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Holly Goes for Impact at D.C. Briefing Published: November 16, 2009 11:00 AM

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 Published: October 30, 2009 1:00 PM

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 Published: October 23, 2009 1:24 PM

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 Published: October 16, 2009 7:58 AM

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 Published: October 9, 2009 7:48 AM

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 Published: October 1, 2009 3:10 PM

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 Published: September 25, 2009 9:33 AM

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 Published: September 18, 2009 11:09 AM

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 Published: August 28, 2009 9:03 AM

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 Published: May 22, 2009 10:03 AM

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 Published: May 8, 2009 9:14 AM

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 Published: April 29, 2009 9:29 AM

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 Published: April 3, 2009 8:45 AM

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

President Leads USC Delegation to Washington Published: March 27, 2009 11:17 AM

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

Goad, Mason Give It Their Best Shot Published: March 23, 2009 11:00 AM

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

Yortsos Meets D.C. Lawmakers Published: March 5, 2009 1:36 PM

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

Roberta Brinton at NIH for Research Talk Published: March 2, 2009 10:48 AM

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

Campaign Reform Key Topic for Garrett Published: February 20, 2009 2:43 PM

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

2 Professors Meet House Science Group Published: February 13, 2009 3:15 PM

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

Social Work Takes Aim at Military in D.C. Published: February 5, 2009 11:10 AM

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 Published: February 5, 2009 11:08 AM

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 Published: January 23, 2009 11:12 AM

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 Published: December 4, 2008 11:13 AM

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 Published: November 18, 2008 11:14 AM

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 Published: November 6, 2008 11:19 AM

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...