University of South Carolina: Research & Scholarly Activities http://www.sc.edu November 21, 2009, 12:18 am portal@sc.edu Project to digitize 60 years of S.C. newspapers http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=315 By University Marketing & Communications The S.C. Digital Newspaper Project, an initiative of University Libraries, will create a Web-accessible archive of S.C. newspapers dating from 1860 to 1922. Burns scholar Roy honored by University of Glasgow http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=324 By Office of Media Relations Dr. G. Ross Roy, one of the world’s foremost authorities on 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns, was awarded the degree Doctor of Letters from the University of Glasgow on June 17, the Scottish university’s annual Commemoration Day. Historic S.C. newspapers to be Web-accessible http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=325 By Office of Media Relations The South Carolina Digital Newspaper Project calls for the scanning, enhancing and delivering to the Library of Congress an estimated 100,000 pages from select newspapers in the state from 1860 – 1922 that capture the artistic, literary, cultural, economic and political events of South Carolina and surrounding states. Study finds nanoparticles could contaminate marine life http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=326 By Office of Media Relations Researchers at the university's Nanocenter are working with scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Charleston to determine whether gold nanorods could readily pass from water to the marine food web. Blatt, Hollings, others focus of new exhibition http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=331 By Office of Media Relations Exhibition to showcase books by and about individuals whose papers are held by the university’s South Carolina Political Collections (SCPC). Film-studies scholar to oversee collection http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=332 By Office of Media Relations Mark Cooper, to help University Libraries broaden film collections and improve access to existing resources. GIS project maps lights, buildings, more http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=353 By University Marketing & Communications Exact digital image of campus being created. Scholarship workshops set for fall http://www.sc.edu/ofsp/calendar.html University is committed to health research and education http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=445 By University Marketing & Communications The University is committed to educating future leaders in the health sciences and to seeking answers to the serious healthcare problems of our day. New associate VP for research named http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=577 By University Marketing & Communications Pamela Benicewicz has been named associate vice president for research at the University of South Carolina,  Human brain activity is key in deception research http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=591 By University Marketing & Communications A Carolina researcher looks for the precise brain-wave activity that occurs at the moment a person decides to lie. SCienceLab introduces research to pre-college students http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=600 By Office of Media Relations Iquiry-based program designed to augment science curriculum in middle and high schools and give students a laboratory experience similar to one they would find at college. Lectures: Nov. 19-Dec. 10 http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=611 By University Marketing & Communications College notes http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=615 By Office of Media Relations Arts and Sciences dean elected to national board; Terry A. Wolfer honored for social-work education; geographer awarded NASA grant to conduct research on Alabama’s Mobile Bay; professor publishes book on foreign policy of Carter administration; student publications win national design awards; scholar featured in journal for research on the impact of documentaries