Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:55:15 -0800 Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. Professor Costas Synolakis of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Astani Department]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/planning_saved_lives_in_samoan_tsunami.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/planning_saved_lives_in_samoan_tsunami.html#15242 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:57:06 -0800 Fifteen students from the USC School of Social Work traveled to China over the summer to learn how a nation that reveres its elders is taking care of its graying population. The group learned it’s no small feat for a country that claims about 20 percent of the world's population]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/china_trip_offers_wisdom_on_aging.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/china_trip_offers_wisdom_on_aging.html#15211 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:21:24 -0800 Mary Ellen Jebbia knows firsthand that the fight against malaria is more complicated than dispensing bed nets. The USC College senior spent three weeks in Malawi fighting malaria this summer through a Faiths Act Fellowship provided by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Many people in Malawi had bed nets but]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/fighting_malaria_in_malawi.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/fighting_malaria_in_malawi.html#15095 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:43:04 -0800 Lessons from the USC Rossier School of Education’s doctorate in education program really are without borders, and knowledge from the Ed.D. program is transforming schools around the world. This past summer, the reach of USC’s influence extended to Africa through the work of alumni Andrew Heughins EdD ’06 and Jerry]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/can_edd_program_wield_influence_in_africa.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/can_edd_program_wield_influence_in_africa.html#14544 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:41:57 -0800 Lulu Xingwana, South Africa’s Minister of Arts and Culture, visited USC on Sept. 28 with a delegation of South African government officials to discuss possible partnerships and research projects. Xingwana noted that South Africa is hosting the 2010 World Cup in soccer next June and July, involving matches in nine]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/south_africa_looks_to_usc_for_partnerships.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/south_africa_looks_to_usc_for_partnerships.html#14134 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:12:04 -0800 As the world marketplace expands, a new study shows how marketers can more shrewdly channel their resources to target “consumer innovators,” people who are the most likely to adopt a new technology or manufactured good, when launching a product worldwide. It turns out these consumer innovators have a lot in]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/consumer_innovators_know_few_boundaries.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/consumer_innovators_know_few_boundaries.html#13269 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:46:30 -0800 As the plane flew into Phnom Penh, professor Joseph Nunes’ stomach churned with fear: He wondered how this group of first-year USC Marshall MBA students could help Riverkids, an organization working to prevent the trafficking and exploitation of children from some of Cambodia’s poorest slums. Turns out some his students]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/skills_supplies_and_self-esteem.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/skills_supplies_and_self-esteem.html#13161 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:45:35 -0800 Two USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty members have been recognized among the world’s top innovators under the age of 35 by Technology Review magazine. Andrea Armani, assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and Ellis Meng, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, will appear on the prestigious 2009 list.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/usc_viterbi_scholars_on_elite_list.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/usc_viterbi_scholars_on_elite_list.html#13063 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:19:33 -0800 A unique program at the USC Marshall School of Business prepares students for an era of shrinking international borders, giving them hands-on experience to develop the tools for business success. Learning About International Commerce (LINC) exposes USC Marshall freshmen to business practices outside the United States. The only program of]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/an_international_linc_to_global_commerce.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/an_international_linc_to_global_commerce.html#12925 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:35:00 -0800 Taking the next step toward doubling its office presence in Asia, USC’s Office of Globalization announced the opening of a new international office in Shanghai, China. This brings the number of USC offices in Asia to four. Two other international offices in South Korea and India are scheduled to open]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/usc_to_open_office_in_shanghai.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/usc_to_open_office_in_shanghai.html#12823 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:30:00 -0800 A tall, mysterious edifice looms over Shanghai. The Oriental Pearl Tower, located in the Pudong district, juts out of the landscape as if from another place and time. USC College undergraduates Annie Gillman and Blair Jason stood at its base, awestruck. “It looks like a silver stick that goes way]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/learning_from_on_top_of_the_world.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/learning_from_on_top_of_the_world.html#12821 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:21 -0800 While the small African nation of Ghana recently was all over the news thanks to a visit from President Barack Obama, three Ghanaians saw the coverage of the visit some 8,000 miles away in Los Angeles. “We weren’t there for the visit itself, but we saw the preparation and excitement]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/consider_it_a_fair_exchange.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/consider_it_a_fair_exchange.html#12472 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:56:21 -0800 USC students will face an enormous challenge during the next few years: Help Los Angeles and other cities survive or risk losing them. According to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, 21st-century climate changes indicate that agricultural production in California will eventually be near zero due to changing rainfall patterns.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/can_we_save_los_angeles.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/can_we_save_los_angeles.html#12142 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:54:21 -0800 Faced with the threat of global climate change, businesses increasingly are focused on the development of sound environmental practices. Young entrepreneurs such as USC College alumna Andrea McBride ’07 are at the forefront of this worldwide green business movement. McBride, 27, is co-founder and chief executive officer of Lineage Imports,]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/business/the_days_of_wine_and_prose.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/business/the_days_of_wine_and_prose.html#12078 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:14:41 -0800 One of the issues explored by the USC Marshall School of Business students who headed to the United Arab Emirates this past spring was whether the economic difficulties in the United States also were affecting people in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Traveling as part of the International ExCEL Program (The]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/exploring_economics_in_the_middle_east.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/exploring_economics_in_the_middle_east.html#11802