Campus Calendar: Oct. 19


Strategic Partnership with Impact

USC Marshall School of Business

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 – Friday, October 21, 2011

Portofino Hotel
260 Portofino Way
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Employees of a CEO sponsor company, $2,650. General public, $3,250.

Where will talent and organization investments make the biggest difference in your strategic success?

Mountains Beyond Mountains: Tracy Kidder

Letters, Arts and Sciences Speaker Series and USC Spectrum
Student Affairs: Spectrum

Tuesday, October 18, 2011; Wednesday, October 19, 2011

University Park Campus
Bovard Auditorium

Free. RSVP required.

A chance to hear from Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World.

USC Dornsife 2020 Climate Change in the Southern California Coastal Region: Science’s Issues and Societal Implications

The Dornsife Commons
9:00am to 4:00pm

University Park Campus
Davidson Conference Center
Boardroom

Free

Come listen, learn and talk about the planet’s changing climate.

Road to the White House 2012: Richard Reeves on Presidential Leadership

Road to the White House 2012: Politics, Media and Technology
11:30am to 1:00pm

University Park Campus
Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Room 450

Free. Please RSVP.

A conversation on the 2012 presidential election, featuring Communication Leadership and Policy Senior Fellow and presidential biographer Richard Reeves.

How To Manage a Research Lab: A Workshop for New Faculty

Center for Excellence in Research Workshop
Office of Research
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Health Sciences Campus
Norris Medical Library
West Conference Room

Due to limited space, RSVP is required.

This course educates investigators in the ABCs of lab management.

Sharing as Infrastructure

Norman Lear Center’s Creativity and Collaboration in the Academy
4:00pm to 5:00pm

University Park Campus
Davidson Conference Center
Club Room

Free

The USC Office of Research and the Norman Lear Center present a talk by John Wilbanks, vice president of science at Creative Commons.

The Image of Masculinity

5:00pm to 6:30pm

University Park Campus
USC Fisher Museum of Art

Free

The USC Fisher Museum of Art hosts a talk about the impact of visual media culture on the black male image.

Exploring a Career in Business Academia

DocNet Forum
USC Marshall School of Business
5:00pm to 7:00pm

University Park Campus

Free

This DocNet Forum connects those interested in an academic career with business school faculty, staff and students.

Urban Community Impact Discussion: Global Peace and Conflict

6:00pm to 8:00pm

University Park Campus
United University Church
Fellowship Hall

Free

How are we making the world more peaceful and just? Is peace really possible?

For Lovers Only

Outside the Box (Office)
USC School of Cinematic Arts
7:00pm to 10:00pm

University Park Campus
George Lucas Instructional Building
Ray Stark Family Theatre, Room 108

Free

Michael Polish’s film is the story of a man and a woman in love.