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Higginbotham Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 29, 2011James Higginbotham, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies. The USC Dornsife… more>
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Taking Action in California's Future
April 29, 2011Want to do something positive for California? This Fall, USC students can take a course that asks this question, then gives them the tools to help bring the Golden State back to prosperity. The class,… more>
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Drumming Up Winners
April 29, 2011It was the sound of women’s hands pounding on makeshift drums — pum-pum-pum-pum — from overturned washing basins that first caught Jordan Vieira’s attention. Back home in California he began exploring… more>
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Peeling off the Layers
April 27, 2011For the first time, an active delamination of continental lithosphere has been found beneath the Colorado Plateau. Meghan Miller, assistant professor of earth sciences in USC Dornsife, and her team’s discovery is… more>
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A Soul Divided
April 25, 2011In an excerpt from her poem “Twin Cities II,” Carol Muske-Dukes writes: A single Mind, forever unable to refuse its overstatement: bloodOn snow, the gnawed bars of the trap, crack after crack In the courthouse… more>
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USC Dornsife at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
April 25, 2011The 2011 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books comes to the USC campus on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. Join faculty from USC Dana and… more>
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April 24, 2011
What’s in a name? Everything if the name is Dornsife.
On March 23, 2011, USC Board of Trustees Chair Edward P. Roski Jr., President C. L. Max Nikias and Dean Howard Gillman presided over a spectacular ceremony including a stage set representing the archetypal USC classical… more>
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In Love, Will Travel
April 24, 2011Jennifer McCard and Alex Peterson’s white stucco house is built into a red-earthen hillside. In the front yard, a swimming pool filled in with soil functions as a garden where they grow carrots, peas and… more>
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Global Alliances
April 24, 2011In corporate boardrooms and presidential state rooms lined with flags, Joe Cerrell confers with the world’s most powerful leaders. As director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s new Europe office,… more>
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The Road Much Traveled
April 24, 2011When I graduated from USC in May 2001, my professors wished me luck as I embarked on a career with The Associated Press. They had prepared me for the crush of deadlines and the art of interacting with my editors. They had… more>
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