Steven B. Sample, president of the University of Southern California since 1991, announced on Nov. 2 that he will retire in August 2010.

Nearly 30 Percent of Los Angeles Unified School District Students Aren't Reclassified by the Eighth Grade, According to USC-Based Tomas Rivera Policy Institute

USC Gould School of Law professor and Associate Dean Elyn Saks has been selected as a 2009 fellow of the MacArthur Foundation. Saks is the first fellow selected from the faculty of USC and one of only 24 selected for this year’s awards.

Center for Emerging Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Solid State Lighting Has Five-Year Program

Findings Offer Hope for New Treatments, Researchers Say

New Book Examines Role of Special Districts