USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy

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 and newest professional school.[4]

USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy
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 Iovine and Young Academy aims to enroll 25 students each year.[5] The program seeks to empower the next generation of thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs through 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 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, the dean of the USC Roski School of Art and Design, was selected to be the inaugural dean of the Iovine and Young Academy.[12]

Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Iovine and Young Academy opened to students offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation as well as a Master of Science in Product Innovation (with progressive degree option).[13] In 2017, the Academy launched a new online professional master's degree program in Integrated Design, Business and Technology.[14]

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."[15] 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.[16]

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/". 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 Academy Experience". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  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).
  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. California, The University of Southern. "USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  14. California, The University of Southern. "USC Iovine and Young Academy Launches New Online Master of Science". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  15. "University of Southern California Iovine Young Academy – Frederick Fisher and Partners". Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  16. California, The University of Southern. "Iovine and Young Hall". iovine-young.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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