January 1, 2008
USC President Steven B. Sample has appointed neuroscientist Richard Thompson, a leading authority on learning and memory, and holder of the William M. Keck Chair in Biological Sciences in USC College, as University… more>
tags: chair, distinguished professors, honor
August 1, 2007
Hayward R. Alker, holder of the John A. McCone Chair in International Relations in USC College, died on Aug. 24. He was 69.
Alker was a leading scholar on world order and international conflict resolution, interests grounded… more>
tags: chair, international relations, obituary
October 1, 2006
Scholar Zhong-Lin Lu, co-director of the Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, has been named the William M. Keck Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience in USC College. The chair, which is endowed by the W.M.… more>
tags: award, chair, neuroscience
March 1, 2006
Only weeks after USC College kicked off its Tradition & Innovation Initiative last fall, USC Trustee David Dornsife and his wife Dana pledged $5 million to establish two new endowed chairs in the College. USC College… more>
tags: chair, donation, trustee
January 1, 2005
By Katherine Yungmee Kim January 2005 Jim Corfman (B.A., History, 1964) is marveling over the Trojan swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics. “Those boys are incredible,” the founding member of the College’s… more>
tags: chair, olympics, swimming