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Colombian Avant-Garde Animation
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for a stimulating screening of rarely seen expressive Colombian animation featuring powerful metaphors, surreal landscapes and haunting images. These groundbreaking experimental films utilize animation techniques ranging from rotoscoping to under-the-camera animation, capturing the imagination and challenging traditional concepts of cinema. A thought-provoking conversation will examine the role of art in the context of war and the role of the artist in politics. The discussion will feature Colombian filmmakers Cecilia Traslaviña and Carlos Santa; international media scholars Janeann Dill, Claudia Salamanca and Cristina Venegas; and USC student Juan Camilo González.
Admission is free.
For participant bios, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873347
Organized by Sheila Sofian (Animation and Digital Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Women of Cinematic Arts Film Festival
Sat, Feb 05, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Founded in 2005, USC Women of Cinematic Arts provides networking and mentoring opportunities for USC students and alumni, and encourages and supports the presence of women in creative roles in the film, television and digital industries. This event will showcase the talents of USC students and alumni with films by and/or about women. The evening will include a program of short films and an awards ceremony and reception, and will culminate with a feature-film screening and discussion with a prominent female filmmaker.
Admission is free.
Reservations required. Please check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873349 for a detailed schedule and reservation information.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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South Bay Lunch and Learn
Tue, Feb 08, 2011 @ 12:00 AM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for lunch to learn more about the engineering programs available for working professionals at USC! Representatives from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will give a short presentation, followed by Q&A, while you enjoy a hosted lunch with other industry professionals.
Who Should Attend:
Professionals interested in learning more about USC's engineering Master's degrees & continuing education offerings available on-campus or online through the Distance Education Network. Interested friends and colleagues also welcome (all attendees must complete the registration form below).
To RSVP: Please visit http://mapp.usc.edu/lunchandlearnLocation: Tin Roof Bistro, Manhattan Beach
Audiences: RSVP Only
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Food, Inc. Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser in Conversation
Wed, Feb 09, 2011 @ 07:00 AM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
A Visions and Voices Signature Event
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here beginning Thursday, January 13, at 9 a.m.
Reception to follow.
Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, best-selling authors of The Omnivoreâs Dilemma and Fast Food Nation, respectively, are two of the countryâs leading voices on issues of food, the food industry and sustainability. Their groundbreaking work has started a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat. Both Pollan and Schlosser appeared in the Academy Awardânominated documentary Food, Inc., which Schlosser co-produced. Join us as they come together for an important and fascinating conversation about the industrialization of food and its devastating impact on personal health and the environment. The event will be moderated by Barry Glassner, professor of sociology at USC and author of The Gospel of Food.
For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs and architecture. He is the author of In Defense of Food: An Eaterâs Manifesto, winner of the James Beard Award, and The Omnivoreâs Dilemma, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. In 2009 he was named one of the top ten âNew Thought Leadersâ by Newsweek magazine.
As an investigative journalist, Eric Schlosser explores subjects ignored by the mainstream media and gives a voice to people at the margins. Over the years he has followed the harvest with migrant farm workers in California; spent time with meatpacking workers in Texas and Colorado; told the stories of marijuana growers, pornographers and victims of violent crime; gone on duty with the New York Police Departmentâs bomb squad; and visited prisons throughout the United States. Schlosserâs first book, Fast Food Nation, has been translated into more than twenty languages and remained on the New York Times best-seller list for two years. Schlosser has also worked in the film industry, serving as co-producer of the award-winning documentary Food, Inc., in which both he and Pollan appear.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Orange County Lunch and Learn
Wed, Feb 09, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for lunch to learn more about the engineering programs available for working professionals at USC! Representatives from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will give a short presentation, followed by Q&A, while you enjoy a hosted lunch with other industry professionals.
Who Should Attend:
Professionals interested in learning more about USC's engineering Master's degrees & continuing education offerings available on-campus or online through the Distance Education Network. Interested friends and colleagues also welcome (all attendees must complete the registration form below).
To RSVP: Please visit http://mapp.usc.edu/lunchandlearnAudiences: RSVP Only
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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2011 NAE National Meeting
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Viterbi School Hosts the 2011 NAE National Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, 1:00pm â 5:00pm
Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center Auditorium (SAL 101)
The important topic of MEGACITIES will be addressed by six experts on infrastructure, energy, the environment, transportation and natural disasters.
You can see the talks live @ http://viterbi.usc.edu/nae2011
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gloria Hayes
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An Evening with James Conlon and the USC Thornton Symphony
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission
FREE for USC students, staff and faculty with valid ID. One free ticket per ID. To RSVP, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873353 beginning Tuesday, January 18, at 9 a.m.
$12, Seniors, Alumni and Non-USC Students
$18, General Public
Tickets will be available for purchase at the USC Ticket Office. For more info, go to www.usc.edu/tickets or call (213) 740-GOSC.
One of todayâs preeminent conductors, James Conlon, music director of L.A. Opera, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire, and developed enduring relationships with the worldâs most prestigious symphony orchestras and opera houses. He will lead a discussion from the podium and perform selected works with the USC Thornton Symphony.
