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  • USC Price Lecture Examines Cooperation 02/07/12

    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."

  • USC Students Immerse Themselves in Homelessness 02/03/12

    "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 area for a project on homelessness.

  • A Lesson in Leadership From the Mayor 01/30/12

    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.

  • Attitude Is Everything in Walking Study 01/24/12

    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.

  • USC Price Student Wins City Council Seat 01/12/12

    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.

  • Doctoral Student Finds Many of L.A.’s Older Koreans Underemployed 01/06/12

    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.

  • Racial Identity Is Changing Among Latinos 01/04/12

    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.

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