Student

Based in USC Dornsife, the USC Jesse Unruh Institute draws more than 200 people to listen to and discuss President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Faculty

University Professor Larry Swanson’s new book, an encyclopedic parts inventory providing a comprehensive vocabulary for brain maps, will serve as a valuable resource for President Obama’s Brain Initiative.

Dornsife Global

The political science junior wants to work on the issue of voter protection and has long-term goals of representing his home district in the California State Assembly.

Faculty

Moh El-Naggar, assistant professor of physics at USC Dornsife, is selected to receive the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which comes with a $1 million research award.

Alumni

After 50 years at USC, engineering and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists. USC Dornsife alumnus Rangaswamy Srinivasan is awarded during the same White House ceremony.