The Los Angeles Unified School District's plan to scale back its $20 billion school construction and renovation program is expected to affect schools throughout the district, including those that belong to the USC Family of Schools. The program, conceived in 1997, relies on state and local bond measures for funding which originally included plans to build 150 new schools. (0) comments
The newly formed Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics hosted its first guest lecturer Monday, who presented climate change as more than just a moral issue, but also a scientific one. The lecture, presented by professor Dale Jamieson from New York University, is part of a new initiative that will coordinate academic events covering such disciplines as architecture, classics, religion, history, cultural studies and politics, according to a February 2007 statement. (0) comments
Surveillance cameras recording the neighborhood surrounding campus have contributed to a reduction of crime at USC over the past year and a half, Department of Public Safety officials said. The cameras have been so effective that plans are in the works to have as many as 70 cameras recording the surrounding neighborhood, DPS Chief Carey Drayton said. (0) comments
As a senior in the School of Cinematic Arts with one semester left until graduation, James Miao decided to take a leave of absence - to develop a music website. The website, called thesixtyone, is a music discovery game that launched this December. "I knew if I continued on, I would have to take a job that I didn't want," said Miao, a former Interactive Media Division student. (0) comments
state California salmon faces 'collapse' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number of chinook salmon returning to California's Central Valley has reached a near-record low, pointing to an "unprecedented collapse" that could lead to severe restrictions on West Coast salmon fishing this year, according to federal fishery regulators. (0) comments
To submit an item for Upcoming, e-mail upcoming@dailytrojan.com. Wednesday, Jan. 30 noon USC Annenberg Knight Chair in Media and Religion Diane Winston will host Richard Sloan, professor of Behavioral Medicine (in Psychiatry) at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia University Medical Center, for a forum on the topic of his new book "Blind Faith: The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine. (0) comments
The following incidents were reported in the Department of Public Safety Crime Incident Summary between Sunday, Jan. 27, and Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Crimes against persons A staff member reported that another staff member struck him in the head several times during an argument at about 11:30 a. (0) comments
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