What does it take to be a healthy vegetarian? A nutrition session on the power of veggies.

Interested in becoming a vegetarian, or just want to learn more? Come to this session and see what is involved in taking the leap to a no-meat diet.

Tuesday 02/09/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

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Dr. Henri Ford, Haitian native and vice dean of medical education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, joins fellow members of the USC/L.A. County Haiti Medical Aid Team to recount their surgical and medical work with survivors of the Haiti earthquake.

The event will include an opportunity for audience members to participate in a discussion, moderated by Keck School Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., about what the USC community can do to assist in efforts to restore and rebuild Haiti.

The event will include presentations from Dr. Ford and Dr. Ramon Cestero, trauma surgeon, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, about the devastating injuries that they and team members treated over the course of two weeks. Now that immediate medical needs for earthquake victims have been met, there is concern about what will happen to the hundreds of Haitians who have ongoing medical and rehabilitation needs, as well as how to rebuild structures in time for hurricane season and how to meet needs for safe food and water.

A reception will follow.

Wednesday 02/10/2010: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

University Park Campus Salvatori Computer Science Center Room 101

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The award, to be presented annually, was created to recognize those artists who have distinguished themselves not only in the exemplary quality, skill and innovation of their work but also in their public commitment to social responsibility, increasing awareness of global issues and events, and inspiring and empowering young people.

Although Redford has received some of the entertainment industry’s highest accolades, this is the first award named after the Santa Monica native. Proceeds from the event will provide scholarship support for the next generation of artists at the USC School of Theatre.

“The Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists honors an individual who has used his or her fame to increase public awareness of issues that are of vital importance to us all,” says Madeline Puzo, dean of the USC School of Theatre. “Robert Redford truly embodies all that an Engaged Artist represents. He is a distinguished actor, an Academy Award-winning director, an ardent conservationist, philanthropist and environmentalist, a man who stands for social responsibility and political involvement, and an artist and businessman who is a staunch supporter of uncompromised creative expression.”

Gala Chair Richard Weinberg, who is also chair of the USC School of Theatre’s Board of Councilors, adds: “Many awards in our society bear the names of the great men and women who inspired them: Alfred Nobel, John Heisman, Eleanor Roosevelt and John Templeton, to name a few. With the new Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists, honoring this remarkable gentleman and creating an award that will forever bear his name, USC has joined in recognizing the best that the human spirit has to offer.  I am honored that this good friend of mine, and good friend of so many, has once again displayed what it means to be a leader... a leader dedicated to the preservation and betterment of our world.”

Redford — who received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1980 Best Director Academy Award for Ordinary People, and the 2005 Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contribution to American culture — is somewhat of an anomaly in the entertainment industry. Though he has been world-famous for some 30 years, he remains a very private individual. He is recognized the world over for the roles he has played and the projects he has directed or produced throughout a distinguished stage and film career. His lifelong passion for nature and issues of justice has resulted in his being widely acknowledged as a highly effective and dedicated political and environmental activist.  His passion remains to make films of substance and social/cultural relevance, as well as to encourage others to express themselves through the arts. Believing that it is the unexpected and uncommon that ultimately enliven the cultural ecology of a society, Redford has nurtured more than a generation of innovative voices in independent film through his nonprofit Sundance Institute and Film Festival.

Tickets to the gala are $375 per person. For tickets and information, please call (213) 821-4262 or visit theatre.usc.edu.

Wednesday 02/10/2010: 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Beverly Wilshire Hotel 9500 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills CA 90212

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Writer/directors Ben Chace and Sam Fleischner give a Q&A and screen their tale of a jilted man adrift in Jamaica.

Max (Sean Bones) lives in Brooklyn. He enjoys playing soccer, skateboarding and drinking with his friends at local bars. Last summer, he and his girlfriend, Willow (Norah Jones), won a free cruise to Jamaica; but two days before the trip, she dumps him cold. When his friends flake, Max winds up alone on the high seas, navigating through crowds of grey-haired cruisers. Over the course of several days, he flirts with the staff photographer, drinks cocktails with the boat’s celebrity juggler, and has several strange encounters with the only other loner (Kevin Bewersdorf).

When the cruise liner docks in Jamaica, Max quickly escapes the tourist zone. At a local jerk stand, he meets a charming Rasta who offers to show him a secret beach. Feeling irie as he lounges on the tropical sand with his new friends, Max loses track of time and his personal belongings. In his pathetic attempt to do something about it, he finds that the cultural divides he thought he could transcend are not so simple. Naked and broke in a foreign country, where he stands out like a sore thumb, Max begins to make his way towards the American Embassy in Kingston. Along the road, Jamaica is waiting to meet him.

