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NROTC midshipman awarded 2024 Rotary Global Grant

Senior global studies and political science double-major Ryan Lohr has earned the 2024 Rotary Global Grant.

For Emma Jackson, every week is shark week

NOAA Hollings scholar and marine science grad researches sharks, rays and anything else that swims her way.

Three USC graduate students recognized with NIH fellowships

Taylor Berrier, Brooke Bullard and Rachel Hantman are 2024 recipients of the National Institutes of Health F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awards.

NSF distinguishes 11 USC students, alumni with research awards

Daniel Coble, Ashlin Deatherage, Margaret Gordon, Cathryn Murphy, Sara Padula and Lex Whalen are 2024 recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program scholarship.

Capstone scholar awarded NOAA Hollings Scholarship to research sharks

Rising junior Capstone scholar Liam McKenna is one of only 145 students nationwide to be selected as a 2024 NOAA Hollings scholar.

Six Gamecocks going global with the Gilman Scholarship

Dax Andrews, Bess Bridwell, Elliott Catoe-Griffis, Tristen Davis, Leah Pleskonko and Tamia Starks have earned the 2024 - 2025 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad.

International experiences await USC's three newest Fulbright recipients

Josh Lastimoso, Madison Mueller and Caroline Westberg have earned 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships to spend approximately a year in the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Spain, respectively.

School is out, fellowships are in: seven USC students earn summer opportunities in the U.S., abroad

"What are you doing this summer?" Seven Gamecocks have intriguing answers to that question.

Two USC students earn Boren Scholarships for intensive language study, cultural immersion

Caroline Lochner and Claire Mattes have earned Boren Scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Leaders in the making: three USC graduate students named Presidential Management Fellows

Nikki Chen, Brittney Hudson-Smith and Desiree Jenkins are the University of South Carolina's newest Presidential Management Fellows.

Two USC students earn Erasmus Mundus scholarships to pursue master's degrees abroad

Kathleen Barnwell and Carlos Sanchez Julia are 2024 recipients of Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarships.

Gamecocks in Germany: seven USC students awarded DAAD scholarships

Aidan Billings, Molly Conway, Shannon DePratter, Parker Huggins, Shruti Jadhav, Vansh Nagpal and Lydia Pless have been awarded scholarships from DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service. This is the largest cohort of University of South Carolina students ever to earn DAAD funding for summer research and internships in Germany.

USC Announces Three Critical Language Scholarship Recipients

Eli Hatcher, Jahleel Johnson and Sophia Rowan have been awarded the 2024 Critical Language Scholarship for intensive language study.

Honors College student wins Truman Scholarship

Reese Lycan embodies the spirit of the Truman Scholarship. With an eye on becoming a physician, the South Carolina Honors College junior from Lexington, Kentucky, also wants to advocate for better health care access, particularly for low-income residents of rural Appalachia.

USC has 3 Goldwater scholars in 2024

Three University of South Carolina Honors College students were awarded prestigious Goldwater scholarships Friday. They are: Caroline Rucker, a junior biomedical engineering major from Powhatan, Virginia; Jeremiah Tobin, a junior biomedical engineering major from Greenville; and Katelyn Wyandt, a junior computer science major from Summerville, South Carolina.

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