Headlines February 2007

Southern Exposure Series to present Exposed Wiring III Feb. 1 Lectures: Jan. 18-Feb. 4 Sculptural installation on display at McMaster Gallery Jan. 14-Feb. 6 USC Upstate art faculty present gallery exhibit Barnes Symposium to be held at law school Feb. 2-3 Student leadership conference is Feb. 3 Opera features French composers Feb. 3 and 4 Staff Spotlight: Steve Varnadore, postal center director Moore School listed in Wall Street Journal rankings Dean Joel Smith announces retirement Mail carrier delivers for USC day after day Martin Luther King III to speak Feb. 6 Peace in South America is topic of lecture Feb. 6 Staff Spotlight: Meet Misty Hatfield, USC Sumter University announces record $173.3 million in research funding The Graduate School celebrates 100 years Nominations being accepted for Mungo teaching awards Faculty Senate: Dean of Graduate School to return to faculty Geography's Kirstin Dow co-authors acclaimed Atlas of Climate Change Staff Spotlight: Meet Kate Shelton Pilot project treats spinal cord injuries Summer enrichment program wins award USC Beaufort announces new security studies program Spanish program engages students in Hispanic culture New pictorial history of USC is on shelves Suicide rates decline among certain age groups--but why? USC chosen as Duke University TIP Scholar site USC postage stamps now available USC researcher leads youth fitness study Geography professor receives prestigious award Senate endorses proposed Honor Code USC Sumter's James Privett named Governor's Professor of the Year Walker Institute Forum to examine Iraq policy and security Feb. 8-9 In fat vs. exercise, fat wins Stiver named Preston College principal Departments reach 100 percent Family Fund participation George V. Higgins exhibit now open at Thomas Cooper Library Advances in bookstore system make textbook purchases easier USC Beaufort approved to begin nursing degree program USC Press launches Bruccoli War Series Building and Grounds Committee OKs 15-year athletic master plan New professor fascinates students with tales of Southern politics and LBJ Rachel Barton Pine to perform with USC Symphony Feb. 13 Lectures: Feb. 1-18 U.S. Senator Barack Obama to visit Columbia Feb. 16 Poet Rosanna Warren to give reading Feb. 20 Nobel Prize-winning scientist to speak at Knowlton Lecture Feb. 20 Expert to discuss 'Hurricanes and Global Warming' Feb. 22 Patti Austin comes to USC Feb. 22-23