Tue, October 5, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Tuesday at Fisher: Screening of 'Playing Unfair: The Media Image of the Female Athlete'

USC Fisher Gallery (HAR)
Admission: Free

Michael Messner, chair of the USC department of sociology, screens and discusses this video in which he and fellow sports scholars look at the persistence of heterosexism and homophobia in perpetuating gender stereotypes.

Tue, October 5, 2004 at 7:30 pm
Daniel Rothmuller, cello and Bernadene Blaha, piano: Thornton Music Masters Series

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: Free

In a concert entitled "From Russia with Love," Thornton faculty members Daniel Rothmuller and Bernadene Blaha perform a concert featuring Cello Sonata op. 40 by Shostakovich, Sonata No. 1 (1978) by Schnittke and Sonata in C Major, op. 119 by Prokofiev.

Tue, October 5, 2004 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB)
Admission: Free

Kalanit Grill-Spector, associate professor psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University, discusses the neural basis of visual cognition of objects and faces using functional imaging (fMRI) of the human brain.

Tue, October 5, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Urban Growth Seminar: Green Visions

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL)
Admission: Free

Jennifer Wolch explains the Green City movement, which involves integrated habitat conservation, watershed health and recreational open space planning for Southern California.

Tue, October 5, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Countdown to the Election: The Supreme Court

E.F. Hutton Park
Admission: Free

In the second in a series of five topical discussions designed to inform the public of major 2004 campaign issues, Howard Gillman and Mary Dudziak discuss the rulings and political composition of the United States Supreme Court.

Tue, October 5, 2004 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Information Technology in a Time of Terror

Annenberg School for Communication (ASC)
Admission: Free

James Der Derian, a professor at Brown University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, discusses how modern conveniences have played a significant role in contemporary conflict.

Tue, October 5, 2004 from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm
Enhanced Learning Through Better Questions: Faculty Forum Series

Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)
Admission: Free

Through video examples and discussion, Bill McComas reviews effective questioning to improve student learning and articulates a taxonomy of questioning based on the underlying notion of "cognitive demand."

Wed, October 6, 2004 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Helmut Richter: Buildings & Projects: USC School of Architecture Lecture Series

USC Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center (HAR)
Admission: Free

Helmut Richter explains his architectural design philosophy citing the numerous projects created during the course of a career spanning more than four decades.

Wed, October 6, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
What Matters to Me & Why with guest speaker Eric Trules

Ground Zero Coffee House
Admission: Free

Eric Trules, an assistant professor in both USC's School of Theater and School of Cinema-TV, discusses issues central to his life to help the public better understand the lives and inspirations of those individuals who shape the University.

Wed, September 1, 2004 through Fri, December 17, 2004 on Wednesdays at 12:00 pm
Music at Noon

United University Church (UMC)
Admission: Free

A university tradition continues as some of the Thornton School’s finest soloists and ensembles perform in the lunchtime concert series.