Match your aquatic prowess against fellow Trojans — swim two or more miles for nine straight weeks and win prizes.

Register online September 1-14. The challenge ends on November 16.

1. Sign up online by going to www.usc.edu/recsports and selecting Wellness Programs.

2. Check in with a lifeguard at the McDonald's Swim Stadium or Physical Education Building pool before and after each swim. The use of swim equipment such as fins, paddles, kickboards, etc., is permitted in this challenge.

3. Your progress will be posted every Friday online and on the pool deck of the McDonald's Swim Stadium (Lifeguard Office).

Trojans, swim on!

Daily: Tuesday 09/01/2009 - Monday 11/16/2009; All day

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center

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Raphael and Spada explore the intersections of astronomy, evolution, mythology and countless other subjects. Like latter-day alchemists, they transmute a diverse selection of visual materials into rich, multi-layered perspectives on the nature of the universe.

Last summer, Raphael and Spada began to explore the libraries' rare holdings in fields ranging from Kabbalism to geometry. Inspired by their discoveries, the Southern California artists created "From Zero to Infinity," a series of digital prints that confront the eternal principles — creation and destruction, harmony and strife, infinity and void — that define our existence.

"From Zero to Infinity: The Story of Everything" traces Raphael and Spada's creative journey in three exhibitions: the objects that inspired their work, the multi-layered digital prints of "From Zero to Infinity," and visual materials that continue the artists' explorations of these exotic mysteries. Complementing Raphael and Spada's digital artworks, the libraries present "Notes from the Story of Everything," an exhibition of rare books and other materials from the special collections that partly inspired their creative journey.

An opening reception is scheduled for September 3, 5:30-7 p.m. Please RSVP by going to www.usc.edu/esvp and entering the code ARTSCIENCE, or by calling (213) 740-1744.

Daily: Thursday 09/03/2009 - Sunday 12/13/2009; All day

University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library

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An exhibit follows each step in the selection of a new justice, highlighting historical figures, famous incidents and recent events.

With the recent confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the USC Gould School of Law takes a closer look at the nomination and confirmation of new justices.

The exhibition “The Path to the Supreme Court: The Nomination and Confirmation Process of a Justice” explains each step of the process, using photographs, political cartoons, news clippings, and the official Supreme Court Justice bobbleheads.

Daily: Thursday 09/03/2009 - Friday 12/18/2009; All day

University Park Campus Musick Law Building Foyer

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The exhibition will include pieces from the ongoing Space Field series, as well as work from Japan, Paris, Turkey, Mexico and Alaska. It will also feature work from several collaborations between Raphael and other artists.

Victor Raphael (born 1950) works in a wide range of media, spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel — through space or time — and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water and its protean and timeless qualities form an important part.

Raphael's photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf, earned his work inclusion among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, a 1996 international touring exhibition that commemorated the company's 50th anniversary.

Related Events

October 15
Songs in the Earth and Air, a concert of vocal improvisations inspired by Raphael's work.

October 23, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Artist talk. Raphael will discuss his body of work. Refreshments will be served.

October 29
Videos by Victor Raphael, a screening of six Raphael videos, and a discussion with the artist and David Wilson, director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology.

Weekly: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 09/09/2009 - 12/19/2009; 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

University Park Campus USC Fisher Museum of Art Harris Hall

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Children from the USC Family of Schools express themselves artistically using only one color.

Each academic year, the USC Fisher Museum of Art plans, curates, and professionally installs four temporary student art exhibitions at the University Village Shopping Center food court for the Art in the Village program.

For this year's first exhibition, elementary school kids belonging to the USC Family of Schools (32nd Street/USC Magnet, Alexander Science Center School, Foshay Learning Center, John Mack Elementary, Norwood Elementary, St. Agnes Parish School, St. Vincent Parish School, Vermont Avenue Elementary and Weemes Elementary) were invited to create and submit artwork fitting the theme "Color Me..."

Each exhibition kicks off with an opening reception honoring the forty students with the best artwork. The children have the opportunity to speak with family, friends and community members about their artwork. They are congratulated for their achievements during an award ceremony, where they receive a certificate signed by Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks. 

Funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach Grant, Art in the Village represents a partnership between the USC Fisher Museum of Art the University Village Shopping Center and the USC Family of Schools. 

Daily: Tuesday 10/27/2009 - Friday 12/04/2009; All day

University Village Shopping Center Food Court 3375 South Hoover Street Los Angeles CA 90007

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By Christopher Piehler
Directed by Jack Rowe

The Triangle Factory Fire Project is the first of two productions presented during the 2009-10 academic year that will showcase our second-year M.F.A. in Acting students.

Thursday, November 5, 7 p.m.
Friday, November 6, 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 7, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 8, 2:30 p.m.

Daily: Thursday 11/05/2009 - Sunday 11/08/2009; All day

University Park Campus Bing Theatre

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A film fest examines the impact of the Bond series and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, the producer who brought it to life.

For more than 30 years, the name Albert “Cubby” Broccoli was synonymous with the most prolific and financially successful film franchise in American cinema, Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Beginning with Dr. No in 1962, Broccoli transformed Fleming’s novels into a groundbreaking and trendsetting pop culture phenomenon. The James Bond movies were responsible for reinventing the spy genre and helped redefine the popular construct of masculinity.

