From Parking Lot to Dining Spot
The 18,000-square-foot facility will be located on what is now parking lot K2 on Downey Way between Watt Way and McClintock Avenue.
Demolition of the Commons building and Topping Student Center will begin the week of May 19, right after Commencement. The new Ronald Tutor Campus Center, a pair of four-story structures, will rise on the site. The new center will include many dining options, including cafes and a full-service restaurant.
The temporary pavilion could be completed as early as the end of July, said Scott Shuttleworth, director of Trojan Hospitality. It will include the amenities and services offered at the current Commons, including varied dining options and a convenience store. Seating accommodations will include 440 seats inside and 140 seats outdoors.
Some of the Commons’ current food vendors will continue at the pavilion, to be joined by other “exciting new concepts,” Shuttleworth said. The vendors, whose names will be released shortly, represent offerings of Italian, Mexican and Asian food as well as burgers, sandwiches, yogurt and coffee.
“We are confident that our students, their parents, alumni and guests will see this interim dining pavilion as a wonderful addition to campus life,” Shuttleworth said. “This temporary dining facility will rival that of many permanent dining facilities at universities across the country.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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