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University of Southern California. / 34.0206; -118.2848. The University of Southern California ( USC, SC, Southern Cal [a] or SoCal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880 by Robert Maclay Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California.
USC celebrated its 75th university charter anniversary on July 1, 2023. USC has about 16,000 students (2022) who are called by the name Carolinians of which 300 are international students, enrolled in collegiate undergraduate and graduate programs and served by about 950 academic faculty and staff with a teacher to student ratio of 1:17.
Alison Dundes Renteln (J.D. 1991) – political scientist, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law at the University of Southern California. Ian Roberts (Ph.D. 1985) – linguist; Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge [36] Bernard Salick (M.D. 1964) – medical entrepreneur, nephrologist.
Website. www .marshall .usc .edu. The USC Marshall School of Business is the business school of the University of Southern California. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. [5] In 1997 the school was renamed following a $35 million donation from alumnus Gordon S. Marshall.
USC has the nation's best bowl winning percentage (.660) among the 65 schools which have made at least 10 bowl appearances and its 34 Rose Bowl appearances is an all-time best. USC players have been named first team All-American 17 times, with 8 consensus selections and 2 unanimous choices.
The Division of Cinema & Media Studies (CaMS) is the central hub for film theory at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The current Chair is Priya Jaikumar. Notable faculty members of the Cinema and Media Studies department include Todd Boyd and Drew Casper. Prior to his 2019 retirement, Casper was the 3rd-highest paid professor in the University ...
USC students and athletes are currently known as Trojans, epitomized by the Trojan Shrine, nicknamed "Tommy Trojan", near the center of campus. Until 1912, USC students (especially athletes) were known as Fighting Methodists or Wesleyans, though neither name was approved by the university.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering. / 34.02000°N 118.28889°W / 34.02000; -118.28889. The USC Viterbi School of Engineering (formerly the USC School of Engineering) is the engineering school of the University of Southern California. It was renamed following a $52 million donation by Andrew J. Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm.