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That’s Right, You Earned a Fulbright
May 22, 2012Six USC Dornsife students and alumni have been selected for the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship awarding them for academic achievement and commitment to cultural engagement. Established in 1946 and sponsored by the United… more>
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A Talent for Math
May 14, 2012Two USC Dornsife doctoral students have been awarded USC’s Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Research for their contributions to the fields of mathematics and… more>
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USC Professors Cadenas and Davies Knighted by France
May 10, 2012Two USC professors were knighted on May 9 by an Order of the French Republic, among the highest civilian decorations awarded in France. Kelvin J. A. Davies, James E. Birren Professor of Gerontology at the USC Davis School… more>
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May 9, 2012
Eye-Opening Science
Fourth-grader Zakar Martin cut a lemon in half. He pushed a nail into the squishy side of one half and a penny into the other half of the fruit’s pulpy side. Then he clamped one end of a wire to the copper penny and the… more>
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It's An Ad World
May 9, 2012When you look at an advertisement, how does it make you feel? Don Draper of AMC’s Mad Men could be five cocktails in and still wax eloquently on advertising’s myriad abilities. But Draper’s reactions to… more>
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Faculty Receive Mellon Mentoring Awards
May 7, 2012Twenty-eight Trojans were recognized for promoting the culture of mentoring at the fifth annual USC Mellon Mentoring Awards ceremony held on April 23 at the USC University Club. In its fifth year, the Mellon Mentoring… more>
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Something in the Air
May 7, 2012John Seinfeld researches air pollution from the top down. The Louis E. Nohl Professor and professor of chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology studies the tiny particles in the atmosphere for a broader… more>
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Introducing the 2012 Dornsife Scholars
May 7, 2012The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is delighted to recognize its first class of Dornsife Scholars for 2012. The 10 outstanding graduating USC Dornsife seniors were selected based on their academic… more>
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Remarkable Research
May 7, 2012For USC Dornsife undergraduates Ellen Park and Kevin Le, the idea of engineering a synthetic version of the E. coli immune system to learn how to defeat antibiotic resistance sparked a passion for research and two years of… more>
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May 2, 2012 The Long Way Home
Late one night in 2006, Kwasi Connor entered a dark, empty laboratory at California State University, Los Angeles. Connor, now a Ph.D. candidate in USC Dornsife, had worked at the lab for two years under the tutelage of… more>
Top Stories
- Advocate for Equality May 18, 2012
- That’s Right, You Earned a Fulbright May 22, 2012
- $1 Million Gift Establishes the Dean Howard Gillman Fund May 16, 2012
- Going Places May 11, 2012
- Taking the Plunge May 23, 2012
- Change Over Charity May 14, 2012
- 'We See Jimmy in Each of You' May 9, 2012
- Kay Named New Dean of USC Dornsife May 1, 2012
- A Talent for Math May 14, 2012
- USC Historical Photography Project Gets Boost from NEH May 22, 2012
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