Academic Honors and Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named 2,000 individuals as recipients of the 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), including eight students that completed their undergraduate degrees at USC:
Undergraduate NSF GRFP Award Recipients
Jessica Chen
Life Sciences – Neurosciences
Vanessa Knutson
Life Sciences – Systematics & Biodiversity
Eshed Margalit
Psychology – Cognitive Neuroscience
Joshua Faskowitz
Psychology – Developmental
Ryan McGee
Life Sciences – Evolutionary Biology
Christopher Sandino
Engineering – Biomedical
Gurmukh (Gumi) Sethi
Engineering – Materials
Christina Zdawczyk
STEM Education and Learning Research – Technology Education
In addition to USC’s undergraduate NSF GRFP Award recipients, four students earning a bachelor’s degree from USC were recognized with honorable mentions.
Undergraduate Honorable Mention Recipients
Jaime Castrellon
Psychology – Cognitive Neurosciences
Christopher Larson
Engineering – Biomedical
Promise McEntire
Social Sciences – Linguistic Anthropology
Meaghan Sullivan
Life Sciences – Biochemistry
In total, 37 USC undergraduate and graduate students were selected as award recipients or recognized with honorable mentions. Congratulations Trojans!