Since his New York Philharmonic debut in 1974, Conlon has appeared as a guest conductor with virtually every major North American and European orchestra and has frequently been a guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to serving as the music director of L.A. Opera, he is the music director of the Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati May Festival. In 2009, Conlon won two Grammy Awards (Best Classical Recording and Best Opera Album) for conducting L.A. Operaâs production of Kurt Weillâs Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Soldering Synthesis: Theory, Practice, Music A Workshop and Performance with Mark Allen
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 03:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
RSVP required. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.
Mark Allen, founder of the Los Angelesâbased nonprofit arts collective Machine Project, will present a hands-on workshop in which participants will learn how basic electronic circuits function by creating a synthesizer. This unique event is not merely a how-to workshop, but a multimedia performance uniting fundamental information, hands-on use of soldering tools and musical performance by the band ing, who will play throughout the event. The workshop, which will be presented twice, will culminate in a group jam session as each synthesizer begins to function.
Mark Allen is the founder of Machine Project, a nonprofit community space in Echo Park that investigates art, technology, natural history, science, music, literature and food. In the Machine Project storefront, Allen and his colleagues produce events, workshops and site-specific installations using hands-on engagement to make rarefied knowledge accessible. In his own work, Allen is interested in how sculpture and performance can affect the viewer in a deep, personal way, moving the viewer from a passive position to a state of engagement and communal experience.
Workshop Schedule:
The workshop will be repeated twice. Participants may sign up for one workshop only.
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Workshop #1
IML Blue Lab
To RSVP, go to http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=79 beginning Wednesday, January 19, at 9 a.m.
12 p.m.: Lunch
IML Patio
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Workshop #2
IML Blue Lab
To RSVP, go to http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=107 beginning Wednesday, January 19, at 9 a.m.
Organized by Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Institute for Multimedia Literacy Blue Lab, 746 West Adams Blvd.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Flowers Aren't Enough: Confronting Domestic Violence through Art and Dialogue
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Using performance to raise awareness, this event will bring our community together to challenge, confront and conquer domestic violence. Actor and activist Naomi Ackerman will perform Flowers Arenât Enough, her acclaimed one-woman show about Michal, a young woman in an abusive relationship. Michal describes how her partner gradually narrows her world, isolating her from her surroundings. Witness her denial, her guilt and how social conditioning intensifies her shame and despair. Then watch how Michal emerges from darkness to take charge of her life and rediscover herself.
Woven from true stories, Flowers Arenât Enough is a compelling and powerful program that has fostered critical discussion about violence, gender, self-worth and self-esteem throughout the world. The performance will be followed by a panel examining the ramifications of domestic violence. Moderated by USC social-work and psychology professor Penelope K. Trickett, the panel will feature Ackerman along with USC dean of religious life Varun Soni, psychology and pediatrics professor Gayla Margolin and cinematic-arts professor Doe Mayer.
Organized by Penelope K. Trickett (Social Work and Psychology). Co-sponsored by the USC School of Social Work; the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; the USC Hillel Foundation; and the USC Office of Religious Life.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Forum Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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San Diego Lunch and Learn
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for lunch to learn more about the engineering programs available for working professionals at USC! Representatives from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will give a short presentation, followed by Q&A, while you enjoy a hosted lunch with other industry professionals.
Who Should Attend:
Professionals interested in learning more about USC's engineering Master's degrees & continuing education offerings available on-campus or online through the Distance Education Network. Interested friends and colleagues also welcome (all attendees must complete the registration form below).
To RSVP: Please visit http://mapp.usc.edu/lunchandlearnAudiences: RSVP Only
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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IMSC Retreat
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Information Sciences Institute, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
An Overview of Research at the USC Integrated Media Systems Center. An all-day program introduced by Viterbi School Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and IMSC Director Cyrus Shahabi will present overviews of three major IMSC Projects: iCampus ("Intelligent Campus"); iWatch ("Intelligent Surveillance"); and CT Project ("Intelligent Transportation"). Additionally the event will feature demos, posters and a special panel, "The Geo-Social Revolution: Hype or Real?" moderated by Shahabi. A schedule is available at http://imscwww.usc.edu/pdfs/IMSC_Retreat-agenda.pdf
Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) -
Audiences: at capacity; email website contacts if interested in attending
Contact: Eric Mankin
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Downtown Los Angeles Lunch and Learn
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for lunch to learn more about the engineering programs available for working professionals at USC! Representatives from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will give a short presentation, followed by Q&A, while you enjoy a hosted lunch with other industry professionals.
Who Should Attend:
Professionals interested in learning more about USC's engineering Master's degrees & continuing education offerings available on-campus or online through the Distance Education Network. Interested friends and colleagues also welcome (all attendees must complete the registration form below).
