After nearly three decades at USC for Kulig and almost four for Landel, the two distinguished faculty members recently retired, leaving behind careers defined not only by groundbreaking research and clinical innovation, but by generations of students whose lives and careers they helped shape.

The news comes after an extensive international search that included many respected and renowned candidates. BY JAMIE WETHERBE MA ’04 LORI MICHENER HAS BEEN NAMED ASSOCIATE DEAN AND CHAIR of the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, following an extensive international search, Serving for the past year as Interim Associate Dean and Chair, Michener,…

Editor’s Note: The following remarks — lightly edited for publication — were delivered by Professor Emerita Carolee Winstein recently at the Provoking the Future: Rethinking Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, a day-long seminar celebrating the accomplishments of retiring faculty members, Kornelia Kulig and Rob Landel. As part of the celebration, the Division has launched a fundraising campaign to…