Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Award http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/85/award/ The earthquake preparedness expert in the Southern California Earthquake Center, based in USC Dornsife, has been named a White House Champion of Change for his international work.]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:46:00 -0500 USC trustee Ray R. Irani Ph.D. ’57 and USC University Professor Michael Waterman have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). An alumnus of USC Dornsife, Irani is executive chairman of the Occidental...]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:00 -0500 Richard Brutchey is named a 2012 Emerging Investigator by ChemComm, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:27:00 -0500 Donal Manahan, professor of biological sciences and vice dean of students; Anthony Michaels, professor of biological sciences; and Mathew McCubbins, provost professor of business, law and political economy are honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bringing the number of USC Dornsife AAAS fellows to 33.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:03:00 -0500 William Wordsworth. Eric Clapton. Jane Austen. Bob Dylan. Grammy Award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo ’85 credits his knack for recognizing greatness to studying the literary classics.]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:28:00 -0500 Peter Berton grew up in Harbin, China, studied violin in Japan and moved to the U.S. to become an internationally known expert in Japanese politics and foreign policy.]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:10:00 -0500 USC students nab first, fourth, fifth and eighth place in the University of Pennsylvania’s Quaker Classic Tournament. Best Attorney and Best Witness honors went to USC Dornsife students.]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:28:00 -0500 Ending her Fulbright fellowship in Brazil Nov. 30, USC Dornsife alumna Dawn Powell concludes that Brazil should lower barriers to Chinese business.]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:38:00 -0500 Danielle McLaughlin of USC Dornsife is a cancer survivor, amputee and world champion athlete.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:03:00 -0500 The University Professors of USC Dornsife received honorary degrees from Europe’s No. 1 university in science and engineering.]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:12:00 -0500 USC Dornsife junior David Horacio Hernandez is lauded by the White House for his education advocacy and travels to Capitol Hill to offer ideas about how to better prepare minorities for college.]]> Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:33:00 -0500 Hall-of-fame astronaut and USC alumnus Jerry Carr presented mathematics and physics major Simca Bouma with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.]]> Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:29:00 -0500 Three USC Dornsife faculty will incorporate Holocaust witness testimony into their courses with awards from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:22:00 -0500 USC Dornsife alumna Téa Obreht has won Britain’s Orange Prize for fiction for her debut novel The Tiger's Wife.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:58:00 -0500 The USC Dornsife chemist and Nobel laureate received the highest prize in Hungary for academic achievement affecting all of humanity.]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2011 15:42:00 -0500 The Book Awards presented by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association recognize "incredible literary talent" from the region.]]> Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:55:00 -0500 University Professor Michael Waterman was honored by Tel Aviv University, and professor and chair of psychology Margaret Gatz by Karolinska Institutet.]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:57:00 -0500 Exploring topics ranging from the social impact of black stand-up comedy to genocide resistance in Rwanda, seven students will get the opportunity to conduct graduate-level research through the 2011-12 Mellon Mays Undergraduate...]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:28:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Simon Tavaré, a pioneer in the field of computational biology, has been honored with the highest distinction a British scientist can receive.]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:32:00 -0500 Mark Richard’s new book and memoir House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home is the winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize for nonfiction.]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and alumnus Thomas Denson recognized by the Association for Psychological Science as 'Rising Stars.']]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:51:00 -0500 The Pasadena Arts Council recognizes Bill Deverell for his contributions to the culture of Pasadena with a 2011 Gold Crown Award.]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:28:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s 2011 Fulbright recipients prepare for their international research and teaching assistantships.]]> Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:33:00 -0500 The California Women's Law Center honors Michael Messner with the 2011 Abby J. Leibman Pursuit of Justice Award for his work on behalf of girls and women in sports.]]> Mon, 9 May 2011 09:56:00 -0500 Bill Celis, associate professor of journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, and Anne McKnight, assistant professor of East Asian languages and literatures and comparative literature in USC...]]> Fri, 6 May 2011 15:00:00 -0500