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April 4, 2019

Four stories to read this weekend, chosen by our editors

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Keck Medicine celebrates 10-year anniversary of hospitals purchase

Keck Medicine celebrates 10-year anniversary of hospitals purchase

Keck Medicine of USC celebrated a milestone on April 1, marking the 10-year anniversary of USC's purchase of two hospitals from Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

Regrowing enamel? This dental professor is on the case

Regrowing enamel? This dental professor is on the case

Dental enamel is tricky stuff. Even though it's the body's hardest material, if it wears away from cavities, acidic food or drinks or overbrushing, it doesn't regenerate. One dental professor is planning to make that change in the future, though.

Memo: USC provost, legal counsel retiring

Memo: USC provost, legal counsel retiring

Michael Quick, USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and Carol Mauch Amir, senior vice president for legal affairs and professionalism, will be retiring from their positions, effective June 30, according to a memo from USC Interim President Wanda Austin.

Researchers link educational attainment to reduced burden of serious mental illness

Researchers link educational attainment to reduced burden of serious mental illness

Serious mental illness imposes devastating costs to a person's life, impacting health care costs, education, work and life expectancy. Improved educational attainment could help mitigate this burden, according to a new USC study that is trying to estimate those costs as well as how to reduce them.

Featured Event

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Keck Medicine of USC Talk

Date: Friday, April 5

Time: Noon

Event: "In the Next Room: Connections Between Patients and the Scientists Who Sustain Them," Martin Kast, PhD

Location: Norris Research Tower (NRT) LG 503/504

Info and RSVP: Mary Aalto, mary.aalto@med.usc.edu. Lunch will be served. Seating is limited, RSVP is required. A Q-and-A with Martin Kast and his family will follow the event at 1 p.m. Ten copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot will be raffled to attendees.

Find more campus events at hscnews.usc.edu/calendar-of-events/.

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