Outstanding students, faculty members recognized at 2016 Academic Convocation
Standout students, faculty and administrators celebrated the heights of Trojan scholarship at last week’s 35th annual Academic Honors Convocation.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias presented the Presidential Medallion, the university’s highest honor, to Manuel Castells, University Professor, the Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society and professor of communication, sociology, planning and international relations.
Below are USC Dornsife award recipients. The ceremony took place April 12.
Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award
Katherine Canfield, environmental studies
Madeleine Rachel Heller, biological sciences
Yuqi Jasmine Li, creative writing and East Asian languages and cultures
Mackenzie Darr Postel, biological sciences
Camille Jacquelyne Saucier, social sciences (psychology emphasis) and communication management
Adrienne Virginia Visani, neuroscience
University Trustees Award
Eshed Margalit, neuroscience
USC Provost’s Award
Arda Tchakian, economics
Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Award
Marci Helaine Vogel, literature and creative writing
Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Award
Austin Patrick Reagan, environmental studies and political science
Rockwell Dennis Hunt Award
Madison Rae Swayne, environmental studies
University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Tushar Bharati, economics
Christopher Muniz, creative writing, literature and creative writing
Marshall Scholars
Moriah Mulroe, biochemistry and geological sciences
Anu Ramachandran, neuroscience and philosophy
Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award
J. Ann Tickner, Professor Emerita of International Relations
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award
Meiling Cheng, associate professor of critical studies and English
Anna Krylov, professor of chemistry
Viet Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity
USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship
Jed Fuhrman, McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and professor of biological sciences
USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching
Susan L. Forsburg, professor of biological sciences
University Professor
David St. John, University Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Distinguished Professor
Dana P. Goldman, Leonard D. Schaeffer Director’s Chair of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics
Presidential Medallion
Manuel Castells, University Professor, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society and Professor of Communication, Sociology, Planning, and International Relations