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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

2013-05-18 05:00:00

The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...

A balanced guide to success

2013-05-10 21:28:00

The financial crisis fueled anger with the world's "takers" — those people who "like to get more than they give," in author Adam Grant's pithy definition. Everyone is searching for a sustainable formula for recovery that not only curbs damaging...

An engaging guide to viral marketing for neophytes

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Why do some things catch on? How does a steak sandwich from a Philadelphia restaurant, for example, become so famous that it gets a slot on the David Letterman show? Why did Rebecca Black's whiny pop song "Friday" become a viral hit on YouTube? Why have...

Did the system fail a soldier?

2013-04-15 03:00:00

SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...

Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?

2013-03-28 05:30:00

The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...

Wharton School says L.A. company misusing its name

2013-03-28 14:30:00

There’s only one Wharton School. The University of Pennsylvania wants to make sure there’s no confusion about that. The university filed a lawsuit accusing a Beverly Hills company of operating an online university that uses the well-...

C. Everett Koop dies at 96; former U.S. surgeon general

2013-02-25 00:00:00

In the mid-1980s, the emerging AIDS epidemic was a high-profile target of vocal conservatives. Politicians and the religious right called for sweeping measures against those diagnosed with AIDS, including quarantine of patients, mandatory screening of...

Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year

2013-02-20 08:49:00

The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...

Marching for civil rights

2013-02-09 10:00:00

What's remarkable about photojournalist Leonard Freed's book "This Is the Day: The March on Washington" (Getty: $29.95), a photo essay documenting the historic Aug. 28, 1963, civil-rights march, is that it includes only one photograph of Martin Luther...

James DePreist dies at 76; artistic advisor to Pasadena Symphony

2013-02-08 20:31:00

James DePreist, artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and Pops and one of the few African American conductors to lead major orchestras in the United States and abroad, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76. The cause was...

Leonard Apt dies; UCLA pediatric ophthalmologist was 90

2013-02-06 00:00:00

During the first half of the 20th century, pediatricians generally believed that children's eye problems were largely self-corrective — that a child would grow out of his or her crossed eyes or poor vision. But they were wrong. Unless a vision...

Setting an online example in educating women

2013-01-25 00:00:00

The United States is leading a revolution in higher education. With the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, U.S. universities will be increasingly exporting hundreds of college-level classes every year to the rest of the world. The...

Ethan Youderian has joined Performance Trust Investment Advisors as its chief investment officer. Youderian will be responsible for the management of PTIA's investment activities and risk oversight, along with new investment product and strategy development.

2013-05-07 11:25:00

Abizer Zanzi has been promoted to income partner at Franczek Radelet Zanzi represents companies, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations and public sector employers in labor and employment law.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Kerry Nihill, 26, said she loves wearing things she won't see on others. The Philadelphia resident certainly accomplished that purpose at the "4th Annual Hope in the Harbor Gala" at the American Visionary Art Museum benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

2013-04-18 00:00:00