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September 12, 2019 |
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Caryn Lerman installed as USC Norris directorCaryn Lerman, who joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC in March, was celebrated Sept. 11 on the Health Sciences Campus, where she was formally installed as the H. Leslie and Elaine S. Hoffman Cancer Research Chair and as director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. |
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Campus programs reach out to community to be good neighborsA variety of projects led by faculty, staff and students from Health Sciences Campus schools and programs were awarded USC Good Neighbors Grants for 2019–20, helping fund a range of innovative community programs. More than 900 local efforts have been supported through Good Neighbors over the past 25 years, thanks to donations totaling more than $25 million from USC faculty, staff and friends. |
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Officials celebrate Toyota Sports Performance Center partnership with ribbon-cuttingOfficials celebrated a new partnership on Sept. 4, as Keck Medicine of USC, the Los Angeles Kings and Meyer Institute of Sport held a ribbon-cutting for the Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo, a new sports medicine and athletic rehabilitation center. |
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USC scientist and colleagues identify new species of giant flying reptileA USC scientist and colleagues have identified a new species of giant flying reptile that once soared over what is now North America, calling it the "frozen dragon of the north." The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known, yet key characteristics gleaned from a cache of bones unearthed in Canada show that it is actually part of a new genus and species. |
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