From left, USC Vice Provost for Globalization Adam Clayton Powell III; College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Dean Howard Gillman; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; and University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership Geoffrey Cowan.

Secretary Rice speaks at the ceremony announcing the honorees of the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Awards in Public Diplomacy.

Vice Provost Powell speaks at the ceremony, held at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Jeremy Curtin (right), of the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs, presents the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy to Vice Provost Powell.