News Relating to: Gift > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

What’s in a name? Everything if the name is Dornsife.

April 24, 2011

On March 23, 2011, USC Board of Trustees Chair Edward P. Roski Jr., President C. L. Max Nikias and Dean Howard Gillman presided over a spectacular ceremony including a stage set representing the archetypal USC classical… more>

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Dana and David Dornsife (center), who received the University Medallion for their historic gift, celebrate with Howard Gillman (left), dean of the newly named USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias (right). Photo by Phil Channing.

Sharing a Transforming Moment

March 23, 2011

USC President C. L. Max Nikias held up two engraved, long golden chains — an honor presented to only one other person in USC’s 131-year-history. Slipping the heavy, shiny chains over the heads of Dana and David… more>

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Historic Gift

March 9, 2011

Visit college.usc.edu/dornsife for the full story. The University of Southern California has received $200 million—the largest single gift in its history—from longtime supporters and international philanthropists… more>

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Keary Colbert is a graduate assistant coach for the USC Trojans football team and a spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's "Be Great" campaign. Photo credit Carlos Puma.

Pass It Forward

November 10, 2010

Keary Colbert's left forearm bears an "SC" tattoo, his right shirt sleeve, the clasped hands logo of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He is a man who takes pride in his history and his alliances. But for the USC College… more>

categories: graduate

tags: boys & girls clubs of america, community, football, gift, sociology, usc college magazine, usc trojans

Representatives from Farhang Foundation and USC College gather to commemorate the launch of the Iranian Studies Initiative. From left: Bita Milanian, executive director, Farhang Foundation; Haleh Emrani, Iranian Studies Council; Ali Razi, chairman of the board, Farhang Foundation; Howard Gillman, dean of USC College; Ahmad Gramian, trustee, Farhang Foundation; David Newman, attorney, Farhang Foundation. Photo credit Jie Gu.

Farhang Foundation Sponsors First-Ever Iranian Studies Initiative at the University of Southern California

November 1, 2010

Farhang Foundation and the University of Southern California (USC) announced today the launch of an Iranian Studies Initiative at the university. This initiative will, for the first time ever, offer USC students Persian… more>

categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research

tags: culture, gift, humanities, iranian culture, iranian studies, language, persian language, program