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Moving on up

January 17, 2019, Chris Horn

Allen Montgomery could do a fair impersonation of the Energizer bunny — he just keeps going and going. The 80-year-old audiology professor in the Arnold School of Public Health has run more than 100 marathons, the last one just a couple of years ago, and he has no immediate plans for retirement. He’s even figured out a creative way to help his academic department consolidate in one space on campus — something that’s never happened since communication sciences and disorders was created as an academic unit in 1972.

Topics: Faculty, Philanthropy, Arnold School of Public Health

Touching the past

January 15, 2019, Chris Horn

As curator of collections at McKissick Museum, Christian Cicimurri is accustomed to handling old documents and artifacts. But thanks to an ASPIRE II grant and subsequent funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Cicimurri has got her hands on new touch screen technology, which is being incorporated into McKissick’s exhibits.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Collections, College of Arts and Sciences

Fishing for information

January 11, 2019, Chris Horn

When Virginia Shervette hangs a ‘GONE FISHING’ sign on her door, it’s more than an afternoon jaunt. The USC Aiken fisheries biologist investigates the health of commercial and recreational fish populations in the Caribbean basin in hopes that fisheries managers will use the information when developing accurate assessments of which species are being overfished.

Topics: Faculty, Research, USC System

Justice for all

January 11, 2019, Chris Horn

A University of South Carolina faculty member, staff member and two students who exemplify Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to service, equality and social justice will be honored at the university’s annual MLK Commemorative Breakfast Jan. 18.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Diversity, College of Education, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management, Medicine (Columbia)

Turning the page

January 07, 2019, Chris Horn

The University of South Carolina Press celebrates 75 years of publishing in 2019, which is a pretty big deal in itself, but there’s more going on than a diamond anniversary. A new director, a new acquisitions editor and a more tightly focused editorial direction promise dynamic changes at one of the country’s foremost academic presses.

A major dustup

December 11, 2018, Chris Horn

Eddie, a 40-foot-tall statue in Columbia's EdVenture children's museum, has been hard to keep clean. But a team of mechanical engineering students at the University of South Carolina have designed, built and tested a robotic drone that can whisk away the dust bunnies from Eddie's massive body.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, College of Engineering and Computing

The right information

December 11, 2018, Chris Horn

Things have been falling neatly into place for Charles Rodriquez in the past 18 months — he started working on a bachelor’s degree in information studies at the University of South Carolina and completed an internship earlier this fall that has paved the way for a new job he’ll begin after graduation in December.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Information and Communications

No bigger than a minnow

November 20, 2018, Chris Horn

Alzheimer’s, autism and schizophrenia are very different neural disorders but they have this in common — scientists are learning more about each condition by studying the neural development of a fish that's barely the size of a small minnow.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

A century of remembrance

November 09, 2018, Chris Horn

Carolina recently relocated a group of granite-and-bronze markers that memorialize 28 students and alumni who died during World War I and the Mexican border dispute. Thirteen markers have been placed on the front lawn of the War Memorial Building (Sumter at Pendleton), and plans call for installation of 15 more to replace markers that were lost decades ago.

Topics: History

Gut feeling

November 07, 2018, Chris Horn

In the nearly 30 years since the first Gulf War in Kuwait and Iraq, medical professionals have struggled to identify the cause for symptoms collectively referred to as Gulf War illness that have persisted among a quarter-million military veterans. Saurabh Chatterjee can’t identify the cause, but he thinks his research team at USC’s Arnold School of Public Health has found the locus of medical dysfunction.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

Fire alarm

October 30, 2018, Chris Horn

A team of scientists at USC's Arnold School of Public Health have zeroed in on the diet-inflammation link, identifying 45 food and food components associated with biomarkers of inflammation in studies of humans, laboratory animals and even cells in culture.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

Rising to the top

October 17, 2018, Chris Horn

Scores of USC students have won highly competitive national scholarships and fellowships with the assistance of the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs and faculty members who serve on its committees.

Topics: Students, Alumni, Faculty, Scholarships, South Carolina Honors College

Jeté to the top

September 26, 2018, Chris Horn

A diagnosis of scoliosis put the brakes on 12-year-old Abbie Digby’s aspirations as a ballet dancer, but her subsequent surgery and recovery sparked a desire to pursue a career in medicine. She's now a freshman pre-med student at Carolina.

Topics: Students, Scholarships, Health Sciences, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Meet new faculty member Jessica Bradshaw

September 24, 2018, Chris Horn

The university has recruited many new faculty members this semester. Meet Jessica Bradshaw, an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Flying Higher

September 19, 2018, Chris Horn

In the past year, the university’s McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research has nearly doubled in size, taking under its wing new laboratories for drone design, combustion research and a data analytics program focused on Army helicopter maintenance.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Research, Experiential Learning, College of Engineering and Computing

Father and son

August 28, 2018, Chris Horn

David Lankes, Riley’s dad, is director of the university’s School of Library and Information Science, and this past fall was diagnosed with lymphoma, his third bout with the cancer of the immune system. Help is on the way in the form of a bone marrow transplant from his son, an incoming freshman at Carolina.

