USC Sea Grant Progam Names New Director
“I’ll be working with the Sea Grant community to further develop our ‘urban ocean’ theme and will be responsible for coordinating the integration of environmental science with policy issues and decision processes in society,” Duguay said.
Wrigley Institute Director Anthony Michaels said Duguay will work with science, management and policy entities in Southern California to help fulfill Sea Grant’s goals.
“Her expertise and energy will further the quality and value of Sea Grant’s research and outreach programs,” he said.
THE NATIONAL SEA GRANT College Program, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a federal-state-university partnership that promotes the understanding and responsible use of marine and coastal resources in coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico.
Duguay received her M.S. and Ph.D. in biological oceanography from the University of Miami’s Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and her A.B. in biology from the University of Rhode Island.
For the past 10 years she has served as a program officer at the NSF, first in biological oceanography and most recently in both the Antarctic and Arctic sections of the Office of Polar Programs. She has held research and teaching positions at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Southampton College of Long Island University, St. Mary’s College in Maryland and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies. She is the author of numerous reports, papers and book chapters on issues in biological oceanography and marine ecology.
Former USC Sea Grant Director Douglas Sherman will resume full-time teaching and research duties as professor of geography following a sabbatical in New Zealand and Australia.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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