It marks the halfway point in construction of the $700 million residential-retail project, on track to open in fall 2017.

University keeps up pace of support alongside leaders Stanford and Harvard.

The Coliseum, which USC manages, could be temporary home for two pro teams. “It’s such a great stadium to play in,” said Dan Stimmler, the USC official who runs the Coliseum. “It is known and built for football, and it hosts football very, very well.”

Experience in varied branches of social work gives Trojan the chance to help military veterans and launch a doctorate program.

USC Davis competition puts principles of Universal Design to work on everyday items and locations.

Also in the plan: Housing athletes at UCLA. The International Olympic Committee will select between LA, Paris, Rome and Budapest, Hungary, next year.

The USC Gould School of Law’s First Generation Professionals Program has 37 students from a variety? of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. “It's a way of establishing community,” says the school’s Camille Gear Rich.

“What about set design, sound editing and art direction, for instance?” asks Todd Boyd of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. “These areas are more emblematic of the industry as a whole.”

The three-year program, intended to help introduce USC School of Cinematic Arts’ students to the new medium, is among the week’s LA tech highlights.