USC receives $15M to study genocide, engineering

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The co-founder of Qualcomm and his wife have donated $15 million to the University of Southern California to support research into the Holocaust and to fund engineering school professorships.

USC announced the gift Wednesday from Andrew and Erna Viterbi. The San Diego couple made the donation through the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.

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