For further details and to RSVP, click here.

Wednesday 02/10/2010: 8:45 PM - 11:15 PM

University Park Campus George Lucas Instructional Building (LUC) Room 112

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In college, finding time to date and meet the right person can be tough. Learn what you can do to fit a love life into a healthy lifestyle.

Dating at USC can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. It can be fun! Learn successful strategies to determine what you’re looking for, your “dating deal breakers,” and how to date with confidence.

This program is designed to target one’s social wellness. Open to both male and female students.

Thursday 02/11/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

Are there actually any long-term effects from all those years of slouching? A wellness expert explains how posture fits into a healthy lifestyle.

For years you have been told to straighten up. Whether we are seated (“Don’t slouch!”) or out walking (“Shoulders back!”), we are encouraged to have good posture. But why?

Whether you sit at a desk, lift weights, or play sports, bad posture an lead to injuries and pain. The wellness expert will describe how bad posture affects the body.

Thursday 02/11/2010: 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

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How can museums attract the public today? Join us for an important conversation featuring several star museum professionals.

With multimillion-dollar blockbuster shows a dying species due to the economic crisis, how can museums attract the public? Who will go to them, and why should they bother?

This talk will delve into the subject of the new book Beyond the Turnstile: Making the Case for Museums and Sustainable Values, edited by Selma Holo and Mari-Tere Alvarez. Three museum professionals will join Holo and Alvarez to discuss the crisis in museums today and the opportunities to rise above it.

Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and one of our most dynamic and creative art museum leaders, will discuss the transformation he is leading to make LACMA more relevant to a vital contemporary life in Los Angeles. Donny George Youkhanna, who served as director of the Baghdad Museum during the American invasion of Iraq and was witness to the looting of some of civilization’s keystone culture monuments, will share his thoughts about archaeology collections and their future in an ever more globalized world. Dr. Jorge Wagensberg, scientific director of the Foundation “la Caixa” and creator of CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, one of the world’s most exciting science museums, will contribute his idea that, unlike any other institution, museums can provide an experience of authenticity — a way of learning that emanates not from the word, but from the world.

The event will be moderated by Selma Holo, director of USC’s Fisher Museum and its new International Museum Institute. It will also include remarks by Mari-Tere Alvarez, project specialist in the department of education at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Holo and Alvarez’s new book, Beyond the Turnstile: Making the Case for Museums and Sustainable Values, examines what museums — whether devoted to art or science or history — must do to be indispensable to society today and in the future. Their book is changing the conversation in the museum world from “How many came to the show, and how much money did we make today?” to “How did our museum serve and change society today? How did it help to make society better, smarter, more tolerant and more creative?”

Please join us and be a part of this new conversation.

A reception and book signing will follow.

Thursday 02/11/2010: 7:00 PM

University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library Room 240

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Your friendly census-takers visit campus to distribute information to USC students, faculty and staff. 

The U.S. census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. The 2010 census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like hospitals, emergency services, job training centers, schools, senior centers, bridges and tunnels, and public works projects.

The data collected by the census also help determine the number of seats a state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Friday 02/12/2010: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus Trousdale Parkway Near the Von KleinSmid Center

Friday 02/12/2010: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

University Park Campus Ahn House

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Learn how USC employees, academic units and outreach programs can obtain grants to fund university-community partnerships.

February 1, March 11, 9-10 a.m.
University Park Campus, Leavey Library, Auditorium

February 17, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Health Sciences Campus, Norris Medical Library, West Conference Room

February 18, 2-3 p.m.
University Park Campus, Leavey Library, Auditorium

March 5, 2-3 p.m.
Health Sciences Campus, Norris Medical Library, West Conference Room

USC Neighborhood Outreach is a nonprofit grant-making organization funded by USC faculty and staff contributions to the Good Neighbors Campaign.

We welcome applications for grants from USC employees, academic units and outreach programs. Proposals are reviewed by a committee representative of staff and faculty from the Health Sciences and University Park campuses.

Proposals are selected based on community impact, cost-effectiveness, volunteer involvement, and measurable progress toward achieving one or more of the university’s community objectives.

Applicants to USC Neighborhood Outreach grants should realize that this is a competitive process and that not all requests will be satisfied. The demand is such that past-funded projects cannot assume that they will continue to be funded.

