Newsmakers
January 8, 2009 12:01 PM
Communication professor Manuel Castells, holder of the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology & Society, won Spain’s 2008 National Sociology and Political Science Prize in recognition of his contributions in sociology and political science.
The seven-person jury, overseen by the chairwoman of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Sociological Research Center) and comprised of sociology and political science academics, unanimously voted for Castells.
Castells is the author of 22 academic books and editor or co-author of 21 additional books as well as more than 100 articles in academic journals.
Wave Action
Maria Todorovska, a research professor in the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was among 18 prominent women in civil engineering selected worldwide as role models for aspiring female engineering students.
Todorovska was named in a paper published in the International Journal of Engineering Education, a British journal. The author was Yin Kiong Hoh, a faculty member at the National Institute of Education of the Nanyang Technological University, a major research university in Singapore.
Todorovska is internationally known for her research in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. Her research interests include seismic wave propagation in soils and structures, structural health monitoring, soil-structure interaction, strong ground motion, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and seismic monitoring and data processing.
Child’s Work
Two research scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have been elected into the Society for Pediatric Research.
Anat Erdreich-Epstein and Michele D. Kipke will be formally honored at the organization’s annual meeting on May 2 in Baltimore, Md.
Erdreich-Epstein is director of basic and translational pediatric brain tumor research at Childrens Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics and pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She earned a bachelor’s degree in medical sciences and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in Israel.
Kipke recently assumed the role of director of the Center for Community Translation. She is the principal investigator for several studies, including research on HIV prevention and obesity.
Kipke earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from New York University and a Ph.D. in experimental/health psychology from Yeshiva University in New York.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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