USC is continuing to benefit from the Scripps Research Institution’s financial weakness and lower Moody’s ranking by luring away another scientist (a third one). For the uninitiated, the merger talks between the two institutions ended last summer amidst a flurry of faculty unrest at Scripps.
This is a huge win for USC:
https://news.usc.edu/80493/usc-dornsife-recruits-leading-click-chemist/