Fall 2011/Winter 2012
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Highlights:
Not Following the Herd
Follow Your Inspiration
Music Man
Emotional Economics
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Highlights:
Not Following the Herd
Follow Your Inspiration
Music Man
Emotional Economics
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Highlights:
What's in a Name? Everything if the Name Is Dornsife
The Man Behind the Purple & Gold
America's Money Advocate
A Passion for Fashion
Pillar of Empowerment
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Highlights:
We Want to Change the World. Show Us How.
Double Duty
Gang Therapy
Keeping a Promise
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Highlights:
The Power and Promise of the Ocean
Scientists on the New Frontiers
Brains and Beauty
Cool Science
Yeast Unleashed
Of Plants, Flies and Men
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Highlights:
Auteur Rock Star Strikes a Chord
The Thrill of Writing in the Trenches
Writing to Forgive
Versed in Matters of the Heart
The Magic Poetry Bus
Historian and Author Extraordinaire
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Highlights:
For Sale: Toxic Assets
50 Jobs, 50 States, 50 Weeks
Can We Save Los Angeles?
Elegant Elocution
The Heart (and Soul) of Gold
A World of Learning
Breaking the Mold
Translating Research into Action
Meet the Class of 2012
The College Commons: Message from Dean Gillman
Highlights:
Building a Better College
Rising to the Occasion
An Eye to the Future
Mind Your Language
Creating Miracles: Down to a Science
Highlights:
No Day at the Beach
Buildings Catch a Wave
The Wordsmith’s Philosopher
Hanging with the Lemurs
The New Three R’s
Evolution’s Gardener
How Sweet It Is
Engaging Ritual
Highlights:
Blooms of Diversity
JEP at 35: Still Changing Lives
Down and Out, Yet Hope Remains
The Arm-Chair Colonialist
Neural Damage Puts Nicotine Habit in Check
Building a Diverse College
Pinochet and the Past Still Present for Professor
The Hidden Biodiversity of the Ocean Realm
Escaping the Inner Caveman
Highlights:
A New Kind of Literacy
Technology + Teamwork = New Discoveries
Knowledge Crews
One Lecture, To Go Please
Putting Technology in Its Place — in the Classroom
Bringing Up (Cyber)Baby
Nano Know-How
Highlights:
Moving History
Critical Vision
Cold, But How Cold?
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Cancer by the Numbers
California’s Native Son
Probing Memory
Brushed by the Demon
Highlights:
Tradition & Innovation
Haden on Giving
The Undergraduate Mission
The Graduate Mission
Joining Forces
The Tolls, and Space, For Success
Heavy Weights, Emerging Leaders and Rising Stars
Exploring the Biological Unknown
Blood, Sweat and Beers — and Math
Partners in Peace
Highlights:
A Virtual World of Languages
Creativity in Action
The Global Commons
Seeking Cultural Clues in Vietnam
Tuning in to Dyslexia
CRCC Zeros in on Africa
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Highlights:
Undergrads Embrace Variety and Richness
A Golden Collaboration
Better Writers (Not Just Better Papers)
Well-Prepared for Life
The Scholar’s Apprentice
The Modern Lecture
Healing by Synthesis
A Broadening Time
Highlights:
A Portrait of the English Department
A New Approach to Aging
The “New American Studies”
The Mighty Pen
The New Face of California
Read, See, Touch
Coming Soon to a Screen Near You
Genetics of the Sea
Where Science and Religion Intersect
Highlights:
Inside Psychology
First Viterbi Symposium
Superstring Theorist with Physical Ambitions
At the Heart of Family Conflict
Bullies and the Bullied
Beyond Botox
Recruitment Strides
Surfing for Science
Putting USC on the Global Map
Highlights:
History’s Future
Scholars’ Paradise
Digital City
Basic Instinct
The Gene Hunter
Alternative Spring Break Trips Offer Rich Experience
Faith Fosters Community
Science by the Sea
Highlights:
Classics: Back to the Future
College Launches New NIH Genomics Center
USC Students Dig Greek Culture
Poetry in Motion
Providing a Pipeline
Sun Seekers
Magnetic Personality
Dornsife Gift to Establish New Brain Imaging Center at USC
Partners in Crime
Highlights:
Upward Bound
Hands-on Learning
A Master of Mutations
Sample Says Life Science Research Vital
Supercomputer Trio Joins USC
Does Mating Between Species Pose Harm?
Highlights:
University Earmarks $100 Million to Endow Graduate Fellowships
Understanding the Visual
College Scholarship Luncheon Celebrates Education & Generosity
Gerry Research Head Joins College Art History
Students Study Russian Works in Greece
College Lures Pioneering Geobiologist to Launch New Program
Curiosity Today, College Tomorrow
Highlights:
Economic Theory Takes on the Real World
The College Honors Teachers & Researchers
College Senior Receives Marshall Scholarship
Serving Country & Family with Distinction
DNA Makes a Tasty Meal for Bacteria
Forty Years of Teaching, Administration & Memories
Highlights:
Mobilizing Knowledge on Political Violence
Analyzing Terror
The Root Causes of Terrorism
The Central Asian Connection
Outreach, Faith & Tolerance
Teach-in, September 24
Korea Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Korean Studies Institute
Highlights:
From Scholarship to Success
A Passion for Justice
From Researcher to Industry Leader
Teacher With a Mission
A Diplomatic Life
Science, Altruism and Long Hours
When Opportunity Meets Talent
Poetry & Spreadsheets…The Work and Passions of a Dean
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Fund Genome Research
Highlights:
Doyce Nunis — Making Time For History
A Trojan in the House
Los Angeles as Coastal City
Settling on Shaky Ground
The Prevalence & Prevention of Violence
The 2001 College Scholarship Luncheon
Annenberg Gift Women & Children’s Issues
Highlights:
Stepping into the World
Joseph Aoun Installed as Holder of Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair
Sandler Installed as Holder of Bob & Katheryn Dockson Chair
Language and Linguistics
Paul Hadley: Where He Belongs
Highlights:
Discovering Life’s Secrets with a Lot of Help from Mathematics
Researcher Searching for Roots of Violence in Biology
Wrigley Institute Receives NSF Biocomplexity Grants
We’re a School that Verily Sizzles
Molecular Biologist Myron Goodman Receives MERIT Award from NIH
New Dean Finds a Balance between Science and Adventure
Half Century Trojans Herb and Willie Brown Help Build a New Scholarship Fund
Highlights:
The Humanities Are Back: An Initiative for the Future
New Prize Honors “Renaissance Scholars”
College Students Sweep Undergraduate Honors
Carl Reichardt: University Connections Last a Lifetime
Philanthropist Katherine B. Loker Elected to Board of Trustees
Emeritus Professor Stays in the Company of Great Ideas
Raubenheimer Faculty Award Winners
Evelyn Thompson Kieffer: Giving With Friends
Highlights:
Academics & Real Life Meet in Service Learning
USC & Catalina Island: An Environmental Partnership
Ocean Economics: The Bottom Line on a Day at the Beach
Delta Murphy: Combining Family & Politics
Teaching Has Been Favorite Role of Distinguished Scientist
Institute’s Benefactor is Dedicated to His Island Home
Highlights:
Hedco Turns Ten
General Ed: An Education for Life
Haden Fights On for Old USC
“Dean Joan”—More Than a Title
Computational Finance Expert Joins Math Department
School of International Relations Celebrates 75 Years
Claude Gordon Ross: IR’s First Ambassador
June Salz Pollak & George Pollak: Giving for the Future