Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:45 -0800 Perceptions of Al Qaeda as a highly organized, rigidly centralized group that spanned the globe and exercised a precise strategy to defeat the West have proven to be untrue, Mitchell Silber said on Jan. 17 at the first of an ongoing lecture forum offered by the USC National Center for]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/nypd_expert_breaks_down_al_qaedas_plots.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/nypd_expert_breaks_down_al_qaedas_plots.html#72633 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:42:11 -0800 Can people cooperate with those who are different from them - in belief, appearance or situation? Richard Sennett, professor of sociology and history at New York University, answered this question with a resounding “yes” at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Distinguished Research Lecture Series on Jan. 18.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_price_lecture_examines_cooperation.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_price_lecture_examines_cooperation.html#72631 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11:15 -0800 "Welcome to the place you never want to end up," yelled a man on downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, a homeless community of more than 10,000 people that covers 50 blocks. He was addressing a group of students from USC and Atlanta’s Kennesaw State University (KSU) who were touring the]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_students_immerse_themselves_in_homelessness.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_students_immerse_themselves_in_homelessness.html#72592 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:53:23 -0800 As the nation suffers a burgeoning obesity crisis, health advocates and policymakers have zoned in on poor neighborhoods they’ve termed “food deserts” - areas with few grocery stores and other access to healthy food. But a new USC study finds that many poor urban neighborhoods have high concentrations of grocery]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/are_poor_neighborhoods_retail_deserts.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/are_poor_neighborhoods_retail_deserts.html#72590 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:20:07 -0800 Cyber crime drains about $1 trillion a year from the global economy - more than what’s spent fighting drug trafficking around the world. But while there’s plenty of debate over how to fight the war on drugs, the issue of our nation’s vulnerability on the Web gets far less attention.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_unites_top_security_minds_to_tackle_cyber_threat.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_unites_top_security_minds_to_tackle_cyber_threat.html#72545 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:59:53 -0800 The 18 students in “Case Studies in Modern Leadership” sat with rapt attention listening to Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as he shared his philosophy for overcoming adversity - a challenge he acknowledged that every leader must face. “Almost everyone has had that apex moment, where they feel like they’re]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/a_lesson_in_leadership_from_the_mayor.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/a_lesson_in_leadership_from_the_mayor.html#72510 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:30:16 -0800 http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/weiss_receives_international_award_for_social_work_paper.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/weiss_receives_international_award_for_social_work_paper.html#72450 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:47:41 -0800 City planners long have debated how to get people on their feet and cars off the road. But encouraging urban dwellers to go pedestrian could require different strategies depending on their attitudes toward walking, according to USC Sol Price School of Public Policy professor Marlon Boarnet. The research comes at]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/attitude_is_everything_in_walking_study.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/attitude_is_everything_in_walking_study.html#72425 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:18:34 -0800 Brent Tercero walked to the front of the Pico Rivera City Council chamber with butterflies in his stomach. At 26 years old, the USC Master of Public Policy (MPP) student was about to be sworn in to a four-year term as the newest member of the five-person group at a]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_price_student_wins_city_council_seat.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_price_student_wins_city_council_seat.html#72279 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:24:40 -0800 Min-Kyoung Rhee, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, first became interested in the employment issues facing older adults when she was living in South Korea during the Asian financial crisis in 1997. “I observed massive unemployment and involuntary early retirement for people in their mid-40s and]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/doctoral_student_finds_many_of_las_older_koreans_underemployed.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/doctoral_student_finds_many_of_las_older_koreans_underemployed.html#72167 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:23:55 -0800 Some first-, second- and later-generation Latinos in the United States are not identifying themselves ethnically as Latino as they integrate into the fabric of American society, a recent study by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences found. On the American Community Survey (ACS), which is administered by]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/racial_identity_is_changing_among_latinos.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/racial_identity_is_changing_among_latinos.html#72145 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:17:18 -0800 A new book by USC School of Social Work adjunct professor Margaret Fetting draws on her 30 years of clinical experience in chemical dependency treatment to offer a comprehensive and reflective overview of the field, as well as an imaginative treatment model. In Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/new_book_explores_addictions_and_treatment.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/new_book_explores_addictions_and_treatment.html#72025 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:59:42 -0800 USC professor Karen Tongson likes to point out that “queer life happens everywhere.” Even in the suburbs. In the course of researching her new book, Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (New York University Press), Tongson found that the suburbs are attracting gay couples and immigrants who are making a mark on]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_professor_rethinks_suburban_life_in_new_book.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_professor_rethinks_suburban_life_in_new_book.html#72024 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:42 -0800 The Center for Sustainable Cities, housed within the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, held its inaugural forum on climate change in November. Mary Nichols, chair of the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (ARB), offered the keynote address on the role of cities in mitigating climate change.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_center_hosts_first_climate_change_forum.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/usc_center_hosts_first_climate_change_forum.html#71986 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:22:15 -0800 The more the president talks about saying no to drugs, the more the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. attorneys, and state and local agencies say yes to arrests and convictions. Professor Andrew Whitford of the University of Georgia shared these and other findings at the Governance Salon Series sponsored by]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/bully_pulpit_linked_to_war_on_drugs.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/bully_pulpit_linked_to_war_on_drugs.html#71956