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The Hortencia “Tessie” M. Torres Endowed Scholarship was established by two USC alumni with a $250,000 gift in honor of their mother, Tessie Torres EdD ’80.
The Hortencia “Tessie” M. Torres Endowed Scholarship was established by two USC alumni with a $250,000 gift in honor of their mother, Tessie Torres EdD ’80.
Andrea Zittel, assistant professor of sculpture, art and technology and a member of the MFA Core Faculty at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, is the subject of a solo exhibition currently on display at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York.
Novo Nordisk, a global health care company focusing on diabetes care, has awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant to create the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium comprised of clinical centers at six major research facilities across the country.
Bonnie Hui, a student in the Pharm.D. program at the USC School of Pharmacy, has won the Pharmacy Times/Wal-Mart RESPy award.
USC Roski School of Fine Arts faculty member Sharon Lockhart screened her film Lunch Break at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 7 and 9.
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Beth Saul, USC’s director of parents programs and Fraternity and Sorority Leadership Development, has been recognized by a national academic Greek honorary with a $10,000 endowment in her name.
The university’s 28th annual birthday celebration in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will be presented by the USC Black Staff and Faculty Caucus from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 at Bovard Auditorium.
Communication professor Manuel Castells, holder of the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology & Society, won Spain’s 2008 National Sociology and Political Science Prize in recognition of his contributions in sociology and political science.
Students from St. Agnes Parish Church brought holiday cheer to seniors at the St. John of God Retirement and Care Center.
Despite assumptions to the contrary, the use of technology in schools to engage parents in students’ education can be a highly effective tool – even with language differences, lower education levels, inflexible work schedules and socioeconomic disparities.
Federal poverty indicators are decades out of date and do not accurately reflect what is needed for self- sufficiency, including the challenge of health care, said Los Angeles District 7 City Councilmember Richard Alarc�n.
The Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center co-hosted the ninth annual Caring for the Caregiver Conference at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles Nov. 1.
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