High Honors for USC Faculty Begin New Year

Georgia_Girl
Sat, 08 Feb 2014 05:42:42 +0000

In a recent post I listed the six SC professors who were named as Fellows of the AAAS. The new year has brought even more honors to faculty members:

Dr. El Naggar of Dornsife has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering. It includes a $1 million dollar grant. He will accept the award at the White House.

The National Academy of Engineering has tapped two professors from the Viterbi School of Engineering. Dr. Geraldine Knatz, environmental engineering, and Dr. Iraj Ershaghi, petroleum engineering. The NAE membership is one of the most prestigious honors for an engineer in the U.S.

Dr. Imordino-Yang of Dornsife has received the AAAS Early Career Award for 2013.

Dean of the Dornsife School, Dr. Steve Kay, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Bristol in the UK.

Dr. Dana Gioia has been named the recipient of the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry. This award has only been given 27 times. It is for lifetime achievement. Dr. Gioia is a former head of the National Endowment for the Arts.

More coming in a later post…