Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:33:27 -0800 Sometimes opportunity knocks. Other times, you have to force open the door, which is exactly what Martin Hodis did. Hodis, 19, a USC College sophomore with an undecided major, sought out the Summer Study Abroad program one day while in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. He wanted to become]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/saying_si_to_a_new_experience.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/saying_si_to_a_new_experience.html#15449 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:32:45 -0800 USC enrolled more international students than any other American institution of higher education, according to the annual Open Doors report issued on Nov. 16 by the Institute of International Education. USC hosted 7,482 international students in the 2008-09 academic year, according to the institute. New York University was listed in]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/usc_leads_nation_in_enrollment_of_international_students.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/usc_leads_nation_in_enrollment_of_international_students.html#15445 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:37:17 -0800 Released on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, USC College’s Mary Sarotte’s new book examines a year that forever transformed international relations — 1989. In 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe (Princeton University Press, 2009), the professor of international relations investigates how then-West German]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/the_fall_of_the_wall_and_its_legacy.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/the_fall_of_the_wall_and_its_legacy.html#15366 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:06:20 -0800 Impact, the award-winning television newsmagazine produced at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, is going global. Distributor Global Broadcasting has picked up the series to run in several countries throughout Europe. “It’s a wonderful notch on our students’ belts to say that they are part of something that]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_annenberg_magazine_goes_global.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_annenberg_magazine_goes_global.html#15236 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:44 -0800 Jonathan Samet, holder of the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, reached an international audience with messages about global health during two sessions at USC’s 2009 Global Conference in Taiwan. Held in Taipei on Oct. 29-31, the sold-out]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/samet_addresses_international_health_concerns.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/samet_addresses_international_health_concerns.html#15227 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