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September 8, 2009 1:33 PM
A second Pink-Slip Networking Mixer will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Remedy Lounge, 800 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
This free event offering advice for job seekers will be co-hosted by the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Alumni Association.
Career coaches will be available to review resumes and provide advice on career direction. Attendees are asked to bring several copies of their resume and will have the opportunity for a 10-minute meeting with one of the coaches.
To register for the event, visit http://alumni.usc.edu/pinkslipla
Moving In
In his new role as assistant secretary for policy development and research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, USC’s Raphael Bostic will face a formidable task: helping policymakers come up with ways to bring stability back to the country’s housing market.
Bostic, who was sworn into his government position on July 16, is taking a leave from USC’s School of Policy, Planning, and Development to help create a blueprint for solid housing policies.
His job will include pulling together research from a wide range of sources and tapping into his own firm knowledge base. At USC, Bostic conducted extensive research projects into housing, mortgage discrimination and credit markets and financing.
Virtual Thoughts
Institute for Creative Technologies research scientist Albert “Skip” Rizzo was selected as the first winner of the Intellectual Leadership Award established by the Los Angeles chapter of Mensa to recognize the region’s leaders in research and innovation.
Rizzo, a research professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and the Department of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has developed a virtual reality-based therapy for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in returning soldiers.
The system, currently in use at more than 30 hospitals and clinics across the country, has shown promise in ongoing clinical trials.
Rizzo was presented with his award at a summer reception in Santa Monica.
Fair as Can Be
Elizabeth Garrett, USC vice president for academic planning and budget, has been appointed as a commissioner to the Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s independent political watchdog.
The Fair Political Practices Commission is a bipartisan body of five members. Two commissioners are appointed by the governor: the full-time chairman and one other member, who must be a registered voter of another political party. The secretary of state, the attorney general and the state controller each appoint one commissioner.
If all three constitutional officers are members of the same political party, the state controller selects the new commissioner from a list provided by another qualified political party. There is no confirmation process for commissioners. Each commissioner receives a $100 per diem payment for time spent on the commission’s matters, as well as reimbursement of travel expenses.
First Aid Kit
Award-winning editor Kit Rachlis has been appointed a 2009-10 senior fellow of the USC Annenberg School for Communication’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. In that role, he will help lead a series of discussions and projects in the area of arts, politics and society.
Rachlis joins the center after nearly a decade as editor in chief of Los Angeles magazine. Under his leadership, the publication received seven nominations for national magazine awards and won 39 gold medals from the City and Regional Magazine Association.
Praised as a “writer’s editor” known for building a “constituency for a magazine about ideas,” Rachlis previously served as arts editor of the Boston Phoenix, arts and executive editor of The Village Voice, editor in chief of L.A. Weekly and senior projects editor at the Los Angeles Times. While at the Times, he edited articles that went on to win a Pulitzer Prize, the Ernie Pyle Award and the Livingston Award.
Legal Eagle
Former Warner Bros. executive John Schulman has been selected by the USC Gould School of Law to head its new entertainment law program.
Schulman, who retired from Warner Bros. last year after serving as executive vice president and general counsel for 25 years, joined USC Law on Aug. 1.
As executive director, Schulman will launch the program for J.D. students next fall. The program will include classes at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Marshall School of Business.
PROP. 8 SLATE
The USC LGBT Resource Center is moving to the front lines of the civil rights battle against Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban that has in been in effect in California since the November 2008 election.
On Sept. 12 and 13, USC will host “Education and Empowerment for the Grassroots,” aka “Campaign Boot Camp.” Co-sponsored by the LGBT equal rights coalition OUT West, the event will teach effective strategies for campaigning to more than 200 leaders and activists from campus and the community.
The campaign boot camp will take place a few months before a decision will be made about moving forward on a 2010 ballot initiative to repeal Proposition 8.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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