Slain USC professor Bosco Tjan recalled for his generosity, empathy, humor and love

With hands clasped and heads bowed, hundreds of USC students, faculty, staff and university leaders gathered at a memorial Monday for Bosco Tjan, a beloved neuroscience professor who was stabbed to death by a student on Friday, the last day of classes. "Tragically, Bosco died doing what he loved, doing what he believed in -- serving his students and building up a new generation of scholars," USC President C.L. Max Nikias said. "His achievements are real, his influence enduring." The shock of Tjan's death reverberated over the weekend through USC, where he had worked for more than 15 years and was considered a cornerstone of the neuroscience graduate program. He was a co-founder of the university's neuroimaging center, where he served as technical director, led a number of research projects and taught a lab course on functional imaging.