High Honors for USC Faculty Begin New Year

Georgia_Girl
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:03:24 +0000

Dr. Michael Waterman was elected to the Chinese Academy of Science and also received the Friendship Award from China.

Dr. Mike Gruntman was named to the International Academy of Astronautics.

Dr. Ted Berger was chosen by “Foreign Policy” as a one of the Global Thinkers.

Dr. Andrea Armani was named as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant Ten”.

The American Academy of Microbiology has tapped Dr. Susan Forsburg of Dornsife.

Dr. Katrina Edwards was honored with the Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science.

The National Academy of Education tapped Dr. William Tierney of the Rossier School. He has served as the President of the American Educational Research Association and is a past President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

MIT Technology Review named Dr. Hao Li as a Top Young Innovator.

Dr. John Boudreau of the Marshall School received the Michael Losey Human Resource Research Award.

Dr. Chris Powers is the new President of the California Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. D. Demetriades of the Keck School was honored with the American Heart Association Lifetime Achievement Award…

CNN has named the artificial retina developed by Dr. Mark Humayun as one of the Top Inventions of the Year.

Professor Luis Alfaro was selected as playwright of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for a three year period. Funding was provided by the Mellon Foundation. Professor Alfaro is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Grant.

Dean Ma of the USC School of Architecture was selected as one of the 30 “Most Admired Educators” by Design/Intelligence.