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USC President Folt receives honorary degree during first official visit abroad
University Folt’s schedule included meeting with the largest USC alumni population in Europe and receiving a degree from King’s College of London. Honorees and King’s College London representatives: (front row, from left) Carol L. Folt, Flora Fraser, Sania Nishtar and Rita Giacaman; (back row, from left) Lord Christopher Geidt, John Ralston Saul, Lawrence Tabak, Prince Zeid ibn Ra’ad Al Hussein and Ed Byrne.
USC delegation meets with lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
USC interim President Wanda M. Austin and provost Michael Quick led a delegation of trustees and administrators to Washington, D.C., last week to advocate for a host of key national priorities that directly impact the university’s faculty, researchers and students.
USC President Austin leads Sacramento delegation to support Cal Grants
Policy/LawUniversity The delegation, which included trustees and senior administrators, met with lawmakers and also celebrated the USC Price School’s 90th anniversary Wanda Austin and other members of USC leadership met with lawmakers in Sacramento. (USC Photo/Eric Abelev) USC interim President Wanda M.
Abelev: In the Huawei case, Trump has enlisted Trudeau in a game Canada can't win
Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is at the centre of a judicial and diplomatic storm. Huawei via AP U.S. President Donald Trump’s relationship with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ebbed and flowed.
USC ranks No. 17 nationally in Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey
USC ranks No. 17 nationally in the newly released Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey of nearly 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities. Among all California institutions — public and private — only USC, Caltech and Stanford University ranked within the top 20. Of 145 universities surveyed in the western U.S., USC ranks No. 3.
Nikias leads USC delegation to D.C. for meetings with lawmakers
Led by President C. L. Max Nikias, a delegation of 13 USC trustees and university administrators went to Washington, D.C., this week for the university’s annual visit to the nation’s capital. The visit kicked off Tuesday evening with a reception hosted by Nikias and his wife, Niki C. Nikias, for 500 alumni, parents and special guests including friends of the university and elected officials.
Nikias leads delegation of trustees and administrators to nation’s capital
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. The group started its morning at a briefing session at the offices of The Washington Post, hosted by USC Trustee and Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan.
USC delegation puts Cal Grants in focus in Sacramento
USC President C. L. Max Nikias led a delegation of trustees and senior administrators to meet with lawmakers March 8 at the State Capitol in Sacramento. USC delegates visited state Attorney General Xavier Becerra as well as legislators including state Sens. Kevin De Leon, Ed Hernandez, Ricardo Lara and Holly Mitchell and Assembly Members Kevin McCarty and Phil Ting. Nikias also hosted lunch for a number of lawmakers to discuss key issues facing USC and its students.
USC broadens bonds with Mexico through visiting artist and scholar residency program
USC will host visiting artists and scholars from Mexico for one week or longer every year, with the first expected next year, under an agreement signed Thursday. Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles Carlos Garcia de Alba and USC Vice President for Strategic and Global Initiatives Anthony Bailey signed the pact for the university to partner with the government of Mexico’s Cátedra México initiative.
Mexican delegation visits USC to discuss cooperative programs
USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Anthony Bailey, vice president for strategic and global initiatives, hosted a senior delegation of officials from Mexico on campus yesterday to discuss USC’s growing relationship with the country. Led by Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs, Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, the group also included Paulo Carreño King, undersecretary for North America and Carlos García de Alba, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles.
Financial aid for low-income students tops USC agenda in Washington
WASHINGTON — USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Provost Michael Quick led a delegation of trustees and senior administrators to Washington, D.C., where they addressed several higher education priorities with a bipartisan group of legislators on Capitol Hill. Topping the agenda was financial aid for low-income students. USC, which maintains a “needs-blind” admission policy, enrolls more low-income undergraduate students than any other highly selective, private university in the country.
LA County supervisors honor USC President Nikias for university’s achievements
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors honored USC President C. L. Max Nikias today with a presentation of a scroll commemorating USC’s most noteworthy accomplishments during the first five years of his administration. Scrolls are awarded to outstanding citizens of Los Angeles County in recognition of their significant contributions to the county.
USC President Nikias honored for university’s diversity efforts
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 and Computer Engineering student body and among ECE faculty.
Nikias, Visions and Voices event introduce students to reimagined Antigone
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. L. Max Nikias joined the cast and director Robertson Dean to discuss some of the play’s timeless themes and take questions from students.
Nikias talks tech with Silicon Beach executives
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.
Nikias forging closer ties with Japan and the Pacific Rim
USC President C. L. Max Nikias returned from Japan this week, after chairing the 19th annual president’s meeting of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), hosted by Osaka University. Nikias was elected chair of APRU in 2014. Established in 1997 by the presidents of the USC, UCLA, California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, APRU today connects 45 premier Pacific Rim research universities.
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