Genomics of HCC: Recent Progress.
Thu, October 13, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Health Sciences Campus: Hoffman Hall, Hastings Auditorium (HMR)
Admission: Free

A lecture presented by Snorri S. Thorgeirsson, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, NIH.

Toward Nanosystems Biology
Mon, October 17, 2005 from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

University Park Campus: Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH)
Admission: Free

Michael L. Roukes, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Caltech

Sports Marketing, Management & Medicine
Tue, October 18, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

University Park Campus: Heritage Hall (HER)
Admission: Free

The USC Career Planning & Placement Center will host its "Sports Marketing, Management & Medicine" panel.

The Secret Museum: Visual Erotica and Popular Culture in Modernist Spain
Tue, October 18, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

University Park Campus: Harris Hall (HAR)
Admission: Free

This talk discusses the production and consumption of popular visual erotica in Modernist Spain.

Planning for a Disaster Resistant LA
Tue, October 18, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

University Park Campus: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL)
Admission: Free

Ken Topping and William Siembieda will present lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and other catastrophes and discuss disaster planning in Los Angeles.

NMR Metabonomics and Bioinformatics - a Novel Approach for the Diagnosis and Mechanistic Investigations in Liver Diseases.
Thu, October 20, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Health Sciences Campus: Hoffman Hall, Hastings Auditorium (HMR)
Admission: Free

Dr. Claudia Zwingmann's work addressed brain metabolism changes particularly in astrocytes.

USC School of Pharmacy Research Seminar Series:
Mon, October 24, 2005 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Health Sciences Campus: Stauffer Pharmaceutical Science Center (PSC)
Admission: Free

Presented by: Han G. Brunner, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Vaudeville is Dead! Long Live Vaudeville!
Thu, October 27, 2005 at 4:00 pm

University Park Campus: Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Armond Fields, great grandnephew of vaudeville performer Lew Fields (of the Weber & Fields team) and curator of the 'Setting the Stage' exhibition, discusses the genesis of vaudeville and how it transformed the entertainment landscape in America.

Nuclear Receptor and Atherogenesis: May the Flow Force Be With You.
Thu, October 27, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Health Sciences Campus: Hoffman Hall, Hastings Auditorium (HMR)
Admission: Free

Dr. Barry Forman’s lab uses orphan, nuclear receptors to explore novel hormonal signaling pathways that are important in normal physiology and in disease.

The Center for Law and Philosophy presents a "Coffee House Discussion"
Thu, October 27, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

University Park Campus: Mudd Hall of Philosophy (MHP)
Admission: Free

This is the inaugural event of USC's Center for Law and Philosophy and is the first of four "Coffee House Discussions" that will be held throughout the academic year.