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Students at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts filed a petition to remove Bryan Singer’s name from the Division of Cinema and Media Studies.

The petition, filed on Change.org on Monday, reads in part, “It is completely unacceptable that this prestigious department within our school still carries the name of Bryan Singer, a man accused multiple times of sexual harassment, assault, and pedophilia.”

It continues, “Despite Singer’s philanthropic work for SCA, having his name attached to a division of the School of Cinematic Arts gives the impression that we, both as an institution and as members of the entertainment industry, value his financial contributions over the safety, respect, and future of students. It sets a precedent of lenience for sexual criminals and further undermines the visibility and respect that victims of harassment and assault deserve.”

The petition applauded the university for rejecting a sizable donation from disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has been battling his own onslaught of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations since last month.

“We applaud USC and SCA for refusing Harvey Weinstein’s donation; however, this division name change is overdue, and it is a gross administrative error that it has been allowed to remain,” the petition states. “It is only consistent with our institutional morality to make this change.”

As of press time, the petition had garnered nearly 2,300 signatures. A rep for the USC School of Cinematic Arts told Page Six, “We are aware of the Change.org petition and appreciate the concerns of our students and alumni. We want to assure them that we are taking this matter very seriously and are monitoring the situation.”

Singer, 52, has never been charged with a crime or found civilly liable for any of the sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against him over the last two decades. However, accusations against the director have resurfaced in light of scandals involving Weinstein, James Toback and Kevin Spacey, most recently because of a tweet from actress Jessica Chastain.

In 2014, Michael Egan sued the “X-Men” director for allegedly sexually assaulting him in 1997 when Egan was 17 years old.

Egan later dropped the suit because he claimed he couldn’t find suitable counsel and contradicted his own claims in a 2003 deposition; a judge in the case reprimanded Egan for lying under oath. In December 2015, Egan was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud charges unrelated to his sexual abuse claims.

In May 2014, an unnamed British actor filed a lawsuit against Singer for similar sex assault claims, but dropped the suit that July.

In August 2014, Singer was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a Virginia man in a Manhattan hotel room a year earlier, leading to an NYPD investigation into the alleged incident. No charges were filed.

In 1997, Singer was named in a lawsuit by a 14-year-old who appeared in his film “Apt Pupil,” alleging that producers made the accuser and several other underage boys strip during the filming of a shower scene. The case was dismissed and the Los Angeles County DA found no evidence of any wrongdoing by Singer.

A representative for Singer did not immediately return a request for comment. An attorney for Singer also declined to comment.