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The
University of Southern California
(also called
USC
,
[a]
SC
, and
Southern California
) is a
private
, research university in the
Exposition Park
neighborhood in
Los Angeles, California
,
USA
. USC was founded in 1880, and it is California's oldest private research university.
[
source?
]
USC has 16,384 undergraduate and 17,024 graduate students and gave 4,676 bachelor's and 5,380 advanced degrees in 2007. USC students come from all 50 states in the United States as well as over 115 countries.
[1]
- Anna Shay
, socialite and television personality
USC employed 3,127 full-time faculty, 1,363 part-time faculty, and about 8,200 staff members in 2007. The university has a "very high" level of research activity, and it got $484.6 million in sponsored research in 2007.
[2]
The
Integrated Media Systems Center
and the
Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems
are at USC.
USC has 19 sports teams that compete in the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
's
Division I-A
Pacific-10 Conference
. Their nickname is the Trojans. The Trojans have won 89 NCAA team championships,
[3]
third in the nation (behind
UCLA
and
Stanford
), and 347 Individual NCAA Championships, second in the nation. 362 Trojan athletes have been in the
Olympic games
winning 112 gold, 66 silver, and 58 bronze medals. Their basketball team plays in the
Galen Center
and is coached by
Kevin O'Neill
. Their football team plays in the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
and is coached by
Lane Kiffin
. The football team has won several national championships and 23
Rose Bowls
, a game played between two of the top football teams in the country. In sports, USC has a strong
rivalry
with
UCLA
, the other big school in Los Angeles, in all sports and a strong rivalry with
Notre Dame
in football.
- Neil Armstrong
(1960s and 1970, graduate studies) (M.S. Aerospace Engineering) ? astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon, NASA
X-15
pilot
[4]
[5]
- Charles A. Bassett, II
(1960s, graduate studies) ? Air Force test pilot, was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 but died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight
[6]
- Karol J. Bobko
(1970, M.S. Aerospace Engineering) ? engineer, Air Force officer and USAF and NASA astronaut
[7]
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
(1977, M.S. Systems Management) ?
Space Shuttle
commander;
Administrator of NASA
[8]
- Gerald P. Carr
(1954, B.S. Mechanical Engineering) ? colonel in the Marine Corps and NASA astronaut
[9]
- Nancy J. Currie
(1985, M.S. Systems Management) ? engineer, Army officer and NASA astronaut
[10]
- William H. Dana
(1958, M.S. Aerospace Engineering) ? NASA test pilot and astronaut
[11]
- Brian Duffy
(1981, M.S. Systems Management) ? U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut
[12]
- Henry C. Gordon
(1966, M.B.A.) ? X-20 Dyna-Soar astronaut and a colonel in the Air Force
[13]
- Nathan J. Lindsay
(1976, M.S. Systems Management) ? major general in the Air Force
[14]
- Jerry M. Linenger
(1988, M.S. Systems Management) ? captain in the Navy Medical Corps, and NASA astronaut
[15]
- James A. Lovell
(1961, Aviation Safety School) ? NASA astronaut and captain in the Navy, most famous as commander of Apollo 13 mission
[16]
- Carlos I. Noriega
(1981, B.S. Computer Science) ? NASA astronaut and Marine Corps lieutenant colonel
[17]
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr.
(1984, M.S. Systems Management) ? NASA astronaut
[18]
- Walter M. Schirra
(1969, Honorary Doctorate in Science) ? test pilot, Navy officer, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury
[19]
- Pierre J. Thuot
(1985, M.S. Systems Management) ? Navy captain and NASA astronaut
[20]
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"Campus Ethnic Diversity: National Universities"
. U.S.News & World Report: America's Best Colleges 2008
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2008-06-13
.
- ↑
"Institutions: University of California"
. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
. Retrieved
2008-09-18
.
- ↑
"NCAA Sports History Website"
. Archived from
the original
on 2008-04-19
. Retrieved
2006-12-05
.
- ↑
"USC Fact Book, Did You Know?"
. USC. Archived from
the original
on April 23, 2010
. Retrieved
November 23,
2009
.
- ↑
"Neil Armstrong"
. 2013 University of Southern California Daily Trojan. 25 August 2012
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Charles A. Bassett, II"
. Arlington National Cemetery. Archived from
the original
on November 3, 2013
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Karol J. Bobko"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Charles F. Bolden, Jr"
.
The Washington Post
. July 26, 2012. Archived from
the original
on March 23, 2014
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Gerald P. Carr"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Nancy J. Currie"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Bill Dana"
. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from
the original
on March 30, 2002
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Brian Duffy"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Biographies of U.S. Astronauts"
. Spacefacts
. Retrieved
December 5,
2016
.
- ↑
"Nathan J. Lindsay"
. United States Air Force
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Jerry M. Linenger"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"James A. Lovell"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Carlos I. Noriega"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Walter M. Schirra"
. 1995?2013 ALLSTAR Network. Archived from
the original
on November 3, 2013
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
- ↑
"Pierre J. Thuot"
. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
. Retrieved
November 1,
2013
.
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