CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS
New Director Named for the Wrigley Institute ROBERTA MARINELLI SELECTED TO LEAD THE USC WRIGLEY INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
Stephan Haas
New USC Dornsife Appointments PROFESSORS DONAL MANAHAN AND STEPHAN HAAS JOIN DEAN GILLMAN ’S LEADERSHIP TEAM .
DEAN HOWARD GILLMAN has
appointed Donal Manahan, professor of biological sciences, as the first vice dean for students in USC Dornsife and Stephan Haas, professor of physics and astronomy, as vice dean for research. In his new role, Manahan oversees, expands and ensures the quality of student activities in USC Dornsife, including student advisement, the new USC Dornsife-Keck School of Medicine Academic and Advising Program, USC Dornsife Freshman Seminars (First-Year Investigations), supplemental instruction, USC Dornsife admission, and USC Dornsife’s signature speaker
series The College Commons. Manahan is working closely with Vice Dean for Academic Programs Steven Lamy to coordinate funding for USC Dornsife’s hallmark student research programs, SOAR (Student Opportunities for Academic Research) and SURF (Student Undergraduate Research Fund). “I have taught in USC Dornsife for more than 25 years. I love teaching and collaborating with our amazing students,” Manahan said. “I look forward to expanding the wide array of opportunities that we currently offer in USC Dornsife to dramatically enhance the educational and co-
curricular experiences of our students.” In his new role, Haas is working with Vice Dean for Faculty Dani Byrd to develop and lead USC Dornsife-wide research initiatives, facilitate interdepartmental and cross-school research partnerships, oversee USC Dornsife research administration, and advise Gillman on allocation of research space and resources. “I am glad to be part of a new era of exciting opportunities to serve the research community in USC Dornsife,” Haas said. —SA
Dean Howard Gillman has appointed Dr. Roberta Marinelli the new director of the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, beginning in June 2011. Marinelli will lead the institute’s research, education and outreach missions on the main USC campus in Los Angeles and its Santa Catalina Island facility, the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center. She also will play a leadership role in planning and implementing an expansion of academic and research programs in environmental studies at USC. Marinelli, since 2005, has served as the program director of the Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems Program at the National Science Foundation, station representative at the Palmer and McMurdo stations in Antarctica, and as associate professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. —SA
“Our conversations this year have revolved around ‘Rethinking the Human’ — the enduring aspects of our humanity and those that change as our culture and knowledge change.” William Thalmann, professor of classics and comparative literature and director of The College Commons, on the series’ 2010–11 theme. “Rethinking the Human” brought the USC community together for events including a conversation with The English Patient author Michael Ondaatje, a film screening with documentary filmmaker Jørgen Flindt Pedersen, and a discussion with USC Dornsife faculty and guests on robots and warfare. For more information on The College Commons, visit dornsife.usc.edu/tcc.
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D. MANAHAN AND S. HAAS PHOTOS BY JIE GU; R. MARINELLI PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERTA MARINELLI
Donal Manahan