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  • ‘White Key’ Poem Set to Music 02/22/12

    “White Key,” a poem by California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes, has been set to music by Yale University composer Reena Esmail and will be performed in San Francisco on March 2, 3 and 4.

  • USC Price Peers Into China’s Environmental Future 02/21/12

    Matthew Kahn proudly calls himself a “free market environmentalist.” During his recent talk on “China’s Future Green Cities” at Lewis Hall, he explained the moniker as part of the Urban Growth Seminar Series hosted by the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the USC Center for Sustainable Cities.

  • Olympic Heads Speak at USC Annenberg Conference 02/21/12

    An overflow crowd of more than 300 people gathered at Town & Gown on Feb. 15 for back-to-back conversations worthy of the citius, altius, fortius, or "swifter, higher, stronger" Olympic motto.

  • The Descendants Ascend With Scripter Win 02/21/12

    Author Kaui Hart Hemmings and screenwriters Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash won the 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award for their creative contributions to The Descendants.

  • Movies and Memories 02/17/12

    Whispers come from the hallway as Margaret Thatcher’s assistants speak about her deteriorating mental condition. As she peeks through a crack in the door, Thatcher eavesdrops and occasionally speaks with her husband, who is eating his breakfast.

  • From the Web to the Wall 02/17/12

    Trousdale Parkway and Main Street intersect at Our Neighborhoods, Our Stories, a collaboration between the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and USC Spectrum.

  • SCA Launches the American Film Showcase 02/16/12

    More than 50 filmmakers, film experts and diplomats came together at the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) for the first orientation of the American Film Showcase.

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  • Boeing Grant to Support Hybrid Algebra Lab 02/22/12

    Teachers work independently more than 80 percent of the time, which means they often do not have the benefit of receiving feedback or sharing strategies.

  • Oscar-nominated Movies Lack Females, USC Study Finds 02/22/12

    Women and girls scarcely are present either on screen or behind the scenes in Academy Award-nominated movies, according to a new USC Annenberg study.

  • Time Flies When You Enter a Contest 02/21/12

    To learn why time moves only forward, one must first understand a fundamental law of physics: the increase of entropy. The law describes the tendency for systems to go from a state of higher organization to disorder.

  • APASS Students Visit Washington, D.C. 02/21/12

    Four USC students traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to attend the first Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Leadership Briefing hosted by the Obama administration.

  • Zinner Collection Always in Fashion 02/17/12

    A pioneering woman in a field once dominated by men, Christa Zinner worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire and Katharine Hepburn.

  • What Matters to Michael L. Jackson 02/17/12

    On a recent Wednesday at Ground Zero Coffeehouse, USC vice president for Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson summarized the things that truly matter to him: home, work, love and peace of mind.

  • Ostrow School Celebrates Research Day 02/17/12

    The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC honored its student, resident and faculty researchers during its annual Research Day celebration on Feb. 15 at the Galen Center.

  • Astor Chosen as an AERA Fellow 02/16/12

    Ron Astor was selected to become a 2012 fellow of the American Educational Research Association.