It’s the Smart Thing to Do

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• USC architecture professor Doris Kim Sung came across a metal alloy that responds automatically to changes in air temperature and heat.

By: Suzanne Wu

February 8, 2012 3:02 PM

In architect Doris Kim Sung’s ideal future, buildings automatically will respond to changes in the environment.

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• Dauterive’s Gift Names New Social Sciences Building 02/02/12

  USC trustee Verna B. Dauterive ME ’49, EdD ’66 has committed her $30 million gift to name the first interdisciplinary social sciences building on the USC campus.

• Small Business, Big Plans 02/02/12

  Carmen Rad started her business, CRA Custom Banner, out of her home in 1993. By 2009, her banner printing enterprise had grown enough for her move into a 25,000-square-feet building not far from the University Park campus.

• Reluctant Hero Steps Into the Spotlight 01/27/12

  USC Gould School of Law alumnus Shervin Lalezary ’08 arrested a serial arsonist who had been on a rampage that resulted in millions of dollars in property damage in Los Angeles.

• Sugars Donate $5 Million to the USC Libraries 01/25/12

  USC trustee Ronald D. Sugar and his wife, Valerie Sugar MS ’72, have endowed the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of the USC Libraries.

• Trojan Debate Squad Set for Great Debaters Rematch 01/25/12

  The Trojan Debate Squad will travel to Texas for a Jan. 27 rematch of a famous 1935 debate between USC and Wiley College that inspired The Great Debaters, the 2007 movie starring Denzel Washington.

• Bane Wins Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award 01/24/12

  Dan Bane ’69 will receive the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award, USC’s highest alumni honor, at the 79th annual USC Alumni Awards on April 28 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

• Jill Biden Participates in Roundtable on Military Families 01/20/12

  A USC School of Social Work forum discusses programs connecting educators with military students and parents.

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• Professor's Analysis Followed in Prop. 8 Court Ruling 02/09/12

  The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage this week in an opinion that closely follows a line of analysis put forward by USC Gould School of Law professor Rebecca Brown in June 2010.

• MSW Student Takes Leadership Role 02/09/12

  For a profession whose central focus is on interacting and working with people, the idea that some social workers need a little push to join an association just for them is ironic, to say the least.

• What Lies Beneath the Asbestos Crisis 02/08/12

  When thousands of workers filed lawsuits against employers in search of asbestos injury compensation, Congress planned to create a national social insurance program for asbestos claims but failed.

• Journalism Major Finds His Corner of USC 02/08/12

  After spending his first year at USC calling basketball and baseball games on the radio for KXSC 1560-AM, Conrad Wilton noticed the station was missing a very important element: news.

• Professor Strives to Expand Diversity in Teacher Education 02/07/12

  Marleen Pugach has spent her career advocating for the reform of teacher education.

• Nikias Returns to the USC Family of Schools 02/02/12

  During visits to the 32nd Street/USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Norwood Street Elementary schools, president Nikias witnessed the impact that USC's programs are having on children, teachers and families.

• UNO Application Deadline Set for Feb. 24 02/02/12

  A new Web-based application system will make it easier to apply for the USC Neighborhood Outreach (UNO) grant, whose deadline is Feb. 24.

• Former NAI Scholars Return to Inspire Others 02/01/12

  After losing most of her family members to four years of napalm attacks and artillery strikes during the four-year reign of Khmer Rouge, You Taing Kouot fled Cambodia for South Los Angeles.