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Long before he appeared in movies like Mr. Holland's Opus or even American Graffiti, actor Richard Dreyfuss performed an important role at the USC Medical Center.
From 1969 to 1971, Dreyfuss worked as a clerk in medical records, but he wasn't acting. He was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war performing the job as an alternative to military service.
Jean Shih, the Boyd and Elsie Welin Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, hosted nearly 150 Taiwanese high school students for a campus visit last week. The students were members of the marching band of the Taipei First Girls High School, Shih's alma mater. The group performed in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
Last Thursday's tour of the University Park campus, organized by physics professor Tu-Nan Chang, included meeting Trojan marching band Asst. Dir. Anthony Fox, as well as time for photo-ops with Tommy Trojan.
Maureen Strohm, associate professor of family medicine, has been appointed director of the USC-California Hospital Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program. To accept the position, Strohm cut short a sabbatical focused on substance abuse treatment. Regarding her sabbatical and move, Strohm paraphrased a famous quote- "news of my departure has been greatly exaggerated!"
Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith died last week of severe heart failure at USC's University Hospital. He was 79.
The writer had fought heart disease for more than 10 years and had previously undergone quadruple bypass surgery to treat his ailment. Smith was originally admitted to LAC+USC Medical Center and was transferred to USC University Hospital under the care of cardiologist Uri Elkayam.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included 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.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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