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Editor’s Note Trojans use high tech for a truly higher education.
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President’s Page A revolutionary gift signals a new era of collaboration between engineering and the biomedical sciences.
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Mailbag Pats, pride and other observations and opinions from readers.
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News Latino Trojans make big gains, a video game helps kids with autism, and an undergrad writes the book on USC.
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To the Moon By Marc Ballon USC engineers push the 3-D printing boom, perhaps all the way to space.
24 Swim Team By Hope Hamashige USC alums work together to reach for the gold at the Rio Summer Olympics.
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Lives in the Balance Physicians are now treating, even curing, some cancers once thought to be untreatable. See what’s ahead at USC Norris. By Amber Dance
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Cardinal, Gold and Bold In just two and a half years since launching a $6 billion fundraising campaign, the Trojan Family has already pushed USC more than halfway to its target. By Sam Lopez and Alicia Di Rado
30 Life, Rebooted By Hope Hamashige Robotic surgery restores fatherhood and ftness to a man whose life was threatened by kidney cancer.
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Alumni News Trojans reconnect at Reunion Weekend, a USC trustee receives the highest alumni award, and a super volunteer makes time management an art form.
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Who’s doing what and where.
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Ask Tommy Trojans living with Bruins tell us how they keep the peace at home.
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Witness Protection Te USC Shoah Foundation painstakingly guards the last remaining voices of the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. By Diane Krieger
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Te Ultimate Playground USC students create the digital future in a new interactive building. By Robert Bradford
ON THE COVER: A stoic Trojan keeps watch from a carved archway in USC’s Physical Education Building. Photo by Allison V. Smith
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