The number of applications for grants and the total amount of money requested by proposed projects and programs is substantially greater than capacity. In 2009, USC Neighborhood Outreach received 56 proposals totaling $1.6 million and was were able to fund 37 projects for a total of $850,000. Grants ranged from $3,550 to $52,925.

For more information on eligibility and the application process, click here.

Dates: 02/01/2010, 02/17/2010, 02/18/2010, 03/05/2010, 03/11/2010: All day

Multiple Locations Leavey Library (LVL)

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What exactly do people mean when they refer to your “carbon footprint”? How do you measure your own carbon footprint?

Calculate just how green you are, and discuss ways to be more green from here on out.

Wednesday 02/17/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

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C.E.B. Reas gives a lecture and workshops exploring the history of Processing, the programming language he co-developed.

Lecture
Wednesday, February 17, 6 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall

Workshops
February 19, February 26, March 5, 12-3 p.m.
Egg Company Building, Institute for Multimedia Literacy, Blue Lab
Reservations are required.

In 2001, C.E.B. Reas and Ben Fry developed a free, easy-to-use programming language called Processing, which allows artists and designers with little background in coding to experiment with the programming of images, animation and interactivity. The result has been an explosion of moving-image artworks and a community devoted to Processing’s use.

This series will explore the history and development of Processing with a presentation by Reas and several workshops designed to allow USC students and faculty to explore Processing as a kind of software sketchbook.

Based in Los Angeles, C.E.B. Reas focuses on defining processes and translating them into images. He is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Design and Media Arts at UCLA. Reas has exhibited his work internationally at institutions, independent venues, galleries and festivals, including LAboral (Spain); the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (New York); the National Museum for Art, Architecture, and Design (Oslo); Telic Arts Exchange (Los Angeles); <>TAG (The Hague); Egopark (Oakland); Bitforms (New York); [DAM]Berlin; Sónar (Barcelona); Ars Electronica (Linz); and Microwave (Hong Kong). With Ben Fry, Reas published Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, a 736-page comprehensive introduction to programming within the context of visual media.

Wednesday 02/17/2010: 6:00 PM

University Park Campus

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Built in 1969 and renovated in 2002, the Viceroy has 162 rooms and suites.

We’ll enjoy a nice evening under the stars, mingling and networking. Bring plenty of business cards. Come scout a new hangout spot, or enjoy our happy hour (details TBD). Don’t forget to spread the word. Also enjoy our special for the evening: a Trojan Cocktail.

Guests may valet at the hotel at $10 per car for up to four hours. Alternately, there is street parking on Ocean Avenue.

Thursday 02/18/2010: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Viceroy 1819 Ocean Avenue Santa Monica CA 90401

A look at filmic works from Japan, by some of the most creative and accomplished filmmakers working today.

The resurgence of Japanese cinema in the 1990s dramatically reconfigured the aspirations, practices and reception of one of the largest and most continuous film cultures outside of the United States. This three-day event features films by three contemporary Japanese filmmakers whose work has crossed national borders and been viewed outside of Japan, elsewhere, in the world.

In the wake of the classical cinemas of the 1930 and ’40s, the colonial cinemas of the period, and the New Wave cinemas of the 1950s and ’60s, the Japanese cinema of the late 20th and early 21st centuries has entered into the world and been received internationally in unprecedented ways.

“Contemporary Japanese Cinema: Outside, Elsewhere, In the World” features the work of some of Japan’s most active filmmakers of the new generation — Shinji Aoyama, Shunji Iwai and Ryuhei Kitamura — as well as commentary by one of Japan’s most active film scholars and critics, the widely published Keisuke Kitano, who completed his graduate studies in the United States.

In different ways, each filmmaker has established complex relations to the national cinema of Japan, while also moving outside of national confines. Aoyama, also an acclaimed novelist, is the internationally renowned director of Eureka (2000) and Sad Vacation (2007), both of which will be screened in this festival. Iwai, who began his career as a visual artist and a maker of music videos, has enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout Asia, in his native Japan as well as in South Korea, China and Taiwan. Among Iwai’s remarkable films are Love Letter (1995) and his dark reflection on adolescence, All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001). Kitamura, who also began his career as a visual artist, studied in Australia before becoming a prominent member of the film industries of both Japan and Hollywood with films such as Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and an adaptation of Clive Barker’s Midnight Meat Train (2008). Iwai and Kitamura now reside in the United States, where they work across genres, languages and cultures.

