News Relating to: Human Rights > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Carl Christol, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Political Science in USC Dornsife, was a pioneer in the field of international space law who helped establish one of the nation’s first courses on human rights.

In Memoriam: Carl Q. Christol, 98

February 28, 2012

Carl Quimby Christol, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science in USC Dornsife and pioneer in the field of international space law, has died. He was 98. Christol died at home in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Feb. 22,… more>

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Humanizing Homelessness

November 1, 2006

Rufus Hannah’s once-feral hair has been cut and neatly combed. Clean-shaven, he wears a crisp T-shirt. His rotted teeth have been capped and he flashes a white smile. Employed and sober, he no longer stumbles… more>

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Conference Reviews Latino Press

October 14, 2005

Southern California's first Latino newspaper, a defender of human rights founded in 1855, will be chronicled at a Huntington Library gathering. The activism and advocacy of El Clamor Público, Southern… more>

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Unruh Institute Names New Director

October 7, 2005

Alison Dundes Renteln, an expert on human rights and American politics, has been named director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. The institute — named after a man whose four-decade political… more>

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