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Appending the Rules of (Civic) Engagement
July 27, 2009Lady Bird Johnson said the clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. For USC College's Department of American Studies and Ethnicity (ASE), diverse ideas are also the gateway to research and scholarship that can create societal… more>
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The Bridge Builder
July 27, 2009On a fall Saturday morning, parents pushed strollers along the Mexican marketplace on Olvera Street, cheerful despite an incessant drizzle. Near the birthplace of Los Angeles, a small group of scholars and community members… more>
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Faculty Notes
July 24, 2009George Olah Elected to the National Academy of Engineering Arieh Warshel Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Saori Katada Awarded NEH Fellowship T.C. Boyle Inducted into American Academy of… more>
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Faculty Bookplate
July 24, 2009Landscape with Two SaintsHow Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europeby Lisa BitelOxford University Press / By examining the ruins of their cities and churches, the workings of their… more>
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Student Notes
July 24, 2009Ford Foundation Diversity Fellows A White Coat is in Her Future What I Did on My Summer Vacation International Relations Faculty and Students Receive National Awards More Student Notes USC… more>
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Alumni Bookplate
July 24, 2009The American Discovery of Europeby Jack D. ForbesUniversity of Illinois Press / Jack D. Forbes (Ph.D., history, ’59) professor emeritus of Native American studies and anthropology at University of California, Davis,… more>
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July 23, 2009
Author, Author!
Fourth grader Alex Flores clamps down hard on his pencil to finish his story that begins, "One day I came to school and no one was there." In his tale, Alex turns invisible and hears Mario singing the SpongeBob SquarePants… more>
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Don’t Stop Believing
July 20, 2009Curled in a blanket, Kristin Hanggi was in her Manhattan apartment journaling, anxiously listening to the Tony Award nominations. The USC College alumna hoped that Rock of Ages, the metal musical she directed, would earn a… more>
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The Future is Now
July 16, 2009When Alexa Sieracki received a letter from the USC College Resident Honors Program inviting her to apply to college one year early, she wasn't sure what to think. "At first I didn't know skipping my senior year of high school… more>
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For Sale: Toxic Assets
July 14, 2009From economists and politicians to our next-door neighbors, everyone seems to have a theory about what has driven our soaring economy into the ground. Solutions to the problem, however, seem harder to find than a loan on a… more>
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