The Valley

Christine Kawasaki of Temple City and Katie Pang of Arcadia have been named trustee scholars at the University of Southern California.

Both plan to enroll as freshmen this fall at USC. Kawasaki, who will be in the resident honors program, plans to study civil engineering. Pang will major in biological sciences.

The Trustee Scholarship Award, a four-year, full-tuition scholarship, is USC’s highest academic honor for entering students. Selection is based on scholarly achievement and promise, along with leadership, character and talent.

Pomona

David Kiley, director of the wheelchair sports program at Casa Colina Center for Rehabilitation in Pomona, will receive a governor’s commendation for his work with children and adults.

The commendation was presented by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, chairman of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, at a council meeting April 30 in Santa Monica. Kiley was recognized for his leadership in health and fitness for physically and mentally challenged Californians.

Kiley, who has been in a wheelchair since he was injured skiing after his high school graduation, received a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation from Cal State University in Sacramento. He developed a wheelchair sports camp for children in Sacramento and 14 years ago became director of the Casa Colina program.

Kiley is active in many sports, and was a gold and silver medalist at the 1992 Winter Paralympic Games in Albertville, France.

Pasadena

Prof. William G. Dunphy and Prof. Stephen L. Mayo of the California Institute of Technology are among 44 scientists nationwide selected as investigators for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The Hughes institute will fund the two scientists’ research, pay their salaries and provide assistants, post-doctoral fellows and other technical support as part of a cooperative agreement with Caltech.

Dunphy is researching the mechanism of cell division, or reproduction. Mayo’s research involves amino acids and the function of the protein molecule.

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Biologist Kai Zinn, assistant professor at Caltech, has received a McKnight Neuroscience Development Award in support of his studies of insect central nervous systems.

Zinn is among 14 scientists nationwide who will receive $120,000 in the next three years to study the molecules that regulate the development of the insect central nervous system.