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College Magazine, Autumn 2002: Cover Page
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Gifts and Grants

New Life From New Funding
NSF helps make USC epicenter of quake research
College Offers Help With Proposals
$2 Million From Keck Foundation Aids Search for Missing Link

College Commons: People of Note

Purvis Named Truman Scholar
Student's dream is to attend Harvard, open a feminist law center
Freshman Class Raises the Bar, According to National Survey
Stanley Chou Chosen as USC's 2002 Valedictorian
News in Brief
Obituaries
New to the Faculty
Waterman Wins Gairdner Award for Innovative Genomics Research
Dornsife Elected to USC Board of Trustees
Helping Women Pursue Science
Easterlin Is Named to NAS
Empirical ideas inspire groundbreaking economist's research
Alumni Association Leader Joins USC Board of Trustees
Wanted: 100 of Academe's Best
Bold initiative aims to attract top faculty
The Smoke That Satisfies, Terrifies
Marijuana: Neither harmless nor tragically toxic
USC College Magazine Autumn 2002

Features

Upward Bound
Evolving life sciences herald new era
A Message From the Dean
A Setting for Synergy
A Message From the Board of Councilors
Challenges Follow Glory
Hands-On Learning
Geobiology course on Catalina breaks new ground at the intersection of life and earth sciences
Wrigley Gets Financial Boost From Boones
Waterman's Mark
USC professor wrote the book on computational biology
Nordborg's Lab
Professor's workplace is where the theoretical and experimental meet
Neuroscience Graduate Program
In bringing together scientists: ?We're searching for synergy?
How the brain creates behavior
A Master of Mutations
Goodman investigates origins of genetic change
Cracking the Case
Tavaré uses the power of math to solve biological mysteries