Mark and Mary Stevens give $200M for AI research across USC
Mark and Mary Stevens give $200M for AI research across USC
https://today.usc.edu/mark-and-mary-stevens-give-200-million-to-power-ai-research-across-usc/
Publish Date: 2026-05-05 12:07:00
Source Domain: today.usc.edu
- USC Trustee Mark Stevens, renowned for early investments in transformative companies like Google and YouTube, and his wife Mary, have made a $200 million landmark investment in USC to advance AI-powered research and creativity.
- This investment has led to the renaming of the USC School of Advanced Computing to the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence.
- The Stevens’ donation will enable interdisciplinary research and education across the university, fostering innovation and breakthroughs.
- The interdisciplinary model of the school is facilitating initiatives such as USC’s Artificial Intelligence for Business degree program, the Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing, and the USC Center for AI in Society.
- USC has a long history of leadership in computing, and the Stevens School builds on that with numerous AI- and computing-related majors, minors, and graduate programs.
- The Stevens’ substantial contributions have previously supported other significant initiatives at USC, including the Stevens Center for Innovation, the Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, and the Stevens Center for Orthobiologics.
