Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Award http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/85/award/ USC Dornsife alumnus Daniel Wu has received USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team scholarship for his commitment to civic engagement in Los Angeles.]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:00 -0500 Manuel Pastor, professor of American studies and ethnicity in USC Dornsife, has received the 2012 Wally Marks Changemaker Award for his outstanding work in the Los Angeles community.]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:08:00 -0500 USC Dornsife Ph.D. students have been lauded by the USC Center for Applied Mathematics for their contributions to physics and mathematics.]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 11:20:00 -0500 Two USC professors were knighted on May 9 by an Order of the French Republic, among the highest civilian decorations awarded in France. Kelvin J. A. Davies, James E. Birren Professor of Gerontology at the USC Davis School of...]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 10:50:00 -0500 Erica Silva, who graduated with a B.A. in political science in December 2011, has been honored for her work advancing educational opportunities for Latino high school students.]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 07:12:00 -0500 The third annual Jimmy Gauntt Memorial Award celebration remembers the alumnus, a poet, musician and playwright, while recognizing stellar undergraduate seniors in USC Dornsife's Department of English.]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 09:15:00 -0500 Twenty-eight Trojans were recognized for promoting the culture of mentoring at the fifth annual USC Mellon Mentoring Awards ceremony held on April 23 at the USC University Club. In its fifth year, the Mellon Mentoring Awards...]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 14:09:00 -0500 Administered by USC Dornsife, the 39th annual Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement goes to two prominent air pollution experts.]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 13:59:00 -0500 The inaugural class of scholars will receive $10,000 prizes to be used for graduate or professional school studies.]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 13:29:00 -0500 USC Dornsife students nab top prizes in the 14th annual USC Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work.]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 11:05:00 -0500 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:20:00 -0500 Arnold Spielberg, father of USC Shoah Foundation Institute founder Steven Spielberg, was honored on April 26 with the institute’s inaugural Inspiration Award at a private luncheon in Los Angeles. Arnold Spielberg was...]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:57:00 -0500 The playwright and director of USC Dornsife’s Master of Professional Writing program will use the fellowship to work on a new play about poet Phillis Wheatley, the first African American woman to publish her writing.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:42:00 -0500 Kelly Purvis ’82 and Jeffrey Smulyan ’69 receive Alumni Service Awards for their dedication to USC.]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:24:00 -0500 During her four-week residency in Italy, USC Dornsife’s Brand will finish her book examining post-independence Arab state narratives.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:47:00 -0500 Bonnie Nadzam, who graduated from the Literature and Creative Writing Ph.D. program in 2011, has been awarded the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize for her book, Lamb.]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:31:00 -0500 In March, 221 USC juniors and seniors, most from USC Dornsife, were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious and oldest academic honor society.]]> Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:01:00 -0500 The 31st annual USC Academic Honors Convocation was held on April 4 at Town and Gown. USC students and faculty members were honored for a wide range of intellectual and leadership achievements. Of 35 recognized at the convocation,...]]> Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:44:00 -0500 The King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture in USC Dornsife has been recognized for his work bridging the gap of understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.]]> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:49:00 -0500 Manuel Castells, a USC University Professor and the most cited communication scholar in the world, has been awarded Norway’s 2012 Holberg International Memorial Prize, a $775,000 accolade that recognizes outstanding...]]> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:44:00 -0500 The international relations major brings the number of USC students chosen as Truman Scholars to 17.]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:24:00 -0500 Trustee Ray R. Irani Ph.D. ’57, executive chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and namesake of the university’s Ray R. Irani Hall, was appointed the Judge Widney Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry by...]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:06:00 -0500 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:32:00 -0500 USC Dornsife professors Frank Alber, Liang Chen and Andrew Smith have been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop computational methods to study biological processes in cells.]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:59:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, both sophomores, took the top prize in the inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition for their short movie Time. USC Dornsife students also won an honorable mention.]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0500