NETWORK CULTURE PROJECT AWARDS OVER $1 MILLION LINDENS FOR “SECOND LIFE AND THE PUBLIC GOOD COMMUNITY CHALLENGE”
July 3, 2008
USC Annenberg’s Network Culture Project awarded more than $1 million Linden dollars – the currency used in the virtual world Second Life and approximately $4,000 in U.S. dollars – to the three winners of the “Second Life and the Public Good Community Challenge”... more »

DEAN WILSON ANNOUNCES “3-I’S FUND” RECIPIENTS
July 1, 2008
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III announced eight project recipients of his “3-I’s Fund,” designed to advance research related to the new “innovation, internationalization and impact” initiative at the USC Annenberg School... more »

KUN RECEIVES CASDEN GRANT TO PRODUCE GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL STUDY
July 2, 2008
Communication professor Josh Kun is the recent recipient of a $10,000 Casden Institute Faculty Research Grant for his proposal to document African American and Jewish relations in 20th century American life. “I believe that the project speaks directly to innovations in the study of Jewish life in the context of multi-racial and multi-ethnic America.”... more »

COLE "HITS HOME RUN" ON FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL'S GLICK REPORT
July 1, 2008
Host Alexis Glick said director of the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future Jeffrey Cole’s July 1 appearance on her show was “a 10” after he talked about the future of media, including the newspaper industry’s greatest opportunity to flourish... more »