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November 2007


On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!
Dana and David Dornsife donate $1 million to fund the top research priorities for Brain and Creativity Institute.
UK Film Academy Recognizes Holocaust Education Resource
DVD-ROM co-produced by USC Shoah Foundation Institute wins award from British Academy.
Giving Student Scholars a Chance to SOAR
Vice Dean Steven Lamy talks about USC College’s program to fund undergraduate research.
Evolution’s Gardener
USC College’s David Bottjer and his graduate crew dig up new clues about ancient mass extinctions.
Human Ancestors: Gatherers or Hunters?
Early humans may have dug for foods using tools, say recent USC College Ph.D. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar and colleagues.
Parents Recognize Professors’ Dedication
Emily Anderson of USC College and others honored at fifth annual Teaching and Mentoring Awards.
How Does the Brain Recognize a Face?
USC College’s Irving Biederman and other neuroscientists report progress on a fundamental question.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Announces New Web Site
Resource offers tools for students and educators.
The Meaning of Freedom
Columbia historian Eric Foner traces the shifting definition of American liberty in USC’s sixth annual Law and Humanities Distinguished Lecture.
To Tell the Truth
USC College symposium examines the slippery slope where fact meets fiction.
The Eyes Have It
Researchers from USC Viterbi, the College and the Keck School head $6 million low vision project.
Engaging Ritual
Historian Lisa Bitel of USC College studies religious practice past and present to find the roots of belief.