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On the Sunny Side of the Universe
July 1, 2007Solar observatories in space have an Icarus problem: the object of their desire is the agent of their demise. Melting wax collapsed the wings of the mythological Greek. For observatories in orbit, a bad case of cataracts from… more>
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Computing Power Grows at Quake Center
July 1, 2007Figuring out what the next big quake will do to Los Angeles takes a lot of computing power, and the Southern California Earthquake Center is about to get it in spades. The National Science Foundation has awarded the center… more>
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USC Archive Project Gets Getty Grant
June 1, 2007The Getty Foundation has awarded the USC Libraries and the USC College Center for Religion and Civic Culture a grant to host the Switzerland-based Basel Mission Picture Archive. The archive’s 29,000 digitized images… more>
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Research Project Garners $600,000 Grant
January 1, 2007A joint grant-writing initiative of USC's West Semitic Research Project, InscriptiFact, the USC Archaeological Research Collection and the USC Libraries has secured $600,000 in funding from the federal Institute of Museum and… more>
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Running on Microbes
December 1, 2006What’s cleaner than coal, as renewable as solar energy and as ingenious as any of the cutting-edge alternative energy sources now being proposed for cars? The answer is microbe power, and if a USC team’s efforts… more>
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Bringing Religion into International Relations
November 1, 2006For the first time, USC College will offer courses designed to teach students to work in a world where religious identity increasingly plays an integral role in shaping global policies.“We’re preparing our future… more>
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Future Fuels Initiative Ramping Up
October 30, 2006The Future Fuels and Energy Initiative is taking concrete steps into its second year with a pilot grant program and a visiting scholar program. Provost C. L. Max Nikias established the initiative last fall. It builds on… more>
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USC College Gets Edison Education Grant
July 12, 2006The Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, a unit of USC College, has received the single-largest education grant ever awarded by Edison International. The $1million grant launches a partnership between USC College… more>
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USC College Philosopher Wins Prestigious Fellowship
May 1, 2006Philosophers and lawmakers have long argued about whether killing someone is morally worse than letting a person die.It’s one thing not to save a drowning child. Another to force a child’s head under water. In… more>
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‘Genius’ of Memory
January 1, 2006Alumna Wins MacArthur Award It’s official. As one of the 2005 winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, USC College alumna Lu Chen (Ph.D., Neuroscience, ’98) is a “genius.” Chen, a… more>
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