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Lucky Thirteen
November 30, 2012Chosen by their peers in recognition of their research that significantly raises the bar of our understanding of science worldwide, an unprecedented 13 scientists from USC Dornsife have been elected fellows of the 2012… more>
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Mutant Cells Dig in Their Heels
November 20, 2012Certain mutated cells keep trying to replicate their DNA — with disastrous results — even after medications rob them of the raw materials to do so, according to new research from USC. New imaging techniques… more>
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L.A. Has a Heart
November 20, 2012Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72 suburbs in search of a city.” But USC Dornsife alumnus Samuel Krueger’s research shows that the City of Angels actually does have a focal… more>
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USC Dornsife Senior Named 2013 Marshall Scholar
November 20, 2012USC Dornsife political science major Alexander Fullman has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors an American undergraduate can receive. He is planning to attend the University of Oxford next Fall… more>
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Oceanographer Makes Waves
November 16, 2012Katrina Edwards, professor of biological sciences, earth sciences and environmental studies in USC Dornsife, has been awarded the 2012 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science. She is the third woman to receive… more>
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Planet Without Apes?
November 16, 2012Great apes could face extinction within our lifetime, biologist Craig Stanford of USC Dornsife warns in his new book Planet Without Apes (Harvard University Press). The four species of great apes — chimpanzees,… more>
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November 14, 2012
Augmented Reality Debuts
The Fall 2012/Winter 2013 edition of the USC Dornsife Magazine hits mailboxes this week. While reading stories, you can now view videos, listen to music, watch slideshows — you’ll even find a recipe. How? Flip… more>
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In Memoriam: Carmen H. Warschaw, 95
November 13, 2012USC Honorary Trustee and alumna Carmen H. Warschaw, a leading philanthropist, committed community activist and lifelong Democrat, has died. She was 95. Warschaw died Nov. 6 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from… more>
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In My Opinion
November 12, 2012I was born in East Los Angeles, Calif., in the fall of 1954. Shortly after that my family moved to a duplex that my grandfather had built in Wilmington near San Pedro. After that we moved to the suburb of Whittier. The… more>
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A Little Bird Told Me
November 9, 2012Although less than half the size of a walnut and weighing one gram, the brain of a songbird is fully capable of generating complex learned behaviors. Songbirds are one of the few groups of animals other than humans that… more>
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