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Spring 2008
The best minds in regenerative medicine are migrating to California, lured by a $3 billion windfall in state funding for stem cell research.
By Christen Brownlee
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Stem cells aren’t just fodder for scientific experiments. They are living and growing in your body right now.
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There has been an explosion of activity since voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004.
In the old days, all you needed was a briefcase, a dark suit and a decent score on the GMAT. To earn an MBA these days, you'll also need a passport and a frequent flyer program.
By Ellen Paris
Lawmaker, policymaker, political prophet, Jesse Unruh '48 had huge strengths that propelled him to power, and huge weaknesses that kept him from reaching the top.
By Bill Boyarsky
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About the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.
From the National Medal of Arts to France's Legion of Honor, USC faculty reap laurels.
Back to Black History Basics: are you smarter than the average fifth-grader?
We get letters...
The storied history of USC and its neighbor, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
On the Rhodes again; transformational gifts; Trojans in Tokyo; a band of engineers.
Meet composer Morten Lauridsen, who received a National Medal of Arts from President Bush; and art historian Daniela Bleichmar, named one of America's top young innovators by Smithsonian magazine.
A new census of all Internet addresses (some 2.8 billion and counting); and 74 is the new 59 in terms of mental acuity
Percival Everett's new novel; plus the super-bots that are blinking and whirring into our everyday lives.
Late Style: Robert Graham's "Body of Work" at USC Fisher Gallery reveals an astonishing stylistic departure for the artist.
To Be a Trojan
A father’s tribute to his son and his son’s coach on the eve of the 2007 USC-UCLA game.
James Main Dixon “knew everything about everything,” according to one former student.
Courageous Climb
Bill Barkeley ’84
Seeds of Hope
Father Henry Simaro MA '91
Supporting Players
Jason Weinstein ‘85 and George Woodley ‘89
Phyllis Norton Cooper ‘35, LLB ‘38
Louis J. Galen LLB ‘51
On the cover: Martin F. Pera, a recognized pioneer in the development of embryonic stem cells, is creating a unified, world-class program in stem cell research at USC. Photograph by Mark Berndt
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