Festival screenings include Shunji Iwai’s eccentric comedy Hana and Alice (Hana to Arisu, 2004); Baton (2009), a short animated feature written by Iwai and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura; Air Doll (Kûki Ningyô, 2009), the most recent film by Hirokazu Kore-eda, the director of After Life and Nobody Knows; Kitamura’s female-ninja thriller, Azumi (2003), which is based on a manga; and two grippingly meditative dramas by Shinji Aoyama, Eureka (2000) and Sad Vacation (2007).

Keisuke Kitano, one of Japan’s most energetic new film critics and scholars, will offer illuminating commentary throughout the festival. Kitano is a professor of film and media studies at the School of Image Arts and Sciences at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, where he also serves as associate dean. Joining the discussion of Kore-eda’s Air Doll will be Youngmin Choe, a professor of East Asian languages and cultures at USC who specializes in Korean film and transnational visual cultures.

For a full schedule of events, click here.

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Programmed by Akira Mizuta Lippit, professor and chair of critical studies in the School of Cinematic Arts; and co-directed by Nicky Schildkraut, poet and Ph.D. candidate in literature and creative writing at USC. Reception hosted by the East Asian Studies Center.

Daily: Friday 02/19/2010 - Sunday 02/21/2010; All day

University Park Campus Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre Frank Sinatra Hall

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Distinguished Hollywood executives, agents and producers discuss the factors that contribute to the realization of creative goals in the movie industry.

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a movie studio? Former Senior VP of William Morris Agency Arthur Axelman headlines a panel of creative executives, agents and producers as they they discuss how stable financial backing can turn a script into a greenlit project.

In an industry in which the financing, packaging and distribution of a film can be just as important as the creative decisions made within the film itself, the business of Hollywood is now more important and impactful than ever.

This panel is open to the public and will begin with a seminar portion conducted by our moderator, followed by an audience Q&A segment and concluding with a short networking session with the guests.

“How Films are Really Made: Film Financing and Packaging” is just one part of the third annual Southern California Business Film Festival, a weeklong business-themed short film competition that runs February 16 through February 21. Sponsored by the USC Marshall School of Business and the Center for Investment Studies, the festival combines business and film to create a series of cast- and crew-hosted screenings and panels, culminating in an exciting student film competition.

Saturday 02/20/2010: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

University Park Campus Davidson Conference Center (DCC)

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The Southern California Business Film Festival celebrates the work of top collegiate filmmakers.

The current economic climate has nurtured conversations about the ways in which financial decisions shape the world we live in, from the steps of Capitol Hill to the dorm rooms of college students nationwide. As those conversations spark artistic creations, the Southern California Business Film Festival (SCBFF) seeks to provide a forum for and celebration of the role of financial decisions and the powerfully evocative medium of film.  

With a week of panel discussions, lectures, networking events, and a student film competition offering up to $20,000 in prizes, the third annual SCBFF is a film festival you can’t afford to miss.

SCBFF culminates with this student film competition. Four judges will vote on selected films in more than a dozen prize categories.

The judges are:

• Screenwriter Allan Loeb (Wall Street 2, Things We Lost in the Fire, 21)
• Randi Chugerman, executive director, ABC Primetime Casting
• Producer Teddy Zee (The Pursuit of Happyness, Hitch)
• Richard Fowkes, former executive vice president of Paramount Pictures and current business affairs executive at Legendary Pictures

Student films will be screened in Bovard from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Guests will be invited outside for a short reception, before returning to the theater for the Grand Awards Ceremony to see the festival’s remarkable prizes given out.

For a complete prize list and list of award categories, visit www.scbff.com.

Sunday 02/21/2010: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

University Park Campus Bovard Auditorium (ADM)

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A workshop for graduate students, post-doctoral students, experienced researchers and anyone else who needs to get familiar with SAS quickly.

Topics covered will include importing data from Excel, basic data management and statistics.   

The workshop will offer an in-depth introduction to the SAS system for data analysis. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to import data from Excel; create a permanent SAS data set; sort and combine data sets; create new variables, tables and graphs; and conduct descriptive and inferential statistical analyses.

Users should have a basic understanding of statistics. Univariate statistics (means, frequencies, standard deviation), chi-square, regression, t-tests, one and two-way Analysis of Variance will be covered.

Tuesday 02/23/2010: 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM

University Park Campus Salvatori Computer Science Center 128

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Everyone has his or her own way of dealing with stress. Can you ever have enough tools to manage pressure? Why not draw on your creative impulses for help?

