{"id":2219,"date":"2025-07-21T01:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/?page_id=2219"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:20:10","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n  \n  \t\t    \t\n  \n                                              \n          \n  \n  \n  \t\t    \t\n  \n                                              \n          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--news-by-topics \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--news-by-topics\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n    <div class=\"heading-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Faculty News\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n        <ul 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1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/08\/Schier-Epstein-Award-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Lindsey Schier is awarded 2025 Epstein Award\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                                                                            <\/a>\n                        \n                      <\/div>\n                                          <div class=\"card\">\n                                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/2025\/07\/21\/jill-mcnitt-gray-to-co-lead-nsf-funded-integrative-movement-sciences-institute\/\" target=\"\">\n                                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jill McNitt-Gray to co-lead NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                                                                            <\/a>\n                        \n                      <\/div>\n                                          <div class=\"card\">\n                                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/2025\/06\/22\/jill-mcnitt-gray-is-appointed-lloyd-armstrong-jr-chair-in-science-in-engineering\/\" target=\"\">\n                                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/07\/McNitt-Gray-NSF-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jill McNitt-Gray is appointed Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science in Engineering\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                                                                            <\/a>\n                        \n                      <\/div>\n                                      <\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= 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data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/05\/Lori-Khatchaturian-APS-Winner-Post-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/05\/Lori-Khatchaturian-APS-Winner-Post-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/05\/Lori-Khatchaturian-APS-Winner-Post-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Lori\u00a0Khatchaturian wins First Prize for the 2026 American Physiological Society Award\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                                                                 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