Day: November 7, 2012

Installed by President C. L. Max Nikias as the 21st dean of USC Dornsife, Steve Kay reminded faculty and friends that “at our core, we are a community of humanist and scientific scholars, here to serve society.” During the ceremony, Nikias presented Kay with a miniature armchair set inside a glass case. It is symbolic…Continue Reading Steve Kay Installed as Dean of USC Dornsife

On Nov. 6, 2012, the newly completed USC Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) building opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and program of performances. The space, organized like a brain itself, merges the latest advances in neuroscience with ancient questions of what it means to be human: What drives us to create? How do we seek meaning? Where…Continue Reading Brain and Creativity Institute Opens