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Roski establishes new professorship with donation


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The Roski School of Fine Arts has established a professorship with a donation from USC trustee Robert A. Day, chairman and president of the W. M. Keck Foundation and a member of the Board of Overseers for the Keck School of Medicine of USC,  the university announced last week. The professorship will be used to […]

CNN host Christiane Amanpour to speak at USC commencement


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Journalist Christiane Amanpour will address USC’s graduating class as the 2012 commencement speaker on May 11, the Daily Trojan has learned. The speech will take place in Alumni Park. [Click here for an updated version of the article.] Currently, Amanpour serves as the chief international correspondent for CNN International and as the global affairs anchor for […]

Collision near campus shuts down traffic Friday night


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A collision involving a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser and a civilian vehicle at the intersection of McClintock Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard shut down traffic in all directions shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. Ambulances were called to the scene for two police officers who sustained moderate injuries, according to the LAPD. They were taken to […]

Administration responds to controversial web series based on USC


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James Franco’s new web series “Undergrads,” which the video says will air Thursday at 8 p.m. on www.jamesfrancotv.com, follows the lives of several USC  students. In an interview with MTV, Dave Franco, James Franco’s brother, said he helped film, direct and produce the web series. “This past semester, I was working more behind the camera, […]

Trader Joe’s CEO to receive top alumni award


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The CEO of Trader Joe’s is slated to receive USC’s highest alumni honor on April 28, the university announced this week. ’69 alumnus Dan Bane, who serves on the USC Leventhal School of Accounting Board of Advisors, will receive the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award, named for the 1931-32 president of the Alumni Association, […]