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  2. University of Southern California - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. History of the University of Southern California - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. USC Trojans - Wikipedia

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    The USC Trojans football program started in 1888 and has amassed an all-time win–loss record of 793–313–54, giving the program a .707 winning percentage. A December 1998 SPORT magazine ranking listed USC as the No. 4 all-time college football program of the 20th century. In 2009 ESPN ranked USC the second best program in college football ...

  5. University of Southern California academics - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. USC Trojans football - Wikipedia

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    By 2000, some observers surmised that USC football's days of national dominance were fading; the football team's record of 37–35 from 1996 to 2001 was their second-worst over any five-year span in history (only the mark of 29–29–2 from 1956 to 1961 was worse), and the period marked the first and only time USC had been out of the final top ...

  7. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia

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    USC's Vice President of Auxiliary Services is the Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and Coliseum employees are employees of the university. [13] [22] Until 2013, USC had a series of mostly one and two year agreements with the Coliseum Commission – which up to that time had been directly operating the stadium.

  8. List of University of Southern California people - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  9. List of USC Trojans head football coaches - Wikipedia

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    The USC Trojans college football team represents the University of Southern California (USC) in the Big Ten Conference. The Trojans compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 26 head coaches and three interim head coaches since it began play during the 1888 season. [1]