For faculty and staff wanting to learn an innovative approach to stress management, the Center for Work and Family Life is sponsoring a free, one-hour workshop designed to teach simple skills; these include a brief relaxation technique, a five-minute writing task, and an exercise in compassionate listening.

Participants will learn how to write quickly and easily without censoring or criticizing, listen compassionately to themselves and others, and create an island of calm amid life’s demands.

The presenter, Jackie Parker, leads workshops in writing as a vehicle for well-being in New York and Los Angeles. A novelist and poet, she has developed courses for the UCLA Arts and Healing program, for schools and counseling centers, and for artists, therapists, and community leaders. She is a teacher of kundalini yoga meditation.

February 24, University Park Campus, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, Hamovitch Research Center

March 3, Health Sciences Campus, McKibben Addition, Room 249

Dates: 02/24/2010, 03/03/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Multiple Locations

A book sale and signing will follow the discussion.

Jim Wallis is a best-selling author, public theologian, speaker, preacher and international commentator on religion, public life, faith and politics. He is president and CEO of Sojourners, where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine. He regularly appears on radio and television, including on shows like Meet the Press, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The O’Reilly Factor, and is a frequent guest on the news programs of CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox and National Public Radio. Wallis has taught at Harvard’s Divinity School and Kennedy School of Government on faith, politics and society. He has written eight books, including Faith Works, The Soul of Politics, Who Speaks for God? and The Call to Conversion. Visit Jim Wallis and Sojourners at www.sojo.net, and read his daily blog at www.godspolitics.com.

Thursday 02/25/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus University Religious Center Fishbowl Chapel

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Learn about current problems and best practices in charter school authorizing, and how federal policies can strengthen the quality and performance of charters.

President Obama has said he supports increasing quality charter schools nationally, but who decides which ones are good and which ones are not?

Charter school authorizers are the gatekeepers of quality, with the responsibility to decide which charter schools are approved, how they will be monitored and overseen, and which schools will be renewed or revoked. However, state policies vary on which organizations can serve as authorizers — these range from local school boards and state departments of education to special authorizing boards and public universities.

Research has emerged showing that states featuring multiple authorizers tend to have more, higher quality charter schools. The same studies argue that the existence of multiple authorizing bodies helps to insulate authorizing from any one particular political influence.  Still more needs to be done to share best practices amongst authorizers, and to provide guidance for those states in the process of revising their existing charter school legislation or creating new legislation in response to President Obama’s charge.

The model charter law developed by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools calls for states to provide each applicant at least two viable routes to obtaining a charter, and stresses transparency about the performance of each authorizer’s portfolio of schools.  Although each state determines who can authorize and how (or whether) authorizers are held accountable, there is growing federal interest in this work. The Race to the Top competition scores points for strong authorizing, and the forthcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act might include new incentives for authorizers to do a conscientious job of approval, oversight and renewal.

This discussion will be led by Dr. Priscilla Wohlstetter, a renowned researcher in charter school governance, along with nationally recognized charter school experts Nelson Smith, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; Jonas S. Chartock, executive director of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute; and Nina Gilbert, founder and director of the Ivy Preparatory Academy.

Friday 02/26/2010: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Cannon House Office Building 121 Washington DC 20515

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Davis leads a lecture and workshop on an alternative firing method to that of traditional Japanese wood-fired kilns.

Lecture: “Kazegama: An Alternative to Wood-Fired Ceramics,” January 25

Workshop: “Kazegama: Firing the Wind Kiln,” February 27 and 28

The lecture will cover the  basics of wood-firing and the development and construction of the Kazegama. A demonstration will accompany the lecture to instruct students in the preparation of ceramic objects for the Kazegama firing.

During the firing, time will be spent viewing a film on the life of painter Sueo Serisawa (Davis’ stepfather) and a collection of Japanese ceramics from his travels to Japan.

Dates: 01/25/2010, 02/27/2010, 02/28/2010: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

University Park Campus Watt Hall (WAH) Galen Ceramics Studio, Room 107

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Once again it's time to give up summer fun and hit the books. Learn good study habits and ways to manage stress.

Lifestyle Balance
Wednesday, January 27, 12-1 p.m.
Too much time spent with school activities? Not enough? Redesign your life to achieve a balance between school, social events, physical health, and fun.

Time Management
Wednesday, February 3, 12-1 p.m.
Learn techniques to help you make the most of your time. Get organized.

