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How Sweet It Is
October 1, 2007About three years ago, Casey Donovan, professor of kinesiology in USC College, had hit a wall. His groundbreaking research into the body’s physical sensors for hypoglycemia — how the body knows when there is too… more>
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Two College Faculty Join the Provost as New AAAS Fellows
October 1, 2007USC College is home to two out of five USC scientists named this year as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a recognition of outstanding contributions in science and engineering. Douglas… more>
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The Great Dying Reconsidered
October 1, 2007The greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history also may have been one of the slowest, according to a study that casts further doubt on the extinction-by-meteor theory. Creeping environmental stress fueled by volcanic… more>
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God’s Biographer Takes On Islamic Extremism
October 1, 2007Opening a USC conference on religion and international relations, author Jack Miles lamented mass confusion about America’s role in Islamic politics and said that, in fact, for the past four decades American presidents… more>
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Fast-Tracking Lifesaving Discoveries
October 1, 2007Impatience can be a virtue. Just ask USC College alumnus Raymond Stevens (Ph.D., chemistry, ’88). As a young professor at UC Berkeley, Stevens’ frustration with the slow pace of research in his field drove him to… more>
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Innovation & Imagination
October 1, 2007On Oct. 11 and 12, 2007, USC College presented a program of exhibits and events for Trojan Parents Weekend campus visitors. The videos below feature four discussions highlighting the work of College faculty and staff. Helping… more>
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Building a Legacy
October 1, 2007When Smithsonian magazine editors began combing the nation for a phenomenal historian under age 36, they were told the task would be daunting. “Historians tend not to peak until later in their careers, we were told over… more>
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American Studies and Ethnicity Graduate Earns Dissertation Award
October 1, 2007One of the first graduates of USC College’s new American studies and ethnicity Ph.D. program has received the interdisciplinary field’s highest honor for dissertation excellence. Daniel HoSang’s… more>
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Hanging with the Lemurs
October 1, 2007Nayuta Yamashita’s office is in the Alan Hancock Foundation Building, right in the heart of USC’s campus. But her lab, in the truest sense, is halfway around the world. In June, the USC College anthropologist had… more>
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The New Three R’s
October 1, 2007It’s a little bit hard to pigeonhole Manuel Pastor, who joined the USC College faculty this fall. The professor of geography and of American studies and ethnicity is an economist by training, but his work ranges across… more>
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