Selected Speeches and Articles
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1996 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992
2010
President Sample Addresses NCAA Sanctions
May 14, 2010
Three Questions: 127th Annual Commencement Address
May 14, 2010
Annual Address to the Faculty
January 26, 2010
2009
The Pursuit of Wisdom: A Modest, but Essential, Prescription for the Future (view in PDF)
Published in Innovative Higher Education, Online FirstTM
December 22, 2009
Two Important Tools for Advancing Science and Technology
September 24, 2009
Four Things That Are Harder to Teach Than Reading
March 5, 2009
Annual Address to the Faculty
February 2009
2008
Address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council
November 2008
Annual Address to the Faculty
February 2008
2007
The President’s Leadership Retreat
November 15, 2007
USC U.S.-China Institute Conference
April 20, 2007
USC Phi Beta Kappa Induction
March 28, 2007
Annual Address to the Faculty
February 2007
2006
Address to the College Board Annual Forum
November 10, 2006
Annual Address to the Faculty
February 2006
2005
Address to the Newcomen Society of the United States
April 7, 2005
Annual Address to the Faculty
February 2005
2004
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
February 2004
2003
In Your Hands a Sacred Trust
From Trusteeship magazine; President Sample offers insight into how boards and presidents can work together to tap everyone’s potential to advance the institution
December 2003
State of the University Address
February 26, 2003
A Misguided Change on University Athlete Admissions
President Sample decries new changes to NCAA eligibility rules in an opinion article published in the Los Angeles Times
January 7, 2003
2002
Heisman Trophy Award dinner remarks by President Sample, New York, Downtown Athletic Club
December 16, 2002
The Research University of the 21st Century: What Will It Look Like?
December 2, 2002
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
February 2002
2001
Innovation and Technology Transfer in Universities (view in PDF)
Remarks made at the California Public Affairs Forum, presented by the California Council on Science and Technology
December 3, 2001
Speak out against Hatred and Bigotry
A message to the USC community following the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001
September 21, 2001
State of the University Address
February 27, 2001
2000
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
January 2000
1999
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
January 1999
1998
Revitalizing Professional Education for the Next Century
Remarks at the American Association of Dental Schools’ 75th Anniversary Leadership Summit
October 12, 1998
Brave New America
An address to 5,000 newly-sworn citizens of the United States at the Los Angeles Convention Center
July 2, 1998
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
January 13, 1998
1996
1996 State of the University Address
September 19, 1996
Some Good News About Southern California
Remarks to the Rotary Club of Los Angeles
February 2, 1996
1994
American Filmmakers: The Intellectual Deliverers of The Modern Age
Remarks at the 111th Annual Commencement of the University of Southern California
May 6, 1994
Southern California’s Hidden Economic Engine
Los Angeles Times Commentary
1993
Southern California’s Hidden Industry
An address to the Greater Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Luncheon
December 10, 1993
Postdoctoral Education in America
An address delivered at the annual meeting of the Association of Graduate Schools held at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
September 23, 1993
The Great American Straddlers as Successors to the Renaissance Man
The 15th annual Pullias Lecture delivered at the University of Southern California
March 13, 1993
Say “No” to Our Schools’ Status Quo
Chicago Tribune commentary
November 30, 1993
1992
Annual Address to the Faculty of the University of Southern California
October 9, 1992