Voices on Health Care Policy

February 22, 2008

Experts at the Keck School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy offer prescriptions on critical national and California health care issues.

Ballotwatch: Initiatives Around the Nation

December 7, 2007

Voters in six states decided on 34 ballot propositions last month, approving 79 percent. USC's Initiative and Referendum Institute suggests that the wave of citizen-initiated legislation won't ebb anytime soon.

Ballotwatch Preview

November 1, 2007

Voters in six states will vote on 33 ballot propositions in November 2007. This is less activity than in November 2005, the last off-year election, in which voters decided 39 measures in seven states, and far below the 204 propositions in 37 states in November 2006.

Scientists Consider AIDS, Stem Cell Ethics and Politics

January 14, 2005

Two nationally prominent scientists addressed issues regarding the forces shaping the ongoing efforts to battle AIDS and the “promise and reality” of embryonic stem cell research Jan. 11 at the Keck School of Medicine. The occasion was a Southern California...

Keck School To Host Institute of Medicine Meeting on Science, Ethics, Politics

December 10, 2004

The Keck School of Medicine has been selected to host the regional meeting of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science on Jan. 11, 2005 at 4 p.m. The prestigious event, titled “Science, Policy, Ethics and Politics:...