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Sheltering Homeless Saves Money, Study Says
Placing four chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles resulted in more than $80,000 per year in savings to taxpayers and improved quality of life for the [read more]
USC Faculty to Help Paramount School District
A multidisciplinary collaboration among the USC Rossier School of Education, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and USC College aims to transform middle school science and math education in the [read more]
Improving End-of-Life Care for African Americans
Since hospice care became a Medicare benefit nearly 25 years ago, terminally ill minorities have encountered numerous barriers in accessing its services. These include limited knowledge and lack of familiarity [read more]
USC Students Engage Children Every Week
Two days before Halloween, the lounge of USC’s Centennial apartments looked like a cross between a pumpkin patch and an art supply store. More than a dozen USC student volunteers [read more]
Society Must Address Recidivism, Officials Say
Nearly 650,000 people are released from the nation’s prisons every year, and about nine million more are released from jails. Two-thirds of those who come out of prison are rearrested [read more]
Moving Testimonials at Good Neighbors Dinner
“I am a product of the impoverished families that struggle every day,” said new lawyer Yuri Guardado as she gave heartfelt thanks to the USC Trojans who help fund the [read more]
Help Your Neighbors Succeed With Office Attire
Is your tie circa 2001? Heels not up to fashion snuff anymore? Now you can make room in your closet and put your old office garb to good use. USC [read more]
Saving the Elderly From Mistreatment
The Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center and the Andrus Center Volunteers hosted a seminar on preventing the mistreatment of older persons at the USC Davis School of Gerontology on Nov. [read more]
Students Draft Homeless Children Bill
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation that USC School of Social Work students developed that mandates federal agencies reprioritize their funding to help keep homeless children housed with their [read more]
Students Honored for Helping the Underserved
Six students in the USC Primary Care Physician Assistant Program have been named National Health Service Corps scholars by the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions. The federal program awards scholarships [read more]
USC Annenberg Magazine Goes Global
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 [read more]
President Steven B. Sample to Retire in August
Steven B. Sample, president of the University of Southern California since 1991, announced on Nov. 2 that he will retire in August 2010. Sample is widely credited with bringing about [read more]
Greif Scholarship Winner Meets Obama
When 17-year-old Kalief Rollins of Carson met President Barack Obama on Oct. 19, he gave the president a custom-made “Caution: Educated African American Male” T-shirt. The shirt was not merely [read more]
Political Lobbying Guidelines Offered
Each year, USC interacts with hundreds of elected officials at the national, state and local levels. From classroom lectures by visiting officials to briefings by USC professors on Capitol Hill, [read more]
Good Neighbors Nearing Its Oct. 31 Deadline
Stay active and stay healthy - that important message has been delivered to hundreds of children as part of the Fit Families Program from the USC Division of Biokinesiology and [read more]
USC Students Hit the Storybooks
The students in Ray Wong’s first-grade class at Weemes Elementary School were working quietly until they noticed the arrival of the USC students who read to them weekly. “They’re here, [read more]
Chen Named Co-Chair of Safety Group
USC School of Pharmacy associate professor Steven Chen has been appointed co-chair of the Health Resources and Services Administration Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Collaborative 2.0, part of the U.S. [read more]
Prep Student Excels in University Lab
Be on the lookout for possibly USC College’s youngest researcher. He is David Dominguez, a 16-year-old student at Animo Film and Theatre Arts Charter School. The senior at the South [read more]
SCholars Join the Trojan Family
The USC SCholars Program, a grant-funded initiative created to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students transferring from community colleges to selective research universities in California, is breaking new [read more]
Sports Camp Programs Reach Out
Every year, hundreds of community children come to the USC campus to play football and other sports. They learn about teamwork, health and fitness, gain computer skills and have fun [read more]
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