University of Southern California

Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine's $70 million is USC's latest celebrity coup

2013-05-15 08:18:00

Tommy Trojan is tapping the entertainment industry -- again. In years past, the University of Southern California has received large gifts from Hollywood moguls to support its academic programs. In 2006, George Lucas donated $175 million toward the...

Saving MOCA

2013-03-17 00:00:00

In the three decades since the Museum of Contemporary Art opened in a temporary space downtown in 1983, it has been variously flush with money and desperate for a bailout after having squandered its endowment. It's had great directors and controversial...

The Counter burger spin-off to open near USC campus

2013-03-06 13:35:00

Built Custom Burgers, a new burger joint by The Counter will open by March 15 near the University of Southern California campus. Like The Counter, the new 1,800-square-foot space that seats up to 40 people will offer customizable creations with a lower...

USC remembers slain safety officer as committed public servant

2013-02-11 13:44:25

Glorya Kaufman, dance school patron, made a USC trustee

2012-12-18 14:28:00

Arts patron Glorya Kaufman – known as “the dancing philanthropist” – was elected to the University of Southern California Board of Trustees on Dec. 5. Kaufman recently gave the university an multimillion-dollar endowment for...

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78

2012-12-27 18:03:00

Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf...

USC and MOCA are in talks about 'a possible partnership'

2012-12-04 18:31:00

Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Southern California are in talks about a possible partnership that would link the ambitious private university with the fiscally struggling downtown museum. Responding to Los Angeles Times...

To Glorya Kaufman, the art of dance is a gift on several levels

2012-12-01 06:00:00

Tall, sinewy women, their necks thin and erect, mingle in wispy dresses on the arms of broad-shouldered men under the twinkling white lights of the canopied back patio at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. As dusk fades and cocktails are served, the black-...

USC dental students treat patients in Kenya

2012-12-21 12:24:07

$1-billion Village at USC approved by L.A. council panel

2012-10-10 17:23:48

Chaotic scene as gunman opens fire at USC Halloween party

2012-11-01 00:43:28

Shooting at USC Halloween party leaves several wounded

2012-11-01 01:12:20

Quarles & Brady LLP announced the addition of Michelle Malis of counsel, to the firm's substantial Chicago-office trusts and estates practice group. She was previously with Ungaretti & Harris LLP. Malis focuses on estate planning for entrepreneurial and family business clients.

2013-03-20 12:23:00

in 1989; a doctor of philosophy degree in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina in 1989. Linenger graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and proceeded directly to medical school.

2013-03-15 14:23:24

Frank Gifford, right, a standout at USC before graduating to prominence with the New York Giants, joshes with James Garner, left, on the set of "Darby's Rangers" in 1957. They're joined by Col. Roy Murray, a technical advisor on the film.

2012-10-10 02:29:00