Procrastination
Wednesday, March 3, 12-1 p.m.
Avoiding schoolwork? Feeling distracted? Learn how to eliminate distractions and improve motivation.

Study Skills
Wednesday, March 24, 12-1 p.m.
Identify study strategies that match your learning style, and learn how to create the most effective study environment.

Stress Management: Part I
Wednesday, April 7, 12-1 p.m.
Identify your stress triggers. Learn how to manage your stress effectively.

Stress Management: Part II
Wednesday, April 14, 12-1 p.m.
Participate in deep breathing, meditation, progressive relaxation, and other powerful relaxation exercises.

To register online, click here.

Dates: 03/03/2010, 03/24/2010, 04/07/2010, 04/14/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center Conference Room

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Leora Rosen, director for Social Sciences at USC's D.C. Office of Research Advancement, discusses federal grant opportunities within the social sciences.

The course provides an overview of the types of federal grant opportunities that exist in the social sciences, with a focus on research, but including programmatic grants. It will delve into differences in the interests, missions and goals of the main federal agencies that fund social science, and how this impacts social science research.

We will review steps to take in preparing a grant proposal, including how to be responsive to the goals of solicitation, how to establish collaborations, and how the Office of Research Advancement can help.

Wednesday 03/03/2010: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

University Park Campus Credit Union Building, Room 329

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Topics will include interface navigation, basic editing, creating a score, etc.

The application deadline is February 16. Email ering@thornton.usc.edu for an application.

Saturday 03/06/2010: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

University Park Campus Music Practice and Instructional Center,

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The Los Angeles Conservancy takes USC students on a walking tour of the city’s ever shifting center.

This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited, and advance registration is required. RSVP beginning Thursday, February 11, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 9:30 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 10 a.m. and will return to campus at 1:30 p.m.

Breakfast will be provided.

From its architecture to public art to public space, downtown’s business district is a microcosm of the growth and development of Los Angeles. From the 1880s, when Victorian mansions crowned Bunker Hill, to today, when sleek skyscrapers dominate the downtown skyline, Bunker Hill’s built environment has constantly evolved, reflecting the tastes, aspirations and economics of the city.

Presented by the Los Angeles Conservancy, this walking tour will allow students to experience the skyscrapers, plazas and public art that define the bustling financial district today, and discover how they relate to both the past and future of Los Angeles.

Saturday 03/06/2010: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Downtown Los Angeles

Come to the museum for food, games, art workshops, and special yoga sessions for kids and families.

All ages are welcome.

Saturday 03/06/2010: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

University Park Campus USC Fisher Museum of Art

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Learn strategies for passing the licensed clinical social worker written exam.

Content areas will include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination and therapeutic application. Attendees will also take practice exams and review test-taking strategies.

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Written Examination Preparation Workshop is a four-part series, offering an intensive review of essential content from the LCSW Written Examination Part I. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of a personalized grasp of content needed for successful completion of the examination.

Objectives

• To enhance test-taking strategies to facilitate successful completion of the LCSW Written Examination Part I.
• To enhance knowledge of major content areas such as assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
• To provide a forum for discussion, review and integration of key concepts related to the LCSW Written Examination Part I.
  

Day One

• Overview of the major components of the LCSW Written Examination Part I
• Assessment of individual test-takers’ needs
• Test-taking strategies
• The learning styles of adult learners
  

Day Two

• Review of major content areas of the LCSW Written Examination Part I
• Biopsychosocial assessment
• Theory review
• Clinical assessment
• Treatment planning
  

Day Three

• Clinical interventions
• Focus on specific population groups emphasized in the exam
• Crisis intervention
  
• Short-term treatment models
• Clinical practice with children and adolescents
  
• Clinical practice with adults
  
• Clinical practice with couples
  
• Clinical practice with families
  
• Groups
  

Day Four

• Mock examinations
• Review of test-taking strategies

The instructor, Estela Andujo, Ph.D., brings more than 28 years of clinical experience in the field of mental health to her adjunct faculty positions at the USC School of Social Work and California State University, Long Beach. She is also director of the outpatient program at the Intercommunity Child Guidance Center in Whittier and a contract trainer for the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health and the Child Welfare Training Academics. Dr. Andujo has taught LCSW licensing courses for the past 20 years and has assisted hundreds of social workers in preparing for licensure.

To register, please visit www.regonline.com/usclcswprep2010.