To RSVP: Please visit http://mapp.usc.edu/lunchandlearnAudiences: RSVP Only
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Dog Day Afternoon with Frank Pierson
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Frank Pierson won the 1975 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Dog Day Afternoon, one of American cinemaâs most riveting crime pictures. The film will be screened as part of a two-part series entitled "Itâs All True?," which will explore how filmmakers have translated true stories into feature films and how those films have impacted our sense of history, events and politics. Following the screening, Pierson will join USC cinematic-arts professors Mark J. Harris and Ted Braun to discuss the challenges filmmakers face when turning a true story into a screenplay, including sorting through competing claims of veracity, the need to keep paying customers in their seats, legal requirements and the obligations screenwriters have to the subjects of a film.
Pierson also co-wrote the Academy Awardânominated screenplay Cool Hand Luke and directed and co-wrote A Star Is Born. He has directed several notable films for television, including Dirty Pictures, Citizen Cohn, Conspiracy and Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture. His direction on Truman and Soldierâs Girl both garnered Peabody Awards. Pierson joined the crew of the AMC drama Mad Men as a consulting producer for the seriesâ third season, for which he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama.
Admission is free.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Alumni Lunch with Dean Yortsos
Sun, Feb 20, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Alumni Lunch in Mumbai, India with Dean Yortsos
Taj Mahal Hotel
Mumbai, IndiaAudiences: Alumni invited
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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Hi-Tea for Parents Hosted by Dean Yortsos
Sun, Feb 20, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
3.00 p.m.- 5.30 p.m.
February 20, 2011
Hi-Tea for Viterbi parents hosted by Dean Yortsos
Taj MahalPalace Hotel
Mumbai, IndiaAudiences: By invitation
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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KIUEL SHOWCASE
Wed, Feb 23, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Receptions & Special Events
Have a talent for music, film, or art? SHOWCASE offers an opportunity for Viterbi's undergraduate students and faculty to display their artistic talents to the Viterbi community. Film screenings, music performances, art displays, and dance performances are presented during this event and attendees vote for their favorites.
If you are interested in attending, email viterbi.kiuel@usc.edu
To learn more about KIUEL, visit viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel. You can also view previous SHOWCASE winners on the KIUEL website.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Viterbi Museum
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: KIUEL
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KIUEL SHOWCASE
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Receptions & Special Events
Have a talent for music, film, or art? SHOWCASE offers an opportunity for Viterbi's undergraduate students and faculty to display their artistic talents to the Viterbi community. Film screenings, music performances, art displays, and dance performances are presented during this event and attendees vote for their favorites.
If you are interested in attending, email viterbi.kiuel@usc.edu
To learn more about KIUEL, visit viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel. You can also view previous SHOWCASE winners on the KIUEL website.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Viterbi Museum
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: KIUEL
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Alumni Lunch with Dean Yortsos
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Alumni Lunch with Dean Yortsos
Taj Mahal Hotel (Mansingh)
New Delhi,IndiaAudiences: Alumni invited
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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An Evening with Andy Summers and Benjamin Verdery
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Andy Summers, best known as the guitarist of influential rock band The Police, and Benjamin Verdery, chair of the guitar department at Yale University and âone of the classical guitar worldâs foremost personalitiesâ (Classical Guitar magazine), will join forces for a performance and discussion. The two renowned guitarists first performed together in 2002 at the New York Guitar Festival. In 2005, they premiered Ingram Marshallâs Dark Florescence: Variations for Two Guitars and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Join us as they come together to seamlessly blend their diverse musical backgrounds, creating a unique, hybrid style that relies heavily on improvisation. The famed guitarists will perform selections from their new album, First You Build a Cloud, and discuss how they came to meet and to begin working together as a duo.
Organized by James Smith (Music).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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USC in Bangalore
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Reception
Taj West End
Bangalore, IndiaAudiences: By invitation
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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USC Global Forum
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 @ 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
USC Global Forum
Taj West End
Bangalore, IndiaAudiences: By invitation
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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Poetry in Conversation: Billy Collins and Carol Muske-Dukes
Mon, Feb 28, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception and book signing to follow.
Billy Collins, U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003 and author of nine collections of poetry, is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. Following a reading of his work, Collins will engage in conversation with USC professor and California poet laureate Carol Muske-Dukes on the art, craft and foibles of writing poetry.
Billy Collinsâs work has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review and The American Scholar. He has published nine collections of poetry: Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, Picnic, Lightning, Taking Off Emily Dickinsonâs Clothes, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Nine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry and Ballistics. His numerous honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He was appointed United States poet laureate from 2001 to 2003 and was named New York poet laureate from 2004 to 2006. Billy Collins is a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York.
Carol Muske-Dukes is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Sparrow, a National Book Award finalist. She has written three novels, Life After Death, Saving St. Germ and Dear Digby, and a collection of essays entitled Married to the Icepick Killer: A Poet in Hollywood. She is a professor of English and creative writing and founding director of the PhD program in literature and creative writing at USC. She has received many awards and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and several Pushcart Prizes. In 2008, she was appointed California poet laureate by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Organized by the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Photo of Billy Collins: Steven Kovich
For further information on this eventLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