Presented in celebration of the Cubby Broccoli centennial, this three-day festival will feature screenings and discussions examining the impact of the Bond series and the producer who brought it to life. Panel discussions will feature key figures from the Bond franchise and from the Broccoli family. Additionally, an exhibit featuring a wide array of gadgets and props from the films will be on display during the festival.

Schedule

Friday, November 6

7 p.m. Dr. No (1962, 110 minutes)

9 p.m. Goldfinger (1964, 110 minutes)

Saturday, November 7

12 p.m. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969, 142 minutes)

2:40 p.m. Live and Let Die (1973, 121 minutes)

5 p.m. “James Bond Today”
Panel discussion featuring Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson, Rob Wade, Neal Purvis and Marc Forster

6:45 p.m. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977, 125 minutes)

9 p.m. The Living Daylights (1987, 130 minutes)

Sunday, November 8

12:30 p.m. GoldenEye (1995, 130 minutes)

2:50 p.m. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, 119 minutes)

5 p.m.: “Cubby Broccoli, Producer”
Panel discussion featuring Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson, Tom Mankiewicz, Richard Kiel and Maud Adams

6:30 p.m. Reception in Queens Courtyard 

8 p.m. Casino Royale (2006, 144 minutes)

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts

Daily: Friday 11/06/2009 - Sunday 11/08/2009; All day

University Park Campus Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre Frank Sinatra Hall

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A chance for young scientists to network with academic and industry leaders in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and biological sciences.

Moving Targets is held this year in conjunction with the Annual AAPS Meeting and Exposition. This event promotes the interactions of young scientists in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and biological sciences with one another, as well as with academic leaders and members of the pharmaceutical industry.

This year's topic, "Drug Delivery and Therapeutics to the Tumor Microenvironment," will include presenters from industry, academia and medical health care.

The attendees will include academic and industry faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students from various national and international universities and colleges.

Speakers

• Hiroshi Maeda, M.D., Ph.D., Sojo University, Japan
• Neil Gibson, Ph.D., Pfizer, La Jolla
• Dai Fukumura M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University
• Jindrich Kopecek, Ph.D., D.Sc., University of Utah
• Francis C. Szoka, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
• Napoleone Ferrara, Ph.D., Genentech, San Francisco
• Walter Wolf, Ph.D., University of Southern California 
  

You must preregister to attend this event. Registration for the event is free and includes parking, a full day's meals and admission to Lucky Strike at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles in the evening. There will also be a poster competition with generous cash prizes.  Space is limited, so please register soon.

To download the Moving Targets 2009 program, click here.

Saturday 11/07/2009: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC 3540 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles CA 90007

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USC's Nathalie Burle defines Francophonie and addresses its pedagogical implications in the learning of French.

This workshop will provide teaching strategies as well as classroom resources such as francophone literature, film, music, etc.

Burle is a lecturer in the USC Department of French and Italian. She received her doctorate in Educational Psychology, Learning, and Instruction from the USC Rossier School of Education. Her research interests are in cognitive language development, second-language acquisition and pedagogy, curriculum and faculty development, and photolanguage.

Saturday 11/07/2009: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

University Park Campus Taper Hall of Humanities 320

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Professors Anderson, Bottjer and Pinkus lead a bus trip to observe the range of time around us in Los Angeles.

Tying in with the seminar Human Time, Geological Time: Discrepancies and Adaptations, the USC College’s Lawford Anderson (Earth Sciences), David Bottjer (Earth Sciences) and Karen Pinkus (French and Italian, and Comparative Literature) climb aboard to study the subject firsthand. Making stops at Silverado Canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains, the Laguna Beach area, and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, visiting fossils and oil pumps, they will discuss geological change, energy sources and land use along the way.

To RSVP, use the event code "CC1106".

Saturday 11/07/2009: 9:00 AM

Multiple Locations Greater Los Angeles Area

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Graduate Upperclassmen and Family Housing celebrates Graduate Student Appreciation Week with a visit to the land of the grape.

Since 1917, The San Antonio Winery has added flair and flavor to celebrations of friends and families throughout Los Angeles and the West. Today, it is the last of more than 100 producing wineries that once lined the Los Angeles River Basin. It is a popular restaurant and legendary banquet location, a comprehensive tasting room, and an international wine shop with hundreds of domestic and imported labels. The winery is an oasis of good living in the heart of the city.

We plan to take our graduate student community on a tour of the winery, with complimentary wine tasting followed by a relaxing lunch in the winery dining hall.

To RSVP, please email Pallavi Sharma at erpallavisharma@gmail.com with "San Antonio Winery" in the subject line. A mandatory payment of $5 is required to reserve your place for the event.

Saturday 11/07/2009: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

San Antonio Winery 737 Lamar Street Los Angeles CA 90031

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The USC Fisher Museum of Art presents a fun-filled day for children and their families to explore art together. Activities will include a photographic portrait-making workshop, exhibition tours, face painting, prizes, live music, cotton candy, popcorn and hot dogs.

All ages are welcome!

Saturday 11/07/2009: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

University Park Campus USC Fisher Museum of Art Harris Hall

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The first performance will be at 3 p.m., with the second following at 7 p.m.

Sunday 11/08/2009: All day

University Park Campus Alfred Newman Recital Hall

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