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October 16, 2009 8:22 AM
Michael E. Kassner, professor in the USC Viterbi School Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been named director of research of the Office of Naval Research.
Kassner served as chair of aerospace and mechanical engineering from his 2003 arrival at USC until this summer. He has more than 37 years of experience in research and higher education and will remain on the faculty of the USC Viterbi School while on fellowship leave.
FEDERAL CASE
On Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, USC’s Office of Federal Relations will host its annual workshops assessing the federal research outlook for the year ahead.
The workshops will prepare faculty to connect their research goals with anticipated federal research trends in 2010.
Faculty members can RSVP at www.usc.edu/esvp by entering the code word “federal.”
The first 90-minute workshop will begin Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Norris Topping Tower, Rm. 7409, on the Health Sciences campus. The other session will start Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Tutor Hall, Ming Hsieh Boardroom, on the University Park campus.
SUPER SURGEON
Stephen Sener has joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC as professor of clinical surgery. The renowned breast surgeon is serving as chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Sener was a professor of surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
He also served in 2004-05 as national president of the American Cancer Society and was a volunteer chairman of the society’s cancer incidence and end results committee. The work led to the development of the National Cancer Database.
BALANCING ACT
Jaime Lester Ph.D. ’06 and Margaret Sallee Ph.D. ’08 have written Establishing the Family Friendly Campus: Models for Effective Practice.
The book examines the need for family friendly policies to help faculty, students and administrators balance their personal and professional lives.
PRINTING PRESS
USC Rossier School of Education associate professor Darnell Cole and lecturer Shafiqa Ahmadi received a USC Advancing Scholarship grant for their book A Jihad in American Education: The Experience, Stereotypes & Identity of Muslims in Higher Education.
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The Wall Street Journal highlighted 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.
KPCC-FM reported that this fall USC will offer Persian language courses for the first time. A $250,000 grant from the Farhang Foundation helped to establish the program. Bruce Zuckerman of the USC Dornsife College said he has many students interested in the Persian language, culture and region. “The Iranian region is one that has great impact on our lives today and has had great impact going back into ancient times,” he said. The story noted that USC and the Farhang Foundation hope to raise more money to create an Iranian studies minor. Payvand also featured the new courses.
American Songwriter ran a Q&A with Christopher Sampson of the USC Thornton School about the school’s Popular Music program, which Sampson founded. He noted that the program has been available as a major in Songwriting since 2009, and has incorporated a diverse range of musical genres. “We have now established a consistent track record of students having professional success to know that the program gets results,” Sampson said. He also highlighted the achievements of Songwriting faculty members Lamont Dozier, Andrea Stolpe and David Poe of the Thornton School.
The Economist featured research by Valter Longo of the USC Davis School finding that short periods of fasting could help cancer patients better tolerate chemotherapy, and may even make treatment more effective. The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported that cancerous tumors are essentially energy hogs. “They need to burn lots of energy just to stay alive,” Longo said. The study was also covered by Irish Independent (Ireland), Magyar Tavirati Iroda (Hungary), Anadolu Ajansi (Turkey), Son Haber (Netherlands), Vietnam+ (Vietnam), Turkish Radio and Television (Turkey) and Romania Libera (Romania).
L.A. Weekly featured research by USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, which has developed video games based around physical movement for people recovering from strokes or other injuries. The games develop strength in specific body parts. Traditional video games weren’t right for these patients, said the institute’s Belinda Lange. “Often, the fun parts of the game would only be unlocked after a series of other levels, which our patients often couldn’t achieve,” she said. The games are now being tested with physical therapists in three major clinics.
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