Registration will be required, and questions for the dean can be submitted online prior to the meeting.
Biochemistry junior Ria Kothari combines lab research and service work to make a tangible impact, from designing new antimicrobial compounds to leading USC's Habitat for Humanity chapter.
University of South Carolina chemistry professor Caryn Outten has been named a 2026 fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for her groundbreaking research on fungal infections and iron metabolism, as well as her excellence in teaching and mentoring at the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences.
A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will help USC faculty study fragile X-associated health conditions, which may affect thousands of people in South Carolina, and identify new ways to diagnose and treat the conditions.
USC Columbia sophomore Audrey Webb won the 2025 holiday card design contest. A computer science major from Fort Mill, South Carolina, Webb's winning design imagines what the Cocky statue on campus would look like if it snowed. Her design is featured on President Michael Amiridis' and First Lady Ero Aggelopoulou-Amiridis' holiday card, and it earned Webb a $500 gift card.
Assistant professor Feilong Ma joined USC's Department of Psychology with a research mission to understand how individual brains shape who we are and to advance tools that may transform neuroscience and clinical care.
