Man dies in shooting near campus
Victim found shot in his car at Figueroa and 29th streets early Sunday morning and later pronounced dead, LAPD officials say.
By NANCY CHEN and BLESSING WAUNG
Daily Troian
A man was fatally shot in his car around -I a.m. Sunday in a car-to-car shooting near campus.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the victim at 29th and Figueroa streets.
The victim was taken to California Hospital where he was pronounced dead Police would not release his name pending notification of the next of kin.
Pblicc would not say whether the victim had a connection to USC, but the Department of Public Safety said the incident was not USC-related.
Hie victim was shot three times at an unknown location, LAPD Officer Mike Lopez said.
The victim might have ended up near campus after attempting to drive to a hospital or another location to seek help, he said.
Dayna Yim, a freshman majoring in environmental studies, said she saw the area around McCarthy Way and Figueroa blocked off around the time of the shooting.
“I was coming back from my friend's apartment and she was driving me home,” Yim said. "We were really confused because they blocked off Figueroa. I just saw DPS officers. I saw one blocking off a road."
Yim said the closed area stretched from the Felix car dealership to the Chevron gas station, including Gate 3.
Police said they have not identified any suspects.
It is unknown whether the crime was gang-related, Lopez said.
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On the go | Kathleen Kozawa, USC doctoral candidate, adjusts equipment in the state-of-the-art SUV she uses to conduct pollution research around Los Angeles.
USC and UCLA researchers team dp to collect samples to analyze LA. ak near freeways, neighborhoods.
By HANNAH KIM
Daily Trojan
At first glance, USC assistant professor Scott Fruin's vehicle looks like something out of “Back to the Future” meets “Ghost-busters.”
Passersby might be forgiven for gawking at the daw-and-spear combination that sits atop the white Toyota RAV-4 Fruin pilots around town.
But far from being stolen out of a Hollywood backlot, the electric vehicle actually performs an important function: measuring concentrations of harmful particles on freeways and in nearby residential areas.
Fruin, a former California Air Resources Board pollution specialist, is conducting research with UCLA School ol Public Health doctorate candidate Kathleen Kozawa.
Thc pair outfitted an electric vehicle with highly sensitive equipment that takes outside air samples and analyzes it while they arc driving. The information is transferred into a laptop, which monitors the increase and decrease in particle and gas concentrations as they drive around Los Angeles
The car is also outfitted with a camera attached to the area where
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Director of the USC Lusk Center of Real Estate at Marshall accepts a position with UCLA.
By ARIN MIKAILIAN
Daily Trojan
The latest Trojan-Bruin rivalry has ventured off the field and into the realm of academia, as UCLA has acquired one of USC’s top real estate scholars.
Come June 1. Stuart A. Gabriel, director of the USC Lusk Center of Real Estate and professor of finance, will join the Richard S. Zinian Real Estate Center, a joint venture between UCLA's Anderson School of Management and School of Law
In a letter addressed to faculty and students. Jack Knott, the dean of USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development, said Gabriel would carry on hLs leadership skills as director of the Ziman Center
Gabriel will also continue his teaching career at UCLA as a professor of finance.
he wrote.
"Stuart has become an internationally recognized real estate policy and development expert," Knott wrote "Please join me in heartily thanking Stuart for his excellent leadership of the Lusk Center and his several significant contributions to SPPD ’
During his 17-year tenure, Gabriel earned praise and awards from several national real estate associations for his research on real estate economics, urban housing, mortgage repayment and default risk.
Gabriel also served as co-director of thc Ross Minority Program, dedicated to urban redevelopment projects.
Some faculty members at the Anderson School have already extended their respect toward Gabriel
"We needed someone who had a strong research reputation to provide good leadership to the Ziman Center." said Francis Longstaff. UCLA Allstate professor of insurance and finance "Someone of Stuart's prominence would help us grow and I’m sure he's going to an excellent job in
bringing that along."
Longstaff said Gabriel’s hiring should not reflect any bad blood between thc universities.
“(USC) has been good to (Gabriel’s) career,’’ he said. “We’ve got a lot of respect for our colleagues at USC' We re all, on a personal level, good friends.”
Knott also announced in his letter that Lusk ('enter Chairman Stan Ross will step in as interim director on March 1. while professor Raphael Bostic will takeover as interim associate director.
They will hold the positions until a new director is sought out and hired. Knott said
I )espite Gabriel’s upcoming departure. Ross said with thc quality of the remaining faculty, the Lusk Center would continue to produce quality research worthy of its current reputation
"Well miss him. but well move forward at a quick rate," Ross saitf The important thing is the depth of our faculty Whenever you have a change like fhis. it creates an opportunity for younger people"