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Scientists Get Creative
October 18, 2012Three groups of USC researchers representing chemistry, medicine and chemical engineering are recipients of highly competitive grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health… more>
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An Accident with Purpose
June 25, 2012On a bright day in 1964, Bob Padgett drove a company Ford van down two-lane Highway 4 from Hayward, Calif., to a construction site in Pittsburg, a 43-mile trip, and rounded the top of a small hill. Without any warning signage… more>
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Andrew McMahon to Join USC Dornsife's Department of Biological Sciences
February 16, 2012Biologist Andrew P. McMahon will leave Harvard University to join the Keck School of Medicine of USC on July 1 as a Provost Professor and the inaugural holder of the W. M. Keck Professorship of Stem Cell Biology and… more>
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Mexico Program Targets Care for Mentally Ill
January 19, 2012In a neighborhood in Puebla, Mexico, a dozen promotoras — health care workers who screen ill people to determine what level of doctor care they need — gathered at a private home for a platica — or chat… more>
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Beam of Hope
September 15, 2011A benign brain tumor was pressing against a young woman’s optic nerve. She faced a medical Catch-22: remove the tumor via a complicated surgery with a high likelihood of destroying the nerve, or closely monitor the tumor… more>
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September 8, 2011
The Language of Medicine
Unlike many of her peers, Heather Rosen didn’t always know she wanted to be a doctor. Now a seventh-year general surgery resident, it’s hard to imagine Rosen as anything else. In her crisp white coat and blue… more>
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May 9, 2011 Faith Makes All Things Possible
During a recent multi-faith celebration on campus, Sarrah Shahawy recited in English and Arabic a verse from the Qur’an emphasizing that in Islam, both genders and all nationalities are considered equal before God. Oh… more>
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November 1, 2010 For the Love of Giving
“The most difficult Latin I translated was Cicero,” began Dr. William Stetson, an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Burbank, Calif., and a 1982 graduate of USC College. “I spent more time on my… more>
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Dean Howard Gillman Announces New Director of USC College-Keck School of Medicine Academic and Advising Program
June 4, 2010USC College Dean Howard Gillman has announced the hiring of Dr. Kenneth Geller as the new director of the USC College-Keck School of Medicine Academic and Advising Program following a national search. Geller will lead the… more>
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Summer 2010 Gets Even Brighter for High School Students
March 24, 2010USC College is offering an expanded array of summer courses for high school students through the USC Office of Continuing Education & Summer Programs. Four-week seminars being offered for the first time include Forensic… more>
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