10 / 2011 FINANCIAL REPORT University of Southern California
$50m
Faculty members receive White House recognition USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING PROFESSORS HONORED
FOR NEW ANNENBERG COLLABORATIVE LEARNING BUILDING
Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
The past year at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering was as exciting as it was historic. Three faculty members were recognized by the White House for their achievements, two joined the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the school hosted the second National Summit on the NAE’s Grand Challenges. The latter convened the most innovative minds across disciplines — beyond just engineering — to tackle what have been identified as the 14 Grand Challenges of our planet and society. USC Viterbi’s reputation as a research powerhouse was bolstered with more than $183 million in grant funding, representing a 13 percent growth over the previous year.
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USC Roski School of Fine Arts
In late 2010, the USC Roski School of Fine Arts announced the launch of its new M.A. in art and curatorial practices in the public sphere program, a platform for scholarship in contemporary art and curatorial practice that uniquely addresses social questions of public space. The following spring, the undergraduate sculpture area welcomed artist Jason Meadows for a special sixweek workshop, during which he worked with students to conceptualize, fabricate and install a temporary sculpture outside Watt Hall. Students had the opportunity to hear from and interact with a number of visiting artists and curators, including Olafur Eliasson, Thelma Golden and Michael Snow.
USC Davis School of Gerontology
Independent Health Professions
In FY 2010-11, the USC Davis School of Gerontology recruited its biggest-ever incoming class, as well as recording its largest number of graduates. The school welcomed two new faculty members: Cleopatra Abdou and Sean Curran, who won the Ellison Medical Foundation’s New Scholar in Aging Award. In addition, Valter Longo received an $11 million National Institute on Aging research grant and spearheaded the launch of the school’s first study-abroad program. Senior Laura Corrales-Diaz Pomatto won the USC Stevens Institute’s grand prize, and Ph.D. student Morgan Canon won a Gerontological Society of America award for the best student research paper.
The number-one-ranked USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy continued to innovate in education, research and practice in FY 2010-2011. The division opened the Bice Clinical Research Center and the Sullivan Clinical Skills Technology Center, and expanded space and treatment services at USC PT Associates on the Health Sciences campus. In FY 2010-2011, the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy received a record number of educational program applications, appointed seven new faculty members, won five extramurally funded research grants including one establishing a rehabilitation science postdoctoral training program, and published research outcomes demonstrating the effectiveness of preventive occupational therapy.
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