The original Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center Located three miles (5 km) from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles (11 km) from the University Park campus, USC's Health Sciences campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research in the fields of ca

Video of Traveler horse statue at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
USC has an endowment of $3.7 billion and also is allocated $430 million per year in sponsored research. USC became the only university to receive eight separate nine-figure gifts:[16] $120 million from Ambassador Walter Annenberg to create the Annenberg Center for Communication and a later additional gift of $100 million for the USC Annenberg School for Communication; $112.5 million from Alfred Mann to establish the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering; $110 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine; $150 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine; $175 million from George Lucas to the USC School of Cinema-Television, now renamed USC School of Cinematic Arts, $200 million from Dana and David Dornsife for USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences to support undergraduate and Ph.D. programs and $110 million from John and Julie Mork for undergraduate scholarships.
These and other donations funded numerous new construction including:
The USC Medical Center
The Leavey Library
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion
The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
The International Residential College at Parkside
The USC Marshall School of Business's Popovich Hall
The Galen Center – home to USC Basketball and USC Volleyball
The USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex
The Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Trojan Plaza, and Steven and Kathryn Sample Hall
The John McKay Center, opened 2012 – a new $70 million, 110,000 square feet USC Football Complex, Plaza, and Gardens[17][18]
The Roger and Michele Dedeaux Engemann Student Health Center, opened 2013 - A new five-story, 101,000-square-foot student health center[19]
Major new facilities that are being developed or under construction include:
The Annenberg Building at USC - New Communications Building[20]
The University Village Shopping Center, Campus Offices, and Student Housing Redevelopment Project[21]
The University Park 2030 Master Plan[22]
The Uytengsu Aquatics Center[23]
The Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall - New Social Sciences Building[24]
The USC main campus is served by several Metro bus routes as well as LADOT DASH Route F.[25] In addition, the Metro Expo Line, a light-rail line began service in 2012. The Expo Line has three stations in the vicinity of the USC main campus: Jefferson/USC Station, Expo Park/USC Station, and Vermont/Expo Station.[26]
Health Sciences campus[edit]


The original Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Located three miles (5 km) from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles (11 km) from the University Park campus, USC's Health Sciences campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research in the fields of cancer, gene therapy, the neurosciences, and transplantation biology, among others. The 50-acre (20 ha) campus is home to the region's first and oldest medical and pharmacy schools, as well as acclaimed programs in physical therapy and occupational therapy (which are both ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report). As well, USC physicians serve more than one million patients each year.
In addition to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, which is one of the nation's largest teaching hospitals, the campus includes three patient care facilities: USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC University Hospital, and the USC Eye Institute. USC faculty staffs these and many other hospitals in Southern California, including the internationally acclaimed Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The health sciences campus is also home to several research buildings such as USC/Norris Cancer Research Tower, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower and Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research.
Former agricultural college campus[edit]
Chaffey College was founded in 1883 in the city of Ontario, California, as an agricultural college branch campus of USC under the name of Chaffey College of Agriculture of the University of Southern California. USC ran the Chaffey College of Agriculture until financial troubles closed the school in 1901. In 1906, the school was reopened by municipal and regional government and officially separated from USC. Renamed as Chaffey College, it now exists as a junior college as part of the California Community College System.
Organization and administration[edit]

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