Solving for X
Rhonda Jeffries’ research focuses on ways to close the achievement gap for racial minority and low-income students, specifically those tracked for remedial classes.
what's happening @UofSC
UofSC honors top students at Awards Day
The university its top student honors, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Steven N. Swanger awards, to four graduating seniors during the university’s annual Awards Day ceremony Thursday on the historic Horseshoe.
Building a healthier South Carolina
The staff of the SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare at the USC School of Medicine is working to improve access to care in rural South Carolina. Created with state funding in 2017, the center has a number of initiatives underway, including a loan program to encourage health profession students to practice in rural settings, research grant programs and partnerships helping put providers on the ground in critical need areas.
Helping the dogs of Chernobyl
This summer, biology professor Timothy Mousseau and his students will visit Ukraine to study the stray dogs living around Chernobyl, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.
Having a ball!
Harris Pastides has a unique collection of reminders of the wide array of celebrities, dignitaries and scholars who have visited Carolina during his 10 years as president of the state's flagship university.
Constructing a lasting legacy
An oral history by University Libraries preserves the story of Kline Iron & Steel, started in Columbia by Lithuanian immigrants whose families fled Eastern Europe to escape Jewish persecution.
In the News
“Give 4 Garnet:USC sets $3 million goal for day of giving”
(Feat. Jancy Houck, development) —WIS-TV
“Innovation Summit coming to Charleston”
(Feat. Dirk Brown, McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise) —South Carolina Public Radio
“University of New Mexico pharmacy dean selected”
(Feat. UofSC alumnus) —Albuquerque Journal
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Faculty Spotlight
Breakthrough Star: Parastoo Hashemi
Parastoo Hashemi wants to know what's going on inside our heads — neurochemically speaking, that is — and she and her research team are well on their way toward figuring out how to do it. Her pioneering research on measuring neurochemical levels in the brain have far-reaching implications for treatment of depression and other neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
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Student Spotlight
Casey Brayton named Truman Scholar
Casey Brayton, a junior S.C. Honors College and College of Arts and Sciences student, has been named a 2018 Truman Scholar and the ninth student at the university to win the prestigious national scholarship.
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Alumni Spotlight
Turning children into leaders and learners
University of South Carolina College of Education alumna and Pelion High School assistant principal, Erica Page, was named the 2018 National Assistant Principal of the Year. Though not a South Carolina native, Page began her career in education a decade ago in Lexington County after an adventurous 650-mile move south.
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Faculty Spotlight
Cool burn
Tanvir Farouk, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing, studies combustion and plasma processes and has conducted research aimed at making natural gas turbines burn more cleanly and efficiently.
University Events
Food for Fines
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium: "Gluon Imaging"
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018
Location: Jones Physical Science Center 409 Rogers Seminar Room
Thursday Night Dinners at McCutchen House
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018