Lindsay Oman (B.A. Communication '07) and Benjamin Brown (B.A. Communication '10) made the Pacific-10 Conference Track and Field All-Academic first and second teams, respectively

Geoffrey Cowan, university professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, was officially named Walter Lippmann Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science at a ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania

Norman Lear Center deputy director Johanna Blakley moderated a panel of leading artists and industry professionals for a conversation about how rights on camera can be a source of both entertainment and information and a launching pad for social action on June 8

President Bush has nominated Bruce M. Ramer, an entertainment lawyer, USC Trustee and member of the USC Annenberg Board of Councilors, to serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The International Communication Association announced communication professor and associate dean Sandra Ball-Rokeach as a new ICA Fellow, one of the top honors in the field

The Strategic Public Relations Center at USC Annenberg, directed by Jerry Swerling, released its fifth study of generally accepted practices in public relations, incorporating views and information provided by respondents representing 520 different organizations

UWire names Aly Weisman (B.A. Broadcast Journalism '08) and Ryan Furlong (B.A. Print Journalism '09) to its list of top 100 student journalists. Just 16 students from the western United States, including one other from USC, were part of the list

The annual gathering of top communication scholars features 51 researchers affiliated with USC Annenberg.