USC Dedicates Korean Air Convergence Plaza Ahead of LA28 Games
Los Angeles – September 30, 2026 -- USC has dedicated a new Korean Air Convergence Plaza at the center of its University Park Campus engineering corridor, formalizing a partnership tied to Korean Air Chairman and CEO Walter Cho, an alumnus of USC's MBA Class of 2006.
USC names outdoor collaboration hub after Korean Air at campus dedication event
USC President Beong-Soo Kim and Walter Cho, who also serves as Chairman of Hanjin Group, led Tuesday's ceremony alongside USC Trustees and guests. The plaza sits at the junction of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School for Computing and Artificial Intelligence, bordered by three academic buildings: the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, the Ray R. Irani Hall for Molecular and Computational Biology, and the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.