USC hosted its 2013 Global Conference in Seoul, South Korea on May 23-25 and by all accounts is was a total success.  USC President C.L. Max Nikias opened the event with an inspiring State-of-the-University speech, where he outlined the University's inexorable march to prominence over the last several years in several areas including student development, faculty hiring, sports, and fundraising.  Following President Nikias' presentation, Provost Elizabeth Garrett introduced Governor and USC Downey Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger,...

After hosting a bipartisan forum on climate change earlier this month, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute turned to the importance of immigration reform Tuesday morning and partnered with the USC Price School to produce a forum on the historic opportunity to pass comprehensive immigration legislation. Held at Town and Gown on the campus of the University of Southern California for a full auditorium and broadcast via live stream online, the event brought together some of immigration reform’s most prominent advocates to discuss the...