Research Briefs

USC Keston Institute for Infrastructure

presents

"Remember Pearl Harbor: Why Societies Sometimes Make Disastrous Decisions"
Jared Diamond
Professor of Geography and Physiology, UCLA
Author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Response by:
Jennifer Wolch, Director, USC Center for Sustainable Cities
and
Richard G. Little, Director, USC Keston Institute for Infrastructure

Wednesday, December 7, 2005
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Open viewing and reception of the Collapse?

The Shea Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni.

Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall Courtyard from 12:00 to 12:20 pm. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 101, starting at approximately 12:30 pm.

There is no charge for MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

The Shea Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni.

Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall Courtyard from 12:00 to 12:20 pm. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 101, starting at approximately 12:30 pm.

There is no charge for MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

The Shea Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni.

Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall Courtyard from 12:00 to 12:20 pm. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 101, starting at approximately 12:30 pm.

There is no charge for MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

The Shea Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni.

Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall Courtyard from 12:00 to 12:20 pm. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 101, starting at approximately 12:30 pm.

There is no charge for MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Alumni of the Ross Program, MRED students, MBA Alumni and all Industry friends are invited to attend the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate Winter Session Networking Reception and Dinner with keynote speaker Arturo Sneider, CEO of Primstor Development, Inc.

Thursday, February 2, 2006
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
University Club (345 W. Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, 90089)

Parking: $7.00 at Gate 3, (off Figueroa & McCarthy Way)

Please RSVP to Jennifer Thomas, jathomas@usc.edu.

Keynote Speaker: Henry Cisneros, Former Secretary of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development

USC Main Campus
650 Child’s Way, RGL Bldg
Auditorium, Room 101

Alumni and Friends Reception: 4:30-5:30pm
Commencement: 5:30-7:30pm

USC Keston Institute for Infrastructure & METRANS present a lecture on Improving Cost and Demand Forecasting for Transportation Infrastructure by Bent Flyvbjerg, A Professor of Planning at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg Universi