Adults with Lazy Eye Can Improve
New treatment offers promise for previously untreatable amblyopia cases. Seven subjects in a recent exercise improved their overall visual acuity as much as 216 percent, researchers say.
Marijuana and Depression
USC College study finds no link between symptoms of depression and regular marijuana use.
College Scientist Named Ellison Senior Scholar
Geneticist Norman Arnheim recognized for his work on ‘paternal age effect.’ He will use the award to continue the search for answers.
Sweet Treat During Finals
Students take the chocolate taste test to relieve their stress during finals' week.
College Scholars Honored Amid Holiday Cheer
The Albert S. Raubenheimer Award for exemplary teaching, research and service went to four faculty members. Many other honors were given.
Feminism's Loose Ends
Streisand Professor in Contemporary Gender Studies, Sharon Hays, Explores the paradoxes of women's lives.
Alums Put Education, Each Other to Work
Four USC grads have launched an online business that they claim will "provide a better way than eBay."
Exploring the Biological Unknown
USC College geneticist, Susan Forsburg, studies yeast for insight into cell growth and cancer.
Neuroscience Research Institute Launched
USC College launches new University Park-focused Institute which will replace the Program in Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences.
Learning from Katrina, Reflecting on Disaster
USC College professor organizes wide-ranging teach-in exploring the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Study Challenges View on Aging Research
Valter Longo, USC College assistant professor, found deleting the anti-aging gene from yeast greatly lengthens life span.
College Honors Society Launched
USC College leaders launch new program to strengthen recruitment efforts, academic excellence and student scholarship.
USC College Chemists Named AAAS Fellows
Charles McKenna and G. K. Surya Prakash will be honored for advancing socially distinguished applications by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
USC College Professor Shares Water Quality Prize
USC College political scientist Sheldon Kamieniecki and engineer Joe Devinny teamed up on a solution to the clean-up of Southern California’s stormwater.
USC College Neuroscientist Earns Asturias Award
Antonio Damasio is the sole winner in the scientific category. The jury says his contributions have reshaped an understanding of emotions, language and decision-making.
USC College and Shoah Foundation Collaborate
USC College will be home to the Shoah Foundation Institute, a library featuring the world's largest digital collection of audiovisual testimonies. The archives honor Holocaust survivors.
Sprawled Across the 'Land of Sunshine'
A new collection of essays from two USC scholars examines the environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles. The authors hope it will spark activism in local planning.
USC College Dean Appoints New Leaders
Following an extensive search by the Deans Committee, the scholars are selected for their leadership, energy, creativity and commitment.
Conference Reviews Latino Press
Southern California's first Latino newspaper, a defender of human rights founded in 1855, will be chronicled at a Huntington Library gathering on October 28.
USC Institute of Armenian Studies Gala Honors Federal Judge
Event honoring USC alumnus Dickran Tevrizian, the first Armenian-American to serve on the U.S. federal bench, raises close to $1 million.
USC College Names Unruh Insitute Director
In her new role, USC’s human rights expert Alison Dundes Renteln would like to create programs with a global focus and give students a chance to work on United Nations reform from the inside.
USC College Sociologist Finds Good Intentions are not Always Enough
In his new book, Paul Lichterman suggests long-term, mutually respectful relationships will bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Liars' Brains Wired Differently
A USC College study of pathological liars shows first evidence of structural differences in the area of the brain that enables most people to feel remorse.
USC College Launches $400 Million Fundraising Initiative
The funds will bolster academic and research programs while recruiting top students and faculty. Inaugural recipients of the Dean’s Medallion are honored for exemplary leadership, pioneering enterprises and commitment to innovation.Medallion winners Robert and Lois Erburu, President Steven B. Sample and Dean Joseph Aoun attend the Sept. 13 event.
09/14/05
USC College Professor's "California, a History" is Gold Mine of Information
Kevin Starr's 12th book about the Golden State will be on sale Oct. 4. The renowned author has his own intriguing life history.
College Professors Blazing the Trail in Research
A neuroscientist, a computational biologist and an organic chemist — all three professors in USC College — win national and international honors for their outstanding research.
Fall Semester Begins
On the first step of their educational journey, College freshmen learn there is more than one way.
Sharing Hope
USC College senior, Agavni Gasparyan, is keeping hope alive for tsunami victims with USC's fund-raising efforts.
