UofSC community unites to welcome eclipse
Columbia is one of the best places to experience America's first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse since 1918 — and the University of South Carolina is ready to welcome it.
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From trooper to magistrate, with help from Palmetto College
With his newly earned degree from the University of South Carolina Upstate, D.J. Bron traded in his S.C. Highway Patrol uniform for a magistrate’s robe this summer. It's a position he couldn't have imagined without Palmetto College, part of the university system that offers online bachelor’s degree completion programs.
Top scholars to join incoming UofSC freshman class
The University of South Carolina will welcome some of the nation’s and the state’s top students for the university’s most valuable and prestigious scholarships program. Recipients of the Stamps, Carolina and Hamilton scholar awards for in-state students and the Stamps, McNair and Horseshoe Scholar awards for out-of-state students will join the Carolina community in August.
Dark side of the sun
A shadow 60 miles wide and zooming 1,000 mph is headed for the U.S. — and the University of South Carolina is ready to welcome it.
Einstein vs. Newton, revisited
A total solar eclipse – when the moon orbits directly in front of the sun – is the perfect time to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity. A University of South Carolina professor will do that in August, using modern technology, high-powered telescopes and cameras to record the sky over South Carolina.
In the News
"State's domestic violence laws include same-sex married couples, South Carolina Supreme Court rules”
(Feat. Kenneth Gaines, law) --Post and Courier
"Taking the full course of antibiotics now questioned”
(Feat. Dr. Anna Kathryn Rye Burch, medicine) --Greenville News
"Alonzo Van Wilson Mardi Gras costumes on display at USC”
(Feat. McKissick exhibit) —Cola Daily
“Catawba Pottery tradition withstands the test of time”
—USC Lancaster collection highlighted SC ETV
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Alumni Spotlight
When tracking math students doesn't add up
Education professor Rhonda Jeffries and graduate student Hope Reed wanted to close the achievement gap for underrepresented students, specifically those tracked to be in remedial classes. So, they took a risk with a group of freshman students at Blythewood High School and conducted a secret experiment of sorts that proved to be powerful.
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Faculty Spotlight
Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year: Cliff Leaman
Clifford Leaman's love of teaching and performing is obvious to Leaman’s students and colleagues, who describe him as a master performer and teacher. This year, the university presented Leaman, who has taught saxophone at Carolina for the past 17 years, with its highest teaching honor: the Michael J. Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year Award.
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Faculty Spotlight
The hunger game
Hunger is one of our basic urges. To better understand it and the implications for obesity, School of Medicine researcher Claudia Grillo is using a National Science Foundation grant to study an obscure neural circuit that drives hunger.
University Events
WELL SUITED Exhibition Opening Reception
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017
Location: McKissick Museum 203, McKissick Museum 208
Historic USC Horseshoe Tour
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017
Total Solar Eclipse Public Lecture with Dr. Sarbani Basu
Friday, Aug. 18, 2017
Location: Darla Moore School of Business 101 - Johnson Performance Hall
Eclipse Experts at USC: "Myth, History, and Science"
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017
Location: Swearingen Engineering Center 1C01
NSTAR 2017 Public Lecture with Dr. Craig Roberts
Monday, Aug. 21, 2017
Location: Darla Moore School of Business 101 - Johnson Performance Hall