The midday hubbub of the USC University Park Campus took a brief pause Wednesday as several hundred students, staff, faculty and friends paused to remember Steven B. Sample, the university’s 10th president, who died Tuesday. Sample led USC from 1991 to 2010, a period in which the university quickly rose into the ranks of the…Continue Reading USC community pauses to remember Steven B. Sample
USC President C. L. Max Nikias was honored at Monday’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association Annual Conference and ECExpo, receiving the organization’s 2016 Diversity Award at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines. The award is given to an organization or individual whose proactive efforts increase cultural, ethnic and gender diversity within the Electrical…Continue Reading USC President Nikias honored for university’s diversity efforts
‘Nobody talks at the national level about the real crisis we face as a nation’ USC will not be satisfied until the Trojan Family is united in a shared commitment to justice and equality, said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in his annual State of the University Address. Before a packed Town and Gown…Continue Reading Nikias puts spotlight on diversity in annual State of the University address
It’s not every day that construction workers get serenaded by a live band while a crowd of VIPs admires their work. But that was the scene at the topping out ceremony for USC Village, the $700 million r etail-residential complex being built on the former University Village site. About 200 guests – including university officials…Continue Reading USC Village tops off with placing of landmark spire
UNICEF has awarded USC President C. L. Max Nikias with the Spirit of Compassion Award for his work shaping the minds of a generation of students to be philanthropic, globally minded and informed of the issues that are affecting the world’s children. Nikias received the award at a star-studded Jan. 12 gala at the Beverly…Continue Reading UNICEF honors USC president with Spirit of Compassion Award
The governing panel oversees business affairs of the playoff organization, including budgets, policies and operating guidelines Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff, announced that USC President C. L. Max Nikias has been named chairman of the College Football Playoff Board of Managers. He succeeds University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, who will…Continue Reading USC President Nikias to chair College Football Playoff Board of Managers
Five new members have been named to the USC Board of Trustees, adding to the group’s diverse body of experienced leaders and philanthropists. The new trustees are technology entrepreneur David Bohnett ’78, Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss ’85, former media executive Kathy Leventhal, community leader and longtime USC benefactor Kris Popovich ’65, MBA ’70…Continue Reading Five business leaders and philanthropists elected to USC Board of Trustees
Continuing a Thanksgiving tradition they began in 2010, President C. L. Max Nikias and his wife, Niki C. Nikias, opened up their homes to students last Thursday. Together with their daughters, Georgiana and Maria, the Nikiases hosted over 400 guests, who were treated to a traditional Thanksgiving meal that included oven roasted free range turkey, ciabatta stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry…Continue Reading Trojan Family Thanksgiving for students — with Dr. and Mrs. Nikias
USC president joins cast and director in discussion of the play’s timeless themes. As part of a special Nov. 19 Visions and Voices event, 160 students traveled to a performance of the classic play Antigone by A Noise Within, a Pasadena-based theater company. The students saw more than a play, though: Afterward, USC President C….Continue Reading Nikias, Visions and Voices event introduce students to reimagined Antigone
Innovation was the subject of the day as USC President C. L. Max Nikias talked tech with Silicon Beach-based senior executives from companies like Google, YouTube, Yahoo, SpaceX and IMAX. The Nov. 18 event at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies in Playa Vista was hosted as part of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce’s Power Hour series….Continue Reading Nikias talks tech with Silicon Beach executives