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January 27, 2010Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets The Political Economy of Innovation by Jonathan Aronson and Peter Cowhey The MIT Press / Jonathan Aronson, professor in the USC Annenberg School for Communication… more>
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Faculty Notes
January 25, 2010Alber Named 2009 Pew Scholar Frank Alber, assistant professor of biological sciences, will get closer to determining the architecture of a macromolecular machine after being named a 2009 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical… more>
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USC College's Allen Azizian Named Fulbright Scholar
January 4, 2010Allen Azizian, adjunct assistant professor of psychology in USC College, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for 2009-10. One of three USC faculty members to receive this prestigious award, Azizian will spend a year in… more>
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A World All Their Own
December 23, 2009Filmmakers are storytellers, but they are also architects and anthropologists. They must create whole worlds in which their stories can unfold. And the worlds they create must be coherent and believable, be they a… more>
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USC Taps Leading Interdisciplinary Scholar
December 9, 2009USC has recruited Mathew D. McCubbins, a nationally recognized interdisciplinary scholar at the University of California, San Diego, to join the faculty in January as a Provost Professor. McCubbins will share appointments at… more>
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The Fall of the Wall and Its Legacy
November 9, 2009Released on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, USC College's Mary Sarotte's new book examines a year that forever transformed international relations -- 1989. In 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War… more>
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California's Best Years Have Passed, Voters Say
November 8, 2009Frustrated at California's woes, voters are sharply pessimistic about whether the next governor will be able to move the state in the right direction, and most believe California is in the midst of a long-term decline, a new… more>
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USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences and the Los Angeles Times Join Forces in New California State Poll
November 4, 2009The Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts & Sciences today announced they will jointly sponsor a series of six statewide public opinion polls beginning November 8, 2009, and… more>
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Legends Asch and Myerhoff Inspire A New Generation of Visual Anthropologists
October 23, 2009Twenty-six years ago the first visual research center at USC within the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences was founded by Academy award winner Barbara Myerhoff ("Number Our Days"). The program thrived and was further… more>
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October 8, 2009
There is Hope: The Proof is in the Plume
Dr. Jane Goodall, internationally renowned anthropologist and world conservationist, filled Bovard Auditorium on Oct. 6 with both a capacity crowd and, more importantly, a renewed sense of hope for a world in need. People of… more>
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