USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy

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USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy
USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy Logo.jpg
Other name
USC Iovine and Young, The Academy, IYA
Motto in English
The Degree is in Disruption[1]
Established2013
Parent institution
University of Southern California
DeanThanassis Rikakis[2]
Undergraduates114[3]
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
Websiteiovine-young.usc.edu

The USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy (also known as USC Iovine and Young Academy, the Academy, or IYA) is located at the University of Southern California in the United States. The Academy is the university’s 20th professional school.[4]

The Iovine and Young Academy is highly competitive and admits a small cohort of students each year.[5] The program seeks to empower the next generation of thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs through a uniquely integrated curriculum focused on the intersection of arts and design; technology; venture management; and communication.[6][7] The school's four-year cohort experience involves one-on-one faculty mentoring, industry and impact labs, and interactive learning.[8] Academy startups have raised more than $120 million in funding and acquisition payouts to date.[9]

History[]

The Academy was founded in 2013 following a $70 million donation by entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Andre (Dr. Dre) Young.[10] The idea for the program came to Mr. Iovine and Dr. Dre not long after creating the Beats company, when they found themselves with a problem familiar to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: the rapidly depleting reservoir of potential employees, including software engineers and marketing savants.[11]

Erica Muhl served as the Academy's founding dean from 2013 to 2021.[12] On July 8, 2021, it was announced that Thanassis Rikakis, a professor of bioengineering at Virginia Tech, would be joining the Academy as its second dean. His tenure began August 23, 2021.[13]

The Academy offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation. [14] In 2017, the Academy launched a new online professional master's degree program in Integrated Design, Business and Technology.[15]

Iovine and Young Hall[]

Iovine and Young Hall
Iovine and Young Hall

Iovine and Young Hall opened on October 2, 2019. It is a three-story, 40,000-square-foot building designed "for instruction, design and fabrication, conversation and collaboration, and chance meetings that spark inspiration."[16] The school houses a fabrication lab for metal, wood, plastics, and electronics; a multimedia lab for motion capture, photo, video, and audio; an adaptive studio/lecture classrooms; an alumni incubator for Academy student-founded companies; and a podcast booth.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Trojans celebrate official opening of Iovine and Young Hall".
  2. ^ "Thanassis Rikakis, educational innovator, named dean of USC Iovine and Young Academyurl=https://news.usc.edu/188354/thanassis-rikakis-new-dean-usc-iovine-young-academy/". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Iovine and Young Demographics 2018-19".
  4. ^ "USC Unveils Iovine and Young Hall: The House That Jimmy and Dre Built". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ^ California, The University of Southern. "The Learning Experience". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  6. ^ California, The University of Southern. "The Academy". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ^ Zinshteyn, Mikhail (2016-10-12). "The Existential Question of Higher Education". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  8. ^ Danton, Eric R. (2013-05-15). "Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Give $70 Million to USC for Arts Academy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  9. ^ Spencer Steuart. "USC Iovine and Young Academy Dean Search" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Danton, Eric R. (2013-05-15). "Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Give $70 Million to USC for Arts Academy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  11. ^ Wortham, Jenna (2013-05-15). "Two Musical Minds Seek a Different Kind of Mogul". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  12. ^ Halperin, Shirley (2019-10-02). "Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre Attend Ribbon Cutting for USC Hall in Their Name". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  13. ^ "Introducing Thanassis Rikakis as Dean of the USC Iovine and Young Academy". USC. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  14. ^ California, The University of Southern. "USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  15. ^ California, The University of Southern. "USC Iovine and Young Academy Launches New Online Master of Science". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  16. ^ "University of Southern California Iovine Young Academy – Frederick Fisher and Partners". Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  17. ^ California, The University of Southern. "Iovine and Young Hall". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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