews President Nikias

USC President C. L. Max Nikias joins POLITICO co-founder and Editor-in-Chief John Harris for a discussion of college access. (Photo/Dave Scavone)

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