Dates: 03/07/2010, 04/11/2010, 05/02/2010, 06/06/2010: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus Montgomery Ross Fisher Building

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A workshop on the unique funding opportunities, proposal requirements and review process within DoD funding agencies.

The course will focus on the unique S&T requirements and review processes in the various Department of Defense funding agencies with basic research interests — the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, DARPA and DTRA.

The goal is to instruct participants in how to identify opportunities within those agencies, determine their funding priorities, build relationships with the appropriate program officer(s), prepare applications for the various solicitations, and advocate effectively for funding of the application. An extensive “how to” compendium has been developed as reference material.

Thursday 03/11/2010: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Health Sciences Campus Norris Medical Library West Conference Room

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LinkedIn Incorporated holds its first interactive Webinar customized for USC alumni and friends living in the U.S. and abroad.

The USC Career Planning and Placement Center, in partnership with the USC Alumni Association and LinkedIn Incorporated, is pleased to present “LinkedIn 101: Leveraging Your Online Brand and Building Your Network Through LinkedIn.”

USC alumni and friends of Trojans are welcome to attend this first national and international alumni career services event. Whether you live in the West, Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic Northeast, Southeast or abroad, take advantage of this interactive career event leveraging technology.

• Do you really know how to use LinkedIn to get networking contacts?
• How important for potential employers is a completed profile?
• How can you use this social media resource to conduct a strategic job search?
  

Alumni and friends will learn how to leverage social media to network and gain connections. They will also learn how to manage their online brand directly from the experts at LinkedIn.

This event will be lead by an expert trainer from LinkedIn. The Webinar is powered by WebEx. Stay tuned for more information on technical requirements, Webinar times based on time zones, and registration information.

Note: All participants will need to have created a LinkedIn profile prior to registering for this event.

Thursday 03/11/2010: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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The Center for Feminist Research and the Gender Studies Program at USC Women present speaker Diana Nyad.

Nyad, the special guest at this 11th annual Women in Higher Education luncheon, is an American swimmer and world record holder. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1986 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.

Every week she does a five-minute sports-themed radio piece called The Score for KCRW and National Public Radio, as well as for the American Public Media show Marketplace.

In addition to Nyad’s presentation, the luncheon will feature networking opportunities.

This incredibly popular luncheon is open to all members of the faculty, staff, student and administration community. It has sold out each of the past four years.

Thursday 03/25/2010: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

University Park Campus Davidson Conference Center (DCC) Embassy Room

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As part of Visions and Voices’ new museum series, USC students visit the Norton Simon in Pasadena.

This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited, and advance registration is required. RSVP beginning Wednesday, March 3, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:15 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12 p.m. and will return to campus at 5 p.m.

Lunch will be provided.

Los Angeles has a rich tapestry of museums with extraordinary collections, from the Getty Villa in Malibu and the Norton Simon in Pasadena to MOCA and LACMA in the heart of Los Angeles. The Museum Series — an exciting new take on the Visions and Voices experience — will offer students the opportunity to explore Los Angeles through its museums’ remarkable collections and the philosophies behind each world class institution.

The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over a 30-year period, Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. Among the most celebrated works he collected are Branchini Madonna, 1427, by Giovanni di Paolo; Madonna and Child with Book, c. 1502–03, by Raphael; Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633, by Francisco de Zurbarán; Portrait of a Boy, c. 1655–60, by Rembrandt van Rijn; Mulberry Tree, 1889, by Vincent van Gogh; Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878–81, by Edgar Degas; and Woman with a Book, 1932, by Pablo Picasso. Highlights from the Asian collection include the Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 550, India; Shiva as King of Dance, c. 1000, India; and Indra, 13th century, Nepal. Throughout the year, approximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects are on view in the museum’s galleries and sculpture garden.

Friday 03/26/2010: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Norton Simon Museum of Art 411 West Colorado Boulevard Pasadena CA 91105

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The Alumni Club of Newport Beach/Irvine welcomes Gerard Tellis, professor of marketing at the Marshall School of Business.

Join us for the third installment of the 2010 Orange County Distinguished Speaker Series: “Do Innovations Really Pay Off?”

Gerard Tellis, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Global Innovation, the Neely Chair of American Enterprise, and a professor of marketing at the USC Marshall School of Business. He specializes in the areas of innovation, global strategy, market entry, new product growth, advertising, promotion and pricing. He has published more than 100 articles and four books.

To purchase tickets, click here.

Please note: In the event that the USC Orange County Center parking lot is full, overflow parking is available at the Von Karman Corporate Plaza, located at 18551 Von Karman, the next driveway past the center.

