Capital Connections News Archive

Holly Goes for Impact at D.C. Briefing

Krisztina Holly, vice provost for innovation and executive director of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, presented “IMPACT: A Proposal for Realizing the Economic Potential of University Research” to a standing-room-only crowd at a Capitol Hill briefing on Oct. 7.

Buffington Targets TV's Health Stories

Sandra de Castro Buffington of the USC Norman Lear Center held a congressional staff briefing with the compelling title of “Hollywood, Health and the Hill: How TV Storylines Improve the Health of Minority Communities” on Oct. 16.

SPPD Dean Visits Capitol Hill

Jack H. Knott, dean of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, met with congressional staffers on Oct. 14 about federal hiring practices and federal internship programs.

USC Author Turns a Page at D.C. Stop

Tim Page, who holds a joint appointment at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the USC Thornton School of Music, gave an author talk at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19.

USC Rossier Professors Talk Leadership

USC Rossier School of Education professors Pedro Garcia and David Dwyer gave presentations at a Sept. 25 symposium in Sacramento titled “Leading and Learning in California Schools: Preparing and Supporting Effective School Leaders.”

Jerry Lucido Advocates for College Access

Jerry Lucido, USC vice provost for enrollment policy and management, spoke on behalf of the Pathways to College Act at a legislative hearing on Capitol Hill.

Pakistani Issues Explored by Soni, Asghar

Last month, USC Dean of Religious Life Varun Soni and Rob Asghar, a USC Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy University Fellow, met with officials from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Manuel Pastor Speaks at Urban Summit

The White House Office of Urban Affairs and the Domestic Policy Council held a summit on the future of America’s urban and metropolitan areas this summer, and Manuel Pastor of USC College was one of the policy experts who was invited to participate.

Philippa Levine at Library of Congress

Historian Philippa Levine of USC College presented a lecture at the Library of Congress in mid-July at the annual International Seminar on Decolonization.

Randall Hill Discusses ICT Innovations

Randall W. Hill Jr., executive director of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, met with congressional staff about defense research.

Manuel Pastor Speaks About Immigration

The USC College professor spoke in a briefing co-sponsored by USC’s Sacramento Center and its counterpart office for the University of California system.

TRIO Funding Takes Tutas-Cohen to Congress

Funding for the national TRIO program for fiscal year 2010 took Carolyn Tutas-Cohen, assistant director of budgets and compliance for the USC TRIO program, to the offices of four California members of Congress on March 24.

Trio Represents USC Architecture at Exhibition

Ma, Bosley and O’Carroll attend New and Native Beauty at the Smithsonian.

President Leads USC Delegation to Washington

Steven B. Sample and fellow Trojans meet federal officials and Congressional staff members.

Goad, Mason Give It Their Best Shot

Jeff Goad and Bill Mason testify at a Sacramento hearing on disease prevention.

Yortsos Meets D.C. Lawmakers

USC Viterbi dean visits Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of engineering and science research.

Roberta Brinton at NIH for Research Talk

Discussion takes place at a National Center for Research Resources workshop at the National Institutes of Health.

Campaign Reform Key Topic for Garrett

Administrator Elizabeth Garrett meets the national governing board for Common Cause in Washington, D.C.

2 Professors Meet House Science Group

Genevieve Giuliano and Marc Bernstein meet with members of the House Science Committee.

Social Work Takes Aim at Military in D.C.

USC School of Social Work Dean Marilyn Flynn, vice dean Paul Maiden and director of Military Social Work and Veteran Services Jose Coll met with officials at the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Defense, and...

New Energy Post for Donald Paul

Donald L. Paul has been appointed executive director of the USC Energy Institute and holder of the William M. Keck Chair in Energy Resources. Created in 2008, the Energy Institute creates a USC-based framework to support and expand opportunities...

Thomas-Barrios Works on School Access

Kim Thomas-Barrios, director of the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI), met in Washington, D.C., in December with other recipients of grants from the Lumina Foundation to discuss best practices and plan future work. Based in Indianapolis, the Lumina Foundation...

Donald Paul Attends Energy Briefing

Donald Paul, senior adviser to the provost on energy and technology, attended a briefing by the International Energy Agency on the "World Energy Outlook 2008" report at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., on Nov....

Gauderman Presents Gene and Asthma Data

James Gauderman of the Keck School of Medicine of USC presented findings, along with representatives of 12 other research groups, on genome-wide scans for cardiovascular or respiratory traits at a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute meeting in Washington,...

Brewer Leads Session on Education

Dominic Brewer of the USC Rossier School of Education was a presenter at the 25th anniversary conference of the Policy Analysis Center for Education (PACE) in Sacramento last month. Brewer, who holds the Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen...