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A Brand of Complex Research
September 10, 2009Traveling 7,600 miles to Jordan, Laurie Brand began her massive research project that will also take her to Algeria, Egypt and Lebanon before the end of 2010. Salt, Jordan, the first leg of Brand's travels, is an ancient… more>
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Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Graduate Research
July 10, 2009The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a three-year $883,000 grant for the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute’s (EMSI) programs for 2009 to 2012. USC College Dean Howard Gillman said the College… more>
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Bright Minds
May 28, 2009The U.S. Department of Energy has selected the University of Southern California as the site of an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC), and plans a five-year grant totaling $12.5 million. Researchers of the EFRC will… more>
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It’s a First for David Kang and USC
April 20, 2009The Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies (SIKS) has awarded funding for new projects in 2009 and has selected David Kang, director of the Korean Studies Institute (KSI) and professor of international relations and business… more>
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A Flying Fountain of Youth
March 27, 2009Fruit flies may be small enough to squish with your finger when they invade your kitchen, but these tiny creatures may soon play an important role in answering the question: Why does one person live longer than another? John… more>
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USC College Biologists Awarded $3.2 Million NSF Grant
November 1, 2008Scientists and other experts warn that we can expect a global food crisis in approximately 20 years. If we have learned anything from the series of world energy crises since 1973, it is the need to take a proactive approach to… more>
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Building Bridges Between Linguistics and Neuroscience
October 1, 2008Roumyana Pancheva is a scholar looking to expand her arsenal of research techniques.The linguist has dedicated her career in large part to the study of syntax and semantics — the ways we combine words to form meaningful… more>
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Challenge Grant Bolsters Two USC College Institutes
December 1, 2007The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 challenge grant to the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) and the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW). The… more>
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A Meeting of Creative Minds
October 1, 2007Usually scholars, researchers and academics are looking to discover cures for diseases, reasons for existence and other answers to life’s most pressing questions. But at USC, a group of professors will be joining… more>
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Research Ascendant
September 1, 2007Research funding at USC College has risen 30 percent in the past three years to nearly $67 million, with the most significant gains in grants from corporations and foundations. Through the efforts of the College research… more>
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