USC bestowed the first-ever USC-Ratan Tata Award to Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, and also granted awards to Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon and tech entrepreneur Sandeep Tandon.
The awards, which will be presented Jan. 24, honor the year’s most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen.
It’s the first time two USC hospitals have simultaneously received this honor from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit national watchdog organization.
USC Viterbi’s S.K. Gupta, Shang-Hua Teng and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
The work by three Bachelor of Architecture students was recognized for its bold approach to addressing ethical sourcing and transparency in the global building materials supply chain.
The list of honorees includes veterans scoring a repeat trip to the awards, rising talents in the music industry and first-time nominees.
Keck Hospital of USC and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital each received the top ranking from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety.
The winning project — the Global Observatory for Healthy and Sustainable Cities — now includes 319 researchers and policy practitioners from 198 cities in 57 countries.
The honor celebrates those whose career work exemplifies the values of the iconic Star Trek character Spock — rationality, peace, compassion and belonging.
The academy recognized Lakdawalla for transforming the study of value in health care.
