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Aiming to eliminate a budget deficit that ballooned to more than $200 million, USC began widespread layoffs in July.

USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said that the job cuts are nearly complete.

The University of Southern California has issued layoff notices to more than 900 employees since July amid a fiscal crisis that has battered morale and strained resources.

The cuts, detailed in a Monday letter to the USC community by interim President Beong-Soo Kim, are central to an effort to erase a budget deficit that ballooned to more than $200 million . The layoffs have included employees across the university and its health system, including student academic advisers.

But Kim,

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