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USC And Unity Technologies Launch Online Game Design Course

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The University of Southern California and 3D game development engine developer Unity Technologies are launching a brand new, online game design course , aimed at both students and "lifelong learners", to help them design and publish their own original games, the two announced on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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USC Games Launches New Endowment To Support, Black, Indigenous Students

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USC Games, the program at the University of Southern California focused on teaching students how to create videogames and to enter the videogame industry, says it has launched a new endowment, the Gerald A. Lawson Endowment Fund, which will support Back and Indigenous students in game design and engineering. Lawson died in 2011.

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USC Marshall Combines MBA, STEM

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The University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business is hoping to make its MBA students more attractive to the marketplace--and help its international students--by adding a new "STEM specialization" option for its full time MBA students, the company announced on Wednesday. Department of Homeland Security. READ MORE>>.

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Qulab Applies Artificial Intelligence To Drug Design

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Los Angeles-based Qulab , a biopharmaceuticals startup developing artifical intelligence software aimed at small molecule drug design, said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, Quleap. He also attended USC's Viterbi School of Engineering as a Ph.D.

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A Glimpse Into the Future of Tech at USC

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GLIMPSE, a digital technology showcase featuring cutting-edge research from across the university, was held at The University of Southern California (USC) in January, to do exactly that--help bring the research conducted at the school to light. Attendees watched presentations from a number of USC schools and centers. READ MORE>>.

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Zynga Funds Effort At USC To Support Diversity In Video Game Industry

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According to Zynga, it has provided a "substantial gift" to USC's School of Cinematic ARts' Interactive Media & Games Division, to support diversity, inclusive game production, and the creation of "innovative social mobile gameplay."

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USC Stevens Gives $498,700 To Six Projects

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In a bid to spur more startups out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday that it has awarded $498,700 to six research projects. USC's effort, the Ideas Empowered Program, is funded by James C.

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