USC Names First Holder of Erburu Chair
The newly endowed Robert F. Erburu Chair honors Abraham Lowenthal, founder of the Pacific Council on International Policy.
USC Expert in Asian Languages Dies
Professor emeritus Laurence Thompson, who made a commitment to the study of Chinese religion, was the first director of the East Asian Studies Center
Nitrogen in the Air Feeds Ocean
In a ten year study, USC oceanographer confirms marine microorganisms draw huge amounts of nitrogen from the air.
Fossils Discovered
In this month's Scientific American, USC College paleontologist David Bottjer writes about his remarkable discovery of the oldest fossils found to date.
Star Service for Peace
USC College student and actor America Ferrera, who volunteers at Norwood Elementary School, is a role model for students.
Peace Games
USC College student volunteers teach conflict resolution to students at local elementary schools.
Film, Power & American History
Historian and cinephile Steven Ross taps film to inspire students in the classroom.
Brain Support
USC College neuroscientist's studies reveal critical role of 'support' cells in brain and nervous system - and provide a reason for hope in the battle against neurological disease and injury.
Global Economy Expert Joins USC
Geoffrey Garrett, who brings a real-world approach to the subject, will teach a USC College course on international policy in 2006. Garrett has also been named president of the USC-based Pacific Council on International Policy.
Young Chemist Receives National Honor
Graduate student Lyudmila Slipchenko, a doctoral candidate in chemistry at USC College, recently received the 2005 Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research by Iota Sigma Pi, the national honor society for women in chemistry.
Smiles All Around
A photo montage of USC College students celebrating commencement 2005. During the ceremony, commencement speaker Neil Armstrong told the over 30,000 celebrants that the degrees awarded at commencement demonstrate the ability to learn. The day marks a 'threshold' for the graduates, said valedictorian and USC College graduate Katherine Trefz (Political Science and History, B.A., 2005).
South Korean Delegation Visits USC
On May 23, representatives of South Korea's National Assembly and Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development and the South Korean Educational Development Institute met with USC officials to learn about the university's administrative system.
Acclaimed Earthquake Scientist Dies
The work of USC Professor Emeritus Keiiti Aki, 75, led to better understanding of quakes, seismic risks and the Earth itself.
Valedictorian With a Sense of Social Justice
USC College's Katherine Trefz, a double major in history and political science, shines in academics, leadership and service. As the 2005 valedictorian, she will speak at USC's 122nd commencement ceremony.
A Classicist Who Can Build a Computer?
Salutatorian and Renaissance Scholar Brent Nash studied computer sciences and classics. His next adventure? A job researching artificial intelligence for NASA.
Genomics Rising
USC College dedicates its new, state-of-the-art life sciences facility, the USC Molecular Computational Biology Building. The four-story, 118,000-square-foot building increases College research space by almost 25 percent and brings the College's world-class genomics group under one roof.
Gladly Will He Teach... And Gladly Learn
Reverend Cecil 'Chip' Murray, former senior pastor at Los Angeles' First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), joined the USC College faculty in January, but that doesn't stop him from claiming to be a student.
USC Undergraduates Show Breadth and Depth of Research
USC undergraduates wowed peers, teachers and passers-by with works showcasing imagination, meticulous scholarship and old-fashioned hard work at the 2005 Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work.
An Institute with Ambitions
USC College launches the new USC Institute of Armenian Studies - the first academic center of its kind in the U.S. - will promote scholarship and activities in a variety of fields. Concerns of the community will be a top priority.
Global Scientist
A few months after the 10th anniversary of his winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, USC Distinguished Professor George A. Olah celebrates receiving a top honor in chemistry and discusses recognition, global science and USC.
Poet Named as Finalist for California Poet Laureate
USC College English Professor Carol Muske-Dukes was named one of four finalists to be the state Poet Laureate for 2005.
Museomorphosis
The College launches the International Museum Institute, a collaboration between Los Angeles museum leaders, USC scholars and museum directors in Mexico and the Pacific Rim.
Act Locally
USC College art history professor Selma Holo's latest book, Oaxaca at the Crossroads, Managing Memory, Negotiating Change, examines how the southern state conscientiously shaped its cultural memory in the arts, from the contemporary and the colonial, to the urban and archaeological.
USC College Faculty Awarded Sloan Fellowships
Evolutionary geneticist Jeffrey Wall and mathematician Tobias Ekholm have been named Sloan Research Fellows. The fellowships are awarded to young scholars who show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to their field.
