University of Southern California
Private university in Los Angeles
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| May 2024 | USC cancelled their main commencement ceremony due to safety concerns related to the ongoing protests. |
| May 5 2024 | The USC student protest encampment was cleared by the Los Angeles Police Department in the morning. |
| April 24 2024 | A pro-Palestinian student protest began in Alumni Park, leading to campus-wide closure and the arrest of 93 protesters. |
| April 24 2024 | Heisman Trust announced the return of Bush's Heisman Trophy, citing changes in college football landscape. USC also restored Bush's banner and retired his number. |
| April 24 2024 | Pro-Palestinian student occupation protest began at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California, as part of broader campus protests demanding divestment from Israel. |
| August 23 2023 | Bush filed a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging damage to his reputation. |
| August 14 2023 | Attorneys representing USC and Bush submitted a petition to the NCAA Committee on Infractions to review their 2010 case. |
| April 2023 | Billboards appeared in the Los Angeles area demanding the return of Bush's Heisman Trophy. |
| March 2023 | USC announced the opening of a new Capital Campus in Washington, D.C., purchasing a seven-story building in the Dupont Circle neighborhood to house classrooms, research offices, and other facilities. |
| February 2023 | USC Graduate Student Workers voted 93% to unionize with the United Auto Workers, becoming the first academic worker union at a private university in Los Angeles. |
| July 2022 | The university acquired the 348-bed Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, California, renaming it USC Arcadia Hospital. The full-service community hospital offers advanced cardiovascular services, emergency care, and multiple medical specialties. |
| June 30 2022 | Announced switching conferences from Pac-12 to Big Ten, to be effective August 2, 2024, along with UCLA. |
| February 2022 | Demolition of Fluor Tower began as part of the second phase of USC Village construction. |
| July 2021 | Todd McNair and the NCAA settled the lawsuit through mediation, with the financial terms of the settlement remaining undisclosed. |
| July 2 2021 | Heisman Trust issued a statement saying the award would be returned to Bush if the NCAA reinstated his 2005 status at USC. |
| June 30 2021 | NCAA ruled to allow players to make money from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). |
| 2020 | At the VerdeXchange conference, President Carol Folt outlined sustainability goals including carbon neutrality by 2028 and increased zero-emissions vehicle usage. |
| 2020 | Fluor Tower became vacant, marking the end of its active residential use. |
| June 9 2020 | USC announced they would end their disassociation with Reggie Bush after the conclusion of the NCAA's 10-year mandated span. |
| March 25 2020 | USC reached an $852 million settlement with 710 women suing the university over sexual abuse, the largest such settlement against any university. |
| 2019 | Completion of the USC Village project, which added 1.25 million square feet of retail and residential space, expanding the university's usable building space by 20%. |
| October 2019 | USC begins subsidizing half of public transit costs for all University employees, enhancing transportation accessibility for staff. |
| July 1 2019 | Carol Folt became president of USC, succeeding interim president Wanda Austin, who was previously a Board of Trustee member. |
| March 12 2019 | Three coaches and one athletic director were charged with accepting bribes to fraudulently facilitate student admissions to USC as part of the college admissions bribery scandal. |
| 2018 | C. L. Max Nikias resigned as president of the University of Southern California. |
| August 17 2018 | Carmen A. Puliafito's medical license was revoked by the State of California. |
| August 8 2018 | Wanda Austin becomes interim president, serving from August 8, 2018 to June 30, 2019. |
| 2017 | Provost approved initial funding for the 2020 masterplan, supporting waste diversion, water conservation, and procurement initiatives. |
| August 17 2017 | Grand opening of USC Village, a $700 million development featuring student housing for 2,700 students, retail spaces including Trader Joe's and Target, a fitness center, restaurants, and outdoor dining areas. |
| 2016 | LA Memorial Coliseum became the first collegiate football venue to achieve zero waste status. |
| February 2016 | USC became home to the world's most powerful quantum computer at the USC Information Sciences Institute. |
| 2015 | Sustainability Steering Committee launched the Sustainability 2020 master plan, setting comprehensive goals for environmental improvements across campus, including waste diversion, water conservation, and emissions reduction. |
| 2015 | USC established Bovard College, offering graduate-level programs in Human Resource Management, Project Management, and Criminal Justice. |
| 2015 | University opened the Kaufman School of Dance. |
| 2015 | The historic portion of the main campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| February 2015 | California appellate court ruled that the NCAA cannot seal the approximately 400 pages of material related to McNair's defamation lawsuit, leaving open the possibility of further legal action. |
| 2014 | Solar panels were installed to power the Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island. |
| September 2014 | Construction began on USC Village, a massive 1.25-million-square-foot residential and retail center adjacent to the University Park campus. |
| May 1 2014 | USC was named as one of many higher-education institutions under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights for potential Title IX violations. |
| 2013 | University opened the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy after a $70 million donation from Beats Electronics founders. |
| July 2013 | USC expanded its medical services by acquiring the 185-bed Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, California, with plans to invest at least $30 million in capital improvements. The hospital was officially renamed USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. |
| 2012 | University began exploring options for redeveloping the 'University Village' shopping area and Cardinal Gardens apartments, initiating plans for a major campus expansion project. |
| 2012 | USC established the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, the university's first new school in forty years. |
| December 19 2012 | The NCAA requested and was granted a stay of Judge Shaller's order to unseal investigation files, keeping the documents sealed pending appeal. |
| November 21 2012 | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Frederick Shaller ruled that the NCAA was 'malicious' in its investigation of McNair, highlighting problematic e-mails that showed bias against McNair. |
| 2011 | USC began a major fundraising campaign under President C.L. Nikias that would continue until 2019, focused on constructing new campus buildings. |
| June 2011 | Todd McNair filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, claiming the investigation was one-sided and damaged his future earnings potential due to the report on the USC athletics scandal. |
| March 23 2011 | USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences was renamed the USC Dana and David Dornsife College after receiving a $200 million gift. |
| 2010 | USCI was asked by the U.S. government to manage recruitment, selection, training, and supervision of students for the USA Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. |
| August 3 2010 | C. L. Max Nikias assumes the presidency, leading USC from August 3, 2010 to August 7, 2018. |
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