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Korean Unification Project Launched
The Korean Studies Institute at USC and the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will undertake a groundbreaking new initiative on Korean unification. The initiative, called “The Korea Project: Planning for the Long Term,” will be led by David Kang, director of the Korean Studies
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SPPD Grad Leads Medical Team to Haiti
When Scripps Health president and CEO Chris Van Gorder, an alumnus of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, arrived in Haiti to help the victims of the tragic earthquake, he noted how the conditions on the ground were “far different” from what he expected. “The damage was much
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Architecture Brigades Complete Project
USC School of Architecture students, in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Global Architecture Brigades, recently returned from Panama, where they completed their first project. “Gandhi said, ‘Be the change you want,’ and the USC Architecture Brigades are doing just that. They started the chapter, found an important project in Panama
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The Rise and Demise of Empires
When Sarah Hawley took her first archaeology course at USC College, she did not know it would be a watershed experience. Entering USC to study theatre the year before, she was immediately hooked and switched her major. “Archaeology is something that every child wants to do,” said Hawley, now a
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Almost Half of Injured Haitians Are Children
A statistical study by a specialist group at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and USC indicates that the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake include an extraordinarily high number of children — more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total. This information should guide relief workers on the ground, according
