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What Lies Beneath the Asbestos Crisis
January 23, 2012When thousands of workers filed lawsuits against employers in search of asbestos injury compensation, Congress planned to create a national social insurance program for asbestos claims but failed. A new book written by USC… more>
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Three USC Dornsife Professors Elected as AAAS Fellows
December 23, 2011Three USC Dornsife professors have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognizing their contributions to science and technology. AAAS — known colloquially as… more>
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USC Mock Trial Team Dominates East Coast Competition
December 1, 2011In a Philadelphia courtroom, USC Mock Trial Team member Lauren Ige confidently stood before a judge and argued that a man who drove with a blood alcohol level higher than the legal limit of .08 and crashed his car killing a… more>
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November 14, 2011
An Uplifting Tale
Is there a general fatigue from an oversaturation of American dream stories? I can’t say (because I don’t know), but I do think we take our parents’ sacrifices and uniquely American opportunities and… more>
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November 7, 2011 Rotary-Dial Politics in an iPhone World
Picture this scene from an episode of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock: Two characters Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney face off, both of them fuming. Tracy, a black male, is wearing a woman’s wig and a hot pink blazer, his face… more>
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FYI Peer Mentors
November 3, 2011Christina Zdawczyk La Cañada, California Neuroscience and East Asian Languages and Cultures Before Christina Zdawczyk heard about her grandfather slinging a medical bag over his shoulder and making house calls on… more>
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Champion of Change
November 2, 2011USC Dornsife junior David Horacio Hernandez couldn’t believe what he was reading. Poor grammar and misplaced punctuation signaled a hastily written essay. A first-generation transfer student from Santa Monica City… more>
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USC Dornsife Launches Online Continuing Education Courses
October 18, 2011Lifelong students won’t have to give up their day jobs, or even live in Southern California, to take advantage of the first courses through the partnership between USC and the New York Times Knowledge Network. Dan… more>
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USC Studies Ideology of Presidential Cabinets
October 18, 2011As coverage of the 2012 presidential race gains steam, so begins the hypothesizing: What would a Mitt Romney administration look like? Would a second term for Barack Obama mean a cabinet shakeup? While conventional… more>
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In Memoriam: André Pineda, 46
October 10, 2011André Pineda, a Democratic pollster, mentor and lecturer in USC Dornsife died on Sept. 27. He was 46. A mentor to young USC Dornsife politicos, Pineda was a public opinion researcher and pollster for New Mexico Gov.… more>
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