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Analysts: Media Must Dig Deeper Into Afghanistan
Policymakers and analysts are calling on the press to dig much deeper into the strife that engulfs Afghanistan and to provide better analysis on the policy options now before President [read more]
Saying Si to a New Experience
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 [read more]
USC Leads in Enrollment of International Students
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. [read more]
The Fall of the Wall and Its Legacy
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: [read more]
Culture Classes Explain Yankeedom
The day’s topic was “History, Values and Religion.” On the chalkboard a professor wrote: “Please describe one major difference you have noticed between Americans and people from your home country.” [read more]
Seeking the Truth of the Khmer Rouge
Born and raised in Prasat, a small village in Cambodia, Kosal Path was a child when the radical Communist Khmer Rouge came into power, igniting a genocide that would end [read more]
Planning Saved Lives in Samoan Tsunami
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 [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]
Samet Addresses International Health Concerns
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 [read more]
China Trip Offers Wisdom on Aging
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 [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]
Fighting Malaria in Malawi
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 [read more]
Can Ed.D Program Wield Influence in Africa?
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 [read more]
Society and Business Lab Looks Ahead
One year after taking a step in shaping the global business landscape, the Society and Business Lab - a USC Marshall effort to encourage the use of business models to [read more]
USC Neuroscientists to Map Gene Expression
Two USC neuroscientists have been awarded nearly $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to map how genes are expressed in different regions of the human brain throughout [read more]
Business Students Develop Projects in Africa
A summer in Mozambique is not usually part of the required writing class at the USC Marshall School of Business. However, professor Sandra Chrystal took nine students to the east [read more]
South Africa Looks to USC for Partnerships
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 [read more]
Pakistani Issues Explored by Soni, Asghar
Last month, USC Dean of Religious Life Varun Soni and Rob Asghar, a USC Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy University Fellow, met with officials from the U.S. Department of State [read more]
Fossils Fuel Their Imagination
David Bottjer, professor of earth and biological sciences at USC College, and Luis Chiappe, director and curator of the National History Museum, have established the College’s Center for Chinese Fossil [read more]
Consumer Innovators Know Few Boundaries
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 [read more]
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