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  • Federal Agency Features Professor’s Research on Depression 02/08/12

    A federal agency that highlights groundbreaking health care research has featured USC School of Social Work professor Kathleen Ell’s innovative efforts to improve depression treatment among low-income Hispanics with diabetes.

  • Fasting Weakens Cancer in Mice 02/08/12

    Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting.

  • Study Produces New Findings on Autism and GI Dysfunction 02/07/12

    A researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has published a study highlighting the importance of physicians listening to parental reports of gastrointestinal problems in their autistic children and screening these children for gastrointestinal dysfunction.

  • NYPD Expert Breaks Down Al Qaeda's Plots 02/07/12

    Perceptions of Al Qaeda as a highly organized, rigidly centralized group that spanned the globe and exercised a precise strategy to defeat the West have proven to be untrue, Mitchell Silber said on Jan. 17 at the first of an ongoing lecture forum offered by the USC National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.

  • USC Price Lecture Examines Cooperation 02/07/12

    Can people cooperate with those who are different from them - in belief, appearance or situation? Richard Sennett, professor of sociology and history at New York University, answered this question with a resounding “yes."

  • Ostrow School Celebrates Give Kids a Smile Day 02/07/12

    The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC took part in the national Give Kids a Smile Day service event on Feb. 3 by providing free dental screenings and oral health education to local elementary school children.

  • USC Shoah Foundation Institute Launches IWitness 02/06/12

    More than 350 New York high school students had watched parts of Holocaust survivor Roman Kent’s video testimony about living in Lodz, Poland, when the Germans invaded during World War II.

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  • Two USC Schools Go Mobile 02/09/12

    Web-based graduate programs at two USC schools have released a new mobile application that allows students to access multimedia course content and intra-school social networks from their Android smartphone.

  • What Lies Beneath the Asbestos Crisis 02/08/12

    When thousands of workers filed lawsuits against employers in search of asbestos injury compensation, Congress planned to create a national social insurance program for asbestos claims but failed.

  • Journalism Major Finds His Corner of USC 02/08/12

    After spending his first year at USC calling basketball and baseball games on the radio for KXSC 1560-AM, Conrad Wilton noticed the station was missing a very important element: news.

  • In Memoriam: Mitzi M. Tsujimoto, 84 02/08/12

    Mitzi M. Tsujimoto, associate director for administration at the USC Emeriti Center and former director of admission, financial aid and student affairs at the USC School of Pharmacy, died on Jan. 23 in Pasadena. She was 84.

  • In Memoriam: Nancy E. Wood 02/07/12

    Professor Emerita Nancy E. Wood died on Nov. 22.

  • Professor Strives to Expand Diversity in Teacher Education 02/07/12

    Marleen Pugach has spent her career advocating for the reform of teacher education.

  • Autism Experts to Gather at USC Symposium 02/07/12

    USC faculty and community experts are slated to convene on March 9 at the USC Occupational Science Symposium.

  • Trojan Vision Strikes Platinum and Gold Awards 02/06/12

    Typically known for its on-air programming, USC's award-winning television station Trojan Vision took home two top honors from this year's American Video Association Awards, which recognized work by the station’s special productions unit.