Wed, April 13, 2005 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Negotiating an Academic Job Offer

Leavey Library (LVL)
Admission: Free

The academic job process is not finished with the initial offer: You can negotiate for the deal best suited to your needs. Learn when you can negoatiate, what you can ask for, and how. Come have your questions answered!

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
ELF Ensemble: Jazz In The Park

Alumni Park
Admission: Free

Conducted by Shelton Berg, ELF is an experimental, 11-member group. All of the music performed by ELF is composed and/or arranged by USC students and faculty. The band attempts to explore the limits of contemporary jazz.

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Assisted Living: Special Screening of an Award Winning Film

Andrus Gerontology Center (GER)
Admission: Free

The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center will be hosting a special screening of the award winning film Assisted Living. A cocktail reception will be held in the Gerontology courtyard at 6pm, with the screening beginning at 7pm.

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Brock Blomberg: The (After) Life-Cycle Theory of Religious Contributions

Social Sciences Building (SOS)
Admission: Free

Brock Blomberg is a USC Center for International Studies Affiliated Scholar from Claremont-McKenna College. Copies of his paper are available in SOS B-1.

Mon, September 20, 2004 through Fri, May 13, 2005 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays all day.
'Tapestry of Life': The Photography of Howard Buffett

Annenberg School for Communication (ASC)
Admission: Free

'Tapestry of Life' represents 10 years of photography from more than 40 international excursions by Illinois agri-businessman and photographer Howard Buffett and communicates the struggles and needs of individuals in the Third World.

Every day from Tue, September 14, 2004 through Sun, May 29, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Three Winters in the Sun: Einstein In California

Skirball Cultural Center
Admission: General, $12; Seniors and students, $8; free for members and children under 12

This installation focuses on the three winter terms that Albert Einstein spent at the California Institute of Technology (1931 - 1933) and uses this brief period as a lens to re-envision his entire life.

Every day from Tue, March 29, 2005 through Fri, May 6, 2005 all day.
Art in the Village: What Money Can't Buy

University Village Shopping Center
Admission: Free

"What Money Can’t Buy" features the artwork of local K-5 students who were inspired to create a work of art that depicts a person or an object that is priceless to them.

Wed, March 2, 2005 through Sat, April 16, 2005 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
'Insatiable Desires'

USC Fisher Gallery (HAR)
Admission: Free

Featuring paintings, sculpture, mixed media and works on paper produced in America and abroad from 1960s to the present, this exhibition selectively surveys contemporary art’s representation of human responses to the second half of the 20th century.

Every day from Tue, February 15, 2005 through Sun, May 15, 2005 all day.
Life As He Knew It: Photographs of Black Los Angeles

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Culled from a collection amassed by attorney Walter Lear Gordon Jr, these rare photographs depict the lives of successful black Los Angelenos - including clergymen, entertainers, politicians, professionals and "society" folk - from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Tue, February 22, 2005 through Sat, April 30, 2005 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
USC School of Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition Series

F2 Gallery
Admission: Free

Masters of Fine Arts candidates showcase their diverse contemporary art practices in solo exhibitions.