Campus Calendar: Sept. 29
Food Truck Wars
Don’t miss out on 10 all-new food trucks Thursday night at The Row between 4 and 10 p.m.
Food Truck Wars is a philanthropic event hosted by USC’s Interfraternity Council, USC’s Panhellenic Council and Chewse.com, a catering company, formerly known as Dish Dash L.A., started by two USC students.
Thornton Jazz Night
Thursday, September 29, 2011; Thursday, October 6, 2011; Thursday, October 20, 2011; Thursday, October 27, 2011; Thursday, November 10, 2011; Thursday, November 17, 2011; Tuesday, November 29, 2011
University Park Campus
Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Free
This contemporary jazz series features top players from Thornton’s jazz programs, performing in a variety of student ensembles.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Thursday, September 29, 2011; Friday, September 30, 2011; Saturday, October 1, 2011; Sunday, October 2, 2011
University Park Campus
McClintock Building
USC students, $5. USC faculty/staff, $8. General public, $10. (Must be purchased in person at USC Ticket Office.) Tickets purchased by phone or online, $12.
A wildly imaginative new comedy begins with an incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe, a stranger at the next table who has had enough, and a dead man with many loose ends.
Moonchildren
Thursday, September 29, 2011; Friday, September 30, 2011; Monday, October 1, 2012; Tuesday, October 2, 2012
University Park Campus
Scene Dock Theatre
USC students, $5. USC faculty/staff, $8. General public, $10. (Must be purchased in person at USC Ticket Office.) Tickets purchased by phone or online, $12.
In Michael Weller’s play, five male college seniors and their housemates explore the rootless ’60s generation of free love and protest.
Hsieh Institute Symposium
Health Sciences Campus
Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Aresty Conference Center
Aresty Auditorium
RSVP is required.
The Ming Hsieh Institute for Research on Engineering-Medicine for Cancer examines developments in nanomedicine for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Maf1: A New Molecular Link Between Metabolism and Cancer
Health Sciences Campus
Hoffman Hall, Hastings Auditorium
Free
A lecture by Deborah L. Johnson, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and associate dean for Graduate Affairs at the Keck School of USC.
Health Disparities and the Immigrant Health Initiative
William Vega, provost’s professor and executive director of USC’s Roybal Institute on Aging, gives the inaugural Immigrant Health Initiative lecture.
Thunder Soul
University Park Campus
George Lucas Instructional Building
Ray Stark Family Theatre, Room 108
Free
Travel back to the ’70s… Afros, pleated pants and platform shoes. James Brown, Sly Stone and Bootsy Collins.