The Office of Research and Graduate Education

Wilson appointed faculty liaison in research offices

Marlene Wilson, a professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience in the School of Medicine, has been appointed faculty associate for biomedical research in the Office of Research and Graduate Education.

Scientist to examine liver disease in adolescents

Arnold School of Public Health researcher Jennifer Trilk is the recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health to study non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in young people.

The two-year, $106,010 award will enable her to study a growing public health concern that affects 8 percent of U.S. adolescents and has the potential for serious medical complications later in life.

Geography professor uses early ship logs to recreate hurricane history

While meteorologists are busy forecasting and tracking this year's crop of hurricanes using the latest satellite technology, Dr. Cary Mock is combing through 300-year-old British ship logs for weather data to detail hurricanes of the past.

Midlands leaders celebrate opening of Innovation Center

The new SCRA USC Innovation Center is ready for business.

The University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Research Authority and the City of Columbia opened the fully renovated facility Thursday (Aug. 19). It is a building designed to house knowledge-based companies emerging from research at USC and the general marketplace that are entering commercialization and advanced manufacturing stages.

$6.7 million grant to boost health-disparities research

A $6.7 million grant to the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health will support an established research program in health disparities.

Office of Undergraduate Research ranks high in US News rankings

A section titled "A Strong Focus on Student Success" singles out the nation's institutions with the best student-enrichment offerings and cites USC for having one of the nation's best programs for First-Year Experience, Learning Communities and Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects. A feature article, titled "The Care and Feeding of Freshmen," focuses on USC's first-year programs.