Group photo of Memorial Lecture participants

USC Social Work Awards Pearmain Prize

By Susan Wampler
USC Executive Vice President and Provost C. L. Max Nikias presented the inaugural Pearmain Prize in Research on Aging to Kyriakos S. Markides—a leading scholar on aging and health issues—at USC Town & Gown on Feb. 16

William Vega

William Vega Directs Roybal Institute

By Susan Wampler
William Vega, one of the nation’s leading experts on health disparities that affect aging ethnic minority populations, has been named executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, now based at the USC School of