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USC College Launches $400 Million Fundraising Initiative
August 1, 2005Inaugural USC College Dean's Medallions Awarded at the "Tradition & Innovation" Event August 2005 USC President Steven B. Sample, USC College Dean Joseph Aoun and USC trustee Patrick C. Haden formally launched Tradition… more>
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College Professors Blazing the Trail in Research: Three Receive International Honors
August 1, 2005A neuroscientist, a computational biologist and an organic chemist — all three professors in USC College — have won national and international honors for their outstanding research. University Professor Michael… more>
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Sharing Hope for Tsunami Victims
August 1, 2005USC Students Band Together By Pamela J. Johnson August 2005 “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul," Emily Dickinson wrote, "and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all.” At… more>
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USC News USC Expert in Asian Languages Dies
August 1, 2005Classical violinist and professor emeritus Laurence Thompson, who made a commitment to the study of Chinese religion, was the first director of the USC East Asian Studies Center. Laurence “Larry” G. Thompson, a… more>
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Nitrogen in the Air Feeds the Ocean
August 1, 2005A USC oceanographer's long-term study shows that the marine food chain depends in large part on atmospheric nitrogen. The finding also demonstrates the oceans’ massive absorption of greenhouse gas. By Carl… more>
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USC College Paleontologist in Scientific American
August 1, 2005David Bottjer writes about the discovery of rare fossils in China By Pamela J. Johnson August 2005 They were the width of a few hairs pressed together, but the microscopic fossils discovered in China were enormous in their… more>
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Star Service for Peace
July 1, 2005Actor and student America Ferrera on volunteering By Pamela J. Johnson July 2005 America Ferrera had been volunteering inside the Norwood Street Elementary School classroom for months before a third-grader timidly approached… more>
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Peace Games
July 1, 2005USC Joint Education Project Makes a Difference By Pamela J. Johnson July 2005 At the playground at Norwood Street Elementary School, three second-graders begin squabbling, each certain he is the rightful owner of a wildly… more>
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History 225g: Film, Power, and American History
July 1, 2005Historian and cinephile Steven Ross in the classroom By Katherine Yungmee Kim July 2005 “What are you willing to fight for? A roomful of 18-to-20-year-old students are asked to consider this question during this… more>
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Long unappreciated and ignored, brain’s glial cells get their due
June 1, 2005USC College neuroscientist’s studies reveal critical role of “support” cells in brain and nervous system—and provide a reason for hope in the battle against neurological disease and injury. By… more>
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