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VItter to give keynote address at June symposium

April 16, 2010

Dr. Jeffrey Vitter, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and incoming provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas, will present a keynote address at the 21st Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching.


Pakastani Issues Explored by Soni, Ashgar

September 25, 2009

Last month, USC Dean of Religious Life Varun Soni and Rob Asghar, a USC Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy University Fellow, met with officials from the U.S.


The Doctor Can Understand You Now

September 22, 2009

In medical facilities around the country, care is delayed, complicated and even jeopardized because doctors and patients do not speak the same language - a situation particularly dire in diverse megacities such as Los Angeles and New York.


UCLA faculty experts advisory: Suit says utilities' emissions are 'public nuisance'

September 22, 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York has reinstated a 2004 lawsuit by eight states, including California, and New York City against five of the largest U.S. utilities over their greenhouse gas emissions.


Ribas named new curator of List Visual Arts Center

August 30, 2009

The MIT List Visual Arts Center is pleased to announce its selection of João Ribas as its new curator of exhibitions.


Bucks Stop Here for Building Blocks

August 26, 2009

Computational biochemist Frank Alber compares determining the architecture of a macromolecular machine to solving a jigsaw puzzle.


In Memoriam: Arts Patron Virginia Ramo, 93

August 21, 2009

Virginia Ramo, a USC alumna, life trustee and 2002 recipient of the university's highest honor, the Presidential Medallion, died Aug. 19. She was 93.


Trio of Fowler exhibitions to explore African American and African basketry arts

August 4, 2009

This fall, the Fowler Museum at UCLA presents three exhibitions exploring various aspects of African American and African basketry arts and their historic connections.
 

The largest of the three is "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art" (Oct. 4–Jan.


A Tribute to U.S. Resilience

July 27, 2009

A comprehensive study spearheaded by the USC-based Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) has determined that the economic impacts of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack were actually less severe than previously estimated.


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