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The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, [11] [12] and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students.
The USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the oldest and largest of the USC schools, grants undergraduate degrees in more than 130 majors and minors in the humanities, social sciences, and natural/physical sciences, and offers doctoral and masters programs in over 20 fields. [3] USC College is responsible for the ...
The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building. The University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert M. Widney, who helped secure donations from several key figures in early Los Angeles history—a Protestant nurseryman, Ozro Childs; an Irish Catholic former governor, John Gately Downey; and a German Jewish banker, Isaias W. Hellman.
The University of South Carolina's history can be described in four distinct phases: a firebrand college (1801–1862), constant reorganization (1865–1891), college to university (1891–1944) and the state's university (1944–present).
ONE Archives is located near the University Park Campus at 909 West Adams Boulevard. The first true library was housed in the College of Liberal Arts Building ("Old College"), which was built in 1884, and designed to hold the entire USC student body—55 students. Two wings were added to the original building in 1905.
Gretchen Sibley (A. M. 1946) – zoologist, founder of the docent program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, first executive director of the California State Science Fair [38] Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) – discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure [ citation needed ]
Alex Molinaroli, a 1983 graduate of the University of South Carolina, donated $30 million to his alma mater. The College of Engineering and Computing was named after his family on June 6, 2024.
The USC Rossier School of Education is one of the graduate schools of the University of Southern California.Rossier offers six master's degree programs, a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership (Ed.D.) degree, a Global Executive Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and a Ph.D. in Urban Education Policy. [2]