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April 24, 2011MM-Personal From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe Abrams / Lois Banner, professor of history and gender studies, peers behind the veil of the legend that is Marilyn Monroe to clarify, qualify or reverse many common… more>
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April 24, 2011Institute for Advanced StudyImages of America Series Arcadia / Linda Arntzenius (MPW, ’98) examines photo collections at the Institute for Advanced Study and those of Princeton residents to disclose the scholarly… more>
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Faculty Notes
April 24, 2011Aimee Bender, associate professor of English, won the 2010 SoCal Independent Booksellers Association Award in Fiction for her latest novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Random House, 2010). Yehuda Ben-Zion, professor… more>
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In Memoriam: Kam Kuwata, 57
April 21, 2011USC Dornsife alumnus and political strategist Kam Kuwata, who worked for Senator Dianne Feinstein and late Senator Alan Cranston, has died. He was 57. Kuwata died in his Venice, Calif., home on April 11. His sudden death… more>
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From Mock Trial to Real Cases
April 19, 2011Seated at a counsel table in a Los Angeles County courtroom, Elvira Kras anxiously awaited the jury’s decision. After years of work, she listened as the jury awarded Mohammed Usman Chaudhry’s family $1.7 million in… more>
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Science Writing for Everyone
April 12, 2011Do Japanese people have a special sushi-digestion gene? What are 10 things everyone must know about comets? Can giraffes swim? Inquiring minds from the Internet’s vibrant scientific online community want to know. The… more>
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U.S. 'Historically Antagonistic' to Progressive Change in Latin America, Ecuador Chief Says
April 7, 2011With one book just out and another expected next year about United States-Latin America relations, Abe Lowenthal has spent the past four years interviewing leaders of diverse perspectives south of the border. The professor of… more>
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Beyond Geography
March 31, 2011Jack Dangermond, founder of Esri, the world’s largest and most successful geographic information system (GIS) software company, spoke of his vision for spatial sciences at the inaugural USC Spatial Sciences Institute… more>
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Sharing a Transforming Moment
March 23, 2011USC President C. L. Max Nikias held up two engraved, long golden chains — an honor presented to only one other person in USC’s 131-year-history. Slipping the heavy, shiny chains over the heads of Dana and David… more>
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March 21, 2011
At the Forefront of Change
Swapping jeans and graphic T-shirts for suits and ties, 21 USC Dornsife students ascended the steps of the California State Capitol. After months preparing for the final presentation, students in the freshman seminar “It… more>
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