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A front-page Pasadena Star-News story on Feb. 23 highlighted the adverse affects of smog on children’s lungs.
The story quoted environmental health researcher James Gauderman and also cited USC’s long-term Children’s Health Study. The story also ran in the Miami Herald, LA Daily News, Whittier Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and appeared on KTTV-TV’s 10 p.m. newscast.
A Feb. 23 LA Daily News story focused on women’s stroke risks. The story quoted neurologist Gene Sung and neurointerventional radiologist George Teitelbaum. The story also ran in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the San Bernardino County Sun and the Pasadena Star-News.
On Feb. 23, biokinesiologist Carolee Winstein interviewed with Newsweek magazine for an upcoming story on stroke therapy.
On Feb. 23, the Lifetime TV show, “Speaking of Women’s Health” interviewed dermatologist David Sawcer for an upcoming segment on skin cancer.
On Feb. 18, CNN ran a story on mixing drugs and included informatin from by pharmacist Peggy Han.
A Feb. 16 Los Angeles Times story looked at the dangers of a common heart drug. The story quoted cardiologist Uri Elkayam.
A Feb. 12 Maryland Gazette story examined the possibility of life on Mars and quoted neurobiologist and former NASA scientist Joseph Miller.
A Feb. 12 story on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia highlighted ways to improve memory. The story included neurologist Jeff Victoroff and also appeared on television stations in Charlotte, N.C., Austin, Te and Columbia, S.C.
On Feb. 12, fertility expert Richard Paulson appeared on KABC-TV’s 5 p.m. news for a story on human cloning.
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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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