"I want to congratulate and praise the students from the University of Southern California for their commitment to this campaign," says British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Katrina Chan (B.A. communication, ’08) won the contest

"I want to congratulate and praise the students from the University of Southern California for their commitment to this campaign," says United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured)

New fellowship program led by Michelle Levander examines community health and the effects of America’s growing diversity on health policy and health care

The media scholar and Pulitzer Prize-winning editor will serve as director of the journalism school beginning July 2008

Communication professors Margaret McLaughlin and Sarah Banet-Weiser and journalism professor Bryce Nelson each recently won a USC-Mellon Award fo Excellence in Mentoring

CBS News announces the hiring of USC Annenberg alumna Priya David (M.A. broadcast journalism, '03) as a correspondent primarily for The Early Show and the CBS Evening News weekends

"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