Commission grants USC control of Coliseum
Following eight months of negotiations, USC has obtained day-to-day control of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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USC Trustee Kenneth Leventhal dies at 90
Kenneth Leventhal, a USC life trustee and namesake of the USC Elaine and Kenneth Leventhal School of Accounting, died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 90. Though Leventhal graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration and accounting from UCLA, he dedicated much of his professional life to USC. After becoming a certified […]
Steve A. Kay to be new dean of USC Dornsife
Steve A. Kay, a biology professor from UC San Diego, was appointed the 21st Dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on Tuesday. Kay will also hold the Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair. The selection was announced in a letter sent electronically to Dornsife faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters. The letter […]
Young local business owner Caine Monroy shares story with Marshall class
With these words, professor David Belasco of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies introduced Caine Monroy, the youngest speaker the center has ever hosted for his Wednesday night class, Entrepreneurial Mindset: Taking the Leap. Nine-year-old Monroy stars in a video by filmmaker Nirvan Mullick that features his homemade cardboard box arcade in the auto parts and salvage yard owned […]
Officers involved in shooting near 30th and Figueroa streets
A DPS-involved shooting occurred on West 30th Street near the intersection of Shrine Place after officers confronted a robbery suspect on Wednesday at 12:40 a.m., according to Dept. of Public Safety Capt. David Carlisle. [Update 3:11 a.m.] Two male and two female students were walking westbound on 28th Street from Figueroa Street when a black male suspect […]
City offers $75,000 reward
The City of Los Angeles is offering a $75,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the shooter of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, two Viterbi School of Engineering graduate students fatally shot early Wednesday morning. Councilmember Bernard C. Parks introduced the reward motion to the city council in this morning’s […]
Victims’ families will travel to Los Angeles
The families of two international graduate students who were fatally shot have been granted visas to travel from China to the United States, said Michael Jackson, vice president for student affairs. Jackson said the parents and some extended family members of both victims should arrive within the next several days. The director of the Viterbi […]
LAPD, university hold press conference to announce reward, encourage public help
The Los Angeles Police Department and the university held a press conference Friday afternoon to encourage public help in finding the people responsible for the death of two graduate students shot dead early Wednesday morning. Viterbi School of Engineering graduate students Ming Qu and Ying Wu were fatally shot early Wednesday morning while sitting in Qu’s car […]
USC offers $125,000 reward
The Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday that USC will offer a $125,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of those found guilty of the murder of two USC graduate students. Ying Wu and Ming Qu, second-year electrical engineering graduate students, were fatally shot Wednesday morning. LAPD will hold a press conference Friday […]
Detectives continue searching for clues, leads in double homicide
Detectives found no signs of struggle at the scene where Ming Qu and Ying Wu were shot and killed early Wednesday morning, LAPD Supervising Detective Sal LaBarbera said. LaBarbera said Qu got out of the vehicle to seek help after he and Wu were shot. Officers found Qu collapsed on the front porch of Wu’s […]