"In the area of academic institutions, we recognize the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy for having evolved into the world's premier research facility in this field," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (pictured), who presented USC with the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award in Public Diplomacy

“With these two new grants, we’re excited to be able to be a resource to the creative community not only on disease, but also on broader questions of health policy, from the community arena to the globe,” says Norman Lear Center director Martin Kaplan

Columbia University announced adjunct journalism professor Kenneth Turan is a winner of the 2008 Alumni Awards

The Center on Public Diplomacy announced the recent publication of “The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society,” co-edited by CPD acting director Geoffrey Wiseman

Communication professor François Bar chaired a two-day conference April 2-3 at USC Annenberg to discuss the future of a five-year project that will gauge the public's online access in various countries

A joint conference with Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society March 27-28 assesses "the state of the field of participatory media within the overall news and information environment"

The Scripps Howard Foundation announces Julia Wong (B.A. communication '09) as one of nine nationwide winners of a 13-day journalism study trip to Japan and South Korea as part of the annual Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition

Joshua Sharp (pictured, B.A. communication, '09) is one of four college journalists selected for the debut of mtvU's "College Editorial Board" series