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October 2007


Jump-Starting New Directions in Research
Interdisciplinary teams including USC College faculty score Zumberge grants.
How Sweet It Is
USC College professors team up to unravel mystery of blood sugar sensors in body and brain.
Two College Faculty Join the Provost as New AAAS Fellows
Marine biologist Douglas Capone and theoretical chemist Howard Taylor recognized for distinguished scientific contributions.
The Great Dying Reconsidered
Mass extinction 250 million years ago happened slowly, say USC College geologists.
God’s Biographer Takes On Islamic Extremism
Author Jack Miles opens USC College conference with a spirited speech.
Fast-Tracking Lifesaving Discoveries
USC College alumnus Ray Stevens energizes structural biology research.
Innovation & Imagination
USC College highlights visual history and the Holocaust, sustainable cities, earthquake studies and marine science for Trojan parents.
Building a Legacy
Art historian Daniela Bleichmar of USC College is recognized as one of the nation’s young innovators by Smithsonian magazine.
American Studies and Ethnicity Graduate Earns Dissertation Award
USC College alum Daniel HoSang’s dissertation examines how California turned back the clock on progress in the fight against discrimination.
Hanging with the Lemurs
Nayuta Yamashita of USC College peers into the lives of the planet’s most primitive primates.
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The New Three R’s
Manuel Pastor brings his brand of social (con)science to USC College.
A Meeting of Creative Minds
USC College professors bring faculty together to prep a proposal for studying the process of creativity.
Conversation on the U.S. Constitution
USC College symposium on the Constitution and the war on terror features talk by Dean Howard Gillman.