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