Wednesday 03/31/2010: 7:00 PM

USC Orange County Center Room C Irvine CA 92612

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Explore the utopian aspirations — and dreams of transcendence — in ’50s and ’60s automotive design and youth car-mod subcultures.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Car Show
Trousdale Parkway

3 p.m. Panel Discussion
Alumni Park

A display of historic automobiles from the golden era of California car culture will feature space-age concept cars and vintage hot rods.

In the afternoon, join us for a panel discussion with Petersen Automotive Museum Curator Leslie Kendall; Dr. Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge, and author of Arte y Estilo: The Lowriding Tradition; and Beth Werling, collections manager of material culture at the Museum of Natural History.

In addition, the USC Libraries present “The Space Age Hits the Road: Visionary Car Designs in America,” an exhibition of historic photographs showing the influence of futurist design on U.S. automakers during the 1950s and 1960s.

Organized by William Dotson, Tyson Gaskill, Dace Taube and Andrew Wulf (USC Libraries)

Wednesday 04/07/2010: All day

University Park Campus

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We invite all USC graduate and professional students to present their work on a 4' x 3' poster. A panel of esteemed USC faculty members will select the best overall poster, and the winners will receive a generous cash prize. There is $2,400 to be given out in total.

Open to students from all disciplines. Submissions are due March 5. Email postersymposium@gmail.com.

Wednesday 04/07/2010: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

University Park Campus von KleinSmid Center (VKC) Courtyard

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Saturday 04/10/2010: 12:00 PM

University Park Campus Alfred Newman Recital Hall

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An introductory workshop for faculty interested in learning about foundation types, research methods and proposal content.

It will be headed by Linda Zukowski, director of Foundation Relations in University Advancement.

This is an introductory course, designed for faculty, development officers and staff with little or no experience with private or corporate foundations. It will cover types of foundations, research methods, cultivation, letters of inquiry, proposal content, formatting and general dos and don’ts. Presidential foundations and the university clearance process will also be discussed.

This course will cover proposal writing basics, and is not designed for senior researchers or faculty members who have written successful proposals to government agencies. (A subsequent workshop will explore the differences between proposal writing to foundations and to government agencies.)

Wednesday 04/14/2010: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Health Sciences Campus Norris Medical Library East Conference Room

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A dynamic multimedia presentation explores the exciting possibilities for using art and technology to explore humanity and create community.

The extraordinary work of internationally acclaimed electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is engaging, provocative and beautiful. Born in Mexico City and currently living in Montreal, Lozano-Hemmer develops large-scale interactive installations in public space, usually deploying new technologies and custom-made physical interfaces. Using robotics, projections, sound, Internet and cell phone links, sensors and other devices, his installations aim to provide, in his words, “temporary anti-monuments for alien agency.” His kinetic sculpture, responsive environments, video installations and photography have been shown in more than 30 countries, and his work has been commissioned for such events as the United Nations’ World Summit of Cities in Lyon (2003), the celebration of the expansion of the European Union in Dublin (2004), the 40th anniversary of the Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City (2008), and the Vancouver Olympics (2010).

In this multimedia event, Lozano-Hemmer will discuss his award-winning work.

A reception will follow.

Organized by Visions and Voices. Co-sponsored by the USC Fisher Museum of Art and the USC Roski School of Fine Arts.

Wednesday 04/14/2010: 7:00 PM

University Park Campus Bovard Auditorium

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Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the English logician, mathematician, photographer and nonsense poet, is especially remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass (1871).

Wednesday 04/21/2010: 5:00 PM

University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library Friends of USC Libraries Lecture Hall

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The Fiesta of the Horse Spectacular is dedicated to raising awareness and much needed funds for cancer research. 

The fiesta also honors the rich history between horses and people. The event features an entertaining, educational, multicultural Broadway-style equestrian and musical spectacular — a dazzling display of the magnificence, elegance and agility of the equestrian community, copmlete with Latin, Mariachi and other music, as well as flamenco and folkloric dancing.

The evening will include USC equine mascot Traveler, celebrities, vendors, foods, a silent auction, horse raffles and the raffle of a Yamaha Golf Cart.

Many local and national organizations have benefited from funds raised at the fiesta, including the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 

Gates open and the festivities begin at 3 p.m. The extravaganza begins at 6 p.m.

Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available.

Saturday 05/08/2010: 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Los Angeles Equestrian Center 480 Riverside Drive Burbank CA 91506

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