Patrick Soon-Shiong M.D. and Rick Stephens, both members of the USC Viterbi School’s Board of Councilors, received Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Eddy Awards® November 12.

"Born in Belgrade, in what was then Yugoslavia, Maja Matarić originally wanted to study languages and art," begins a 5000-word feature entitled "Robots That Care." The ending: "But robotic interaction should not replace human interaction," she said. "It should only improve it."

Michael E. Kassner, a professor in the Viterbi School Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Mork Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been named Director of Research of the Office of Naval Research.

Introduced by Daniel J. Epstein Department Chair James E. Moore, the President of Olin College of Engineering delivers the 2009 installment of the annual series of talks honoring the memory of system architecting pioneer Eberhardt Rechtin

Lockheed Martin Fellow Gary Hafen presented a check for $80,700 to Dean Yannis Yortsos to sponsor a wide array of projects for Viterbi undergraduates.

Harry Zhu and Tina Ren spent summer in the school's Shanghai office. Zhu: "I could really directly contribute to the growth of Viterbi in China." Ren: "I learned much."

The mood was upbeat and lively at the 2009 Parent’s Move-In Day Reception

Viterbi School Professor Jean-Pierre Bardet was an opening speaker welcoming leaders in the fields of engineering, environment, academia, government, labor and public health "to begin making an historic shift in order to meet our region's pressing needs."

"Brenton Guy: A Profile in Leadership" is front page news in the city employee newsletter for July.

The namesake donor of the Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life, 2008 Viterbi School commencement keynoter and CEO/President of Wind River Systems Inc. is now a member of the university's governing board.