USC Good Neighbors Campaign gives $139,000 to seven HSC-area programs
These programs are based on partnerships between the Health Sciences Campus and the following schools: Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School; Griffin, Murchison and Sheridan Elementary Schools; the East Los Angeles Skills Center and the East Los Angeles Occupational Center.
The following programs received grants:
• Expanding STARS: Sharing Power of Science with Neighborhood Youth received $30,000 to provide Bravo High School juniors with mentored, hands-on experiences in the laboratory of a USC scientist.
• FUENTE Initiative received $7,500 to coordinate poison prevention, health screenings and student participation in health fairs.
• Mission Science II received $19,935 to provide local students with the opportunity to learn science and engineering by working on hands-on projects.
• Neighborhood Mobile Dental Clinic received $19,000 to provide oral health services to community children.
• Thornton School of Music Guitarmasters received $33,200 for guitar classes and to allow students to perform at the International House of Blues for their final project.
• Sixth annual USC Health and Science Expo received $14,520 to recruit HSC students to assist fifth-graders in developing projects for the USC science fair.
• Seventh annual USC Community Health Fair received $16,477 to provide preventive health screenings to parents and children.
The grants are made possible by faculty and staff donations to the annual USC Good Neighbors Campaign, which will begin this year Oct. 2.
Throughout October, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to make tax-deductible contributions to the campaign. All funds are used to support local partnerships through USC Neighborhood Outreach grants.
Faculty and staff interested in learning more about USC Neighborhood Outreach Grants or the USC Good Neighbors Campaign can contact (323) 442-3571 or visit www.usc.edu/ext-relations/gnc.
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The Wall Street Journal highlighted the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
KPCC-FM reported that this fall USC will offer Persian language courses for the first time. A $250,000 grant from the Farhang Foundation helped to establish the program. Bruce Zuckerman of the USC Dornsife College said he has many students interested in the Persian language, culture and region. “The Iranian region is one that has great impact on our lives today and has had great impact going back into ancient times,” he said. The story noted that USC and the Farhang Foundation hope to raise more money to create an Iranian studies minor. Payvand also featured the new courses.
American Songwriter ran a Q&A with Christopher Sampson of the USC Thornton School about the school’s Popular Music program, which Sampson founded. He noted that the program has been available as a major in Songwriting since 2009, and has incorporated a diverse range of musical genres. “We have now established a consistent track record of students having professional success to know that the program gets results,” Sampson said. He also highlighted the achievements of Songwriting faculty members Lamont Dozier, Andrea Stolpe and David Poe of the Thornton School.
The Economist featured research by Valter Longo of the USC Davis School finding that short periods of fasting could help cancer patients better tolerate chemotherapy, and may even make treatment more effective. The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported that cancerous tumors are essentially energy hogs. “They need to burn lots of energy just to stay alive,” Longo said. The study was also covered by Irish Independent (Ireland), Magyar Tavirati Iroda (Hungary), Anadolu Ajansi (Turkey), Son Haber (Netherlands), Vietnam+ (Vietnam), Turkish Radio and Television (Turkey) and Romania Libera (Romania).
L.A. Weekly featured research by USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, which has developed video games based around physical movement for people recovering from strokes or other injuries. The games develop strength in specific body parts. Traditional video games weren’t right for these patients, said the institute’s Belinda Lange. “Often, the fun parts of the game would only be unlocked after a series of other levels, which our patients often couldn’t achieve,” she said. The games are now being tested with physical therapists in three major clinics.
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