March 2016

Alan Willner Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Electrical engineering professor becomes the 10th USC Viterbi faculty to join the august body since 2008.

USC Viterbi celebrates the career of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who graduated with a M.S. in Systems Management in 1977

VIDEO

Prem Natarajan Named Inaugural Keston Executive Director

Visionary and inspiring gift to the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI)

GIVING

An astronaut is injured in outer space, you have 30 hours

The inaugural class of 'Makers' organizes first ever USC Makeathon to tackle NASA wicked problem

STUDENTS

USC Viterbi Podcast - Episode 1: 'Acoustic Museums'

Collecting the 'Google Earth' of sound. An international, trans-disciplinary team takes us to Greece to capture the ethereal sounds of ancient Byzantine churches.

RESEARCH

How ISI's Pegasus Helped Scientists Make The Discovery of a Century

ISI Computer Scientists Had Behind-the-Scenes Role in LIGO Gravitational Wave Detection

RESEARCH

A Tree Grows in Space

ISI's David Barnhart and Extreme Agriculture in Outer Space

RESEARCH

USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi launch unique partnership

Partnership will build a new generation of integrated media professionals

ACADEMICS

OCEC Faculty, Programs and Students Sweep the 2016 the OCEC 2016 Awards.

Maja Mataric, Kelly Sanders, Andrea Armani, Azad Madni, Idania Takimoto, Radhul Ranith and the DEN program were honored

DISTINCTION

In Memoriam: USC Trustee, entrepreneur Alfred E. Mann

Entrepreneur dedicated himself to developing technologies that dramatically improve patients' lives

OBITUARY

Area Students Build a Star Wars Galaxy Through Code

Computer Science Students Help School Children Participate in "Hour of Code"

STEM

Best Masters Degrees: 30 Most Innovative Women Professors Alive Today

Maja Matarić ranks 5th on the list of the top 30 most innovative female professors

DISTINCTION