Introducing Medical Ethics
Joshua Hornstein, a philosophy/pre-med junior, launched a successful speaker series "Becoming a Physician," which examines issues in medical ethics.
Luce Scholarship Awarded to College Undergrad
Sam Bazzi, a College undergraduate senior majoring in international relations and economics, has been awarded a Luce Scholarship. The highly competitive Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for fifteen young Americans to live and work in Asia each year.
Writing Talent Sought
The Undergraduate Writer's Conference was held on March 2, lauding student writing talent from across campus. Guest speakers in the film industry offered internships to the participants.
Howroyd Gives $10 Million for Student Aid
Janice Bryant Howroyd, the newest member of the USC College Board of Councilors, has wasted no time in bringing her brand of inspiration to the College: Her gift of $10 million will establish an endowed fund for student aid that will increase access to higher education for graduate and undergraduate students, USC College leaders announce.
Beijing Buckaroo
Eugene Cooper, an anthropologist who studies Chinese folk customs, recently took second place in Beijing Television's popular "Arts of Our Land" competition.
Machine Shop Gives 100 Percent
The small but generous three-man staff of USC College's natural sciences machine shop win competition for top participation of any College unit in the 2004 Good Neighbors Campaign fundraising drive.
College Geophysicist Honored
The American Geophysical Union has named Thomas Jordan the winner of the 2005 Inge Lehmann Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition and dynamics of Earth's interior.
Matt Leinart, In His Own Words
A Q&A with College student Matt Leinert, on sociology, multiple careers and his outstanding 2004 Season, in which he won the Heisman Trophy and the National Championship.
Social Skills
Mathew Curtis, a doctoral candidate in social psychology, wins USC's 2004 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Curtis has been a teaching assistant in USC College for five years, teaching statistics, research methods, intro psych, intro social psych, and drugs and personality.
Demystifying Genomics
Many find the field of genomics a bit mystifying. USC College's Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences has made training young scientists - as well as attracting more under-represented minority students to the increasingly important field - a priority.
USC College Psychology Professor Dies
USC Emeriti Professor Ward Edwards, who pioneered the field of behavioral decision research and a recipient of USC's Distinguished Emeritus Award, has died.
Dean's List
More than 1,900 students were named to the Dean's List in the Fall 2004 Semester.
A Virtual World of Languages
The Language Center, which opened in 1997, is dedicated to helping USC students learn languages and understand cultures from all areas of the world, in line with the university's vision to be a global institution with international visibility and reach.
Trojan Family Establishes Endowed Chair in Humanities
Jim Corfman (B.A., History, '64) came to USC "for the swimming program," but left the school a great believer in liberal arts education. As proof, Corfman and his family established an endowed chair in USC College this winter.
USC College Physics Professor Dies
Physicist John Nodvik, longtime College faculty member and former chairman of the physics department, died December 29. Nodvik was considered a "stalwart" of the department's graduate program.
Fast Fading Image May Signal Retreating Memory
A new study by USC College scientists links a deficit in short-term visual memory to the mild cognitive impairments that often precede Alzheimer's disease.
Two Eminent Neuroscientists Join Faculty
Antonio and Hanna Damasio will join the psychology department in fall 2005. At the College, they will lead the new Institute for the Study of the Brain and Creativity.
Finding a New Religion
USC College anthropologist Janet Hoskins and her student track the emerging global religion of Caodai from suburban Pomona back to its roots in the outskirts of Saigon, Vietnam.
Car Talk
Jeff Schwartz (B.A., International Relations '88, M.A. '91, Ph.D. '93, Political Science) is the president and CEO of Orange-County-based Autobytel. Eight percent of all new cars - $40 billion in gross market sales - will be sold through the online automotive site this year.
Dorm Life Goes Global
At the International Residential College at Parkside, American and international students and faculty live together, eat together, speak each others' languages and learn about each others' religions and cultures. There are 680 students who live in the residential college, and over 25 percent are from other countries.
Tuning in to Dyslexia
A group of USC College neuroscientists have suggested a new explanation of dyslexia, a common reading disability. If confirmed, the research could lead to a better understanding of the physical basis of the learning disability as well as improved identification of children with dyslexia - also leading to earlier interventions.
USC Professor to Lead APA Division
Gerald Davison, professor and chair of psychology at USC College, has been named president-elect of Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. In his new role, Davison will serve as president of the association's clinical division.
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