Latest USC College News http://college.usc.edu/news/ Omid Nohadani, a physicist and leader in the field of robust optimization, will join the faculty at Purdue University.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:00 -0500 Three creative writing alumni share tales about how they carved their niche in the written word.]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0500 Book series offers an overview of new developments in philosophical inquiry and future directions.]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 One USC College undergraduate shares his story about learning Spanish in Spain.]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0500 Dan Schnur, director of the College’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, analyzes the findings from the first of six USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times statewide public opinion polls.]]> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:49:00 -0500 A new book 1989 by Professor Mary Elise Sarotte explores the fall of the Berlin Wall and uses the language of architecture to describe the model of order constructed in Germany in the wake of the Cold War.]]> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0500 USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll: In a survey of 1,500 registered voters, 80% say the state is on the wrong track. Respondents express little confidence in state politicians and candidates, even as support for Obama remains high.]]> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:01:00 -0500 Survey Series to be Taken at Key Intervals throughout 2010 Election Season]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Geography undergraduates’ winning research finds that more than 400 schools totaling 250,000 students are exposed daily to an air pollution volume 3.5 times the already elevated Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority emissions standard.]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 George Sanchez, director of diversity and professor of American studies and ethnicity and history at USC College, has been selected as the outstanding Latino/a faculty in higher education research institutions by the American...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0500 Robin D. G. Kelley's newly-published biography of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk tells the true story of the man behind the music.]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:11:00 -0500 USC College’s Master of Arts in Visual Anthropology Starts Anew]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:00 -0500 USC College's Problems without Passports program sent 10 undergrads this past summer to Cambodia to research the 1975 to 1979 genocide. Led by the College's Kosal Path, a survivor from this period, the students conducted interviews with victims and perpetrators and attended a UN trial.]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:18:00 -0500 The USC College student will spend a year studying photographic archives in Paris, France.]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:46:00 -0500 This year we are pleased to welcome 20 new faculty members to USC College. Among this distinguished group of faculty is Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:35:00 -0500 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0500 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:25:00 -0500 USC College student Jem Jebbia is awarded a Tony Blair Foundation fellowship and spends three weeks in Malawi combating the disease in the southeastern African county.]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:45:00 -0500 The television network will air a presentation given by Mancall on his new book about the life and expeditions of Henry Hudson.]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:18:00 -0500 The USC alumnus and emeritus professor of kinesiology, a pioneer in studying the effects of exercise on aging, worked out until his hospitalization in March.]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:51:00 -0500 “Take advantage of every opportunity and never give up.”]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:32:00 -0500 USC College’s new Young Researchers Summer Program turns an aspiring filmmaker into a scientist.]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:08:00 -0500 Thomas Jordan, University Professor and holder of the W.M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological Sciences, was awarded a $1.6 million federal stimulus grant to continue developing the PetaShake Project -- an advanced computational...]]> Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:29:00 -0500 The federal government may not have been able to save California from massive budget cuts, but at least a stimulus research grant will help scientists understand the biology of western lakes. USC College biologists Douglas Capone...]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:19:00 -0500 USC College physicist Clifford Johnson steps into the popular culture spotlight to promote the sciences.]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0500