Topics: Students, Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Information and Communications

Fired up

August 22, 2018, Chris Horn

For Carolina's emerging ceramic artists, the ceramics studio in the School of Visual Art and Design is where their vision comes alive and their futures come into focus.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Movin' on up

August 21, 2018, Chris Horn

The Class of 2022 is here — all 5,800-plus of them — and their hopes and dreams as Gamecock freshmen are as varied as you might imagine. @UofSC Today caught up with three of them on Move-in Day.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences, Darla Moore School of Business

A positive reaction

August 17, 2018, Chris Horn

Richard Adams has been training future chemists at the University of South Carolina for 45 years. His efforts have been rewarded with the 2018 Mungo Graduate Teaching Award.

Topics: Students, Alumni, Faculty, Research, graduate-studies, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

Microbial mashup

August 07, 2018, Chris Horn

Alan Decho’s research sometimes takes him to the tropics to study thick, slimy mats of bacteria that survive in extreme heat and drought. Turns out, the conditions those hardy bacterial colonies call home might provide clues in the search for life on other planets.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

A Gamecock abroad

August 01, 2018, Chris Horn

Wendy Bashnan’s career began in her rural S.C. hometown 25 years ago, but quickly sprouted wings. Since 1994, she’s worked in Washington, D.C., Miami, and New York, and has spent more than half of her professional life abroad in South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, College of Arts and Sciences

Age-old compound, modern-day use

July 03, 2018, Chris Horn

Biomedical scientists at USC’s School of Medicine are studying the extent to which emodin, a natural compound found in rhubarb, could help relieve some side effects of a common chemotherapy drug.

Topics: Students, Research, graduate-studies, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

Mayo on your Slide Rule?

June 27, 2018, Chris Horn

This fall, a new café opens on campus with a menu that includes the following sandwiches: the Slide Rule, the Fortran, the B There or T Square and the Force Ten. Not hard to guess which college at USC will be home to the new café.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Campus Construction, College of Engineering and Computing

Big data to the rescue

June 26, 2018, Chris Horn

University of South Carolina researchers across multiple disciplines are putting data analytics to work to tackle an array of real-world challenges — from keeping helicopters flying safely to improving health care and detecting deadly fungal outbreaks in corn.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Economic Engagement, Partnerships, Health Sciences, Darla Moore School of Business, College of Engineering and Computing, College of Nursing, Arnold School of Public Health

A catalytic conversion

June 22, 2018, Chris Horn

Growing up in a small Russian town, Dmitry Peryshkov was fortunate to have a dynamic high school chemistry teacher who accelerated Peryshkov's love of the science, much like a catalyst speeds up a chemical reaction. Now Peryshkov is the one who is spurring on students with an enthusiasm that's almost palpable.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

No pain, no migraine

June 21, 2018, Chris Horn

Michelle Androulakis understands the debilitating pain of migraine headaches and is looking for ways to help fellow sufferers. The neurologist and med school professor has conducted clinical trials for a non-invasive migraine procedure involving a tiny nasal catheter as well as for a new migraine drug.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

Nature made

June 01, 2018, Chris Horn

It sounds like a motorist's dream come true: Microorganisms that make gasoline. If you think it sounds farfetched, talk to Tom Makris. The assistant professor of chemistry is focusing his research on natural product biosynthesis pathways, which include not only fuel-producing microbes but also the antibiotic-making capabilities of microorganisms.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

A grand gift

May 30, 2018, Chris Horn

The definition of a grand piano is simple — a large piano with the body, strings and soundboard arranged horizontally and supported by three legs. But what makes a piano “grand?” Willson Powell and Karen Brosius can point to the piano they bought 37 years ago — and have now donated to the University of South Carolina's School of Music.

Topics: Alumni, Philanthropy, School of Music

Final exam

May 29, 2018, Chris Horn

Religious studies professor James Cutsinger has wrestled with life’s deep questions of sin, faith and suffering, pondering the existence of God and the meaning of life with thousands of students over the course of nearly four decades at the University of South Carolina. Now, at age 65, Cutsinger is facing a final exam of sorts — the test of his own theological insights in the face of a stage IV cancer diagnosis.

Topics: Faculty, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

Gamecock at birth

May 25, 2018, Chris Horn

Beau Bergman is still several months shy of his first birthday, but he already has an indelible connection to Carolina. The little guy rocks a garnet-and-black sweatshirt and baseball cap, and he’s tailgated with some of the university’s most dedicated fans.

Topics: Alumni, Philanthropy

Time traveler

May 22, 2018, Chris Horn

If you want to delve deep into the history of Charleston you could take a guided tour of the city. But if your time and money are limited, check out the Charleston Time Machine with Nic Butler.

Topics: Alumni, Research, History, School of Music

Designing their futures

May 08, 2018, Chris Horn

The College of Engineering and Computing's senior capstone design program has students rubbing elbows with corporate partners and manufacturers that want to tap into student expertise — and get an extended look at their next potential hires.

Topics: Students, Alumni, Faculty, Experiential Learning, Student Voices, College of Engineering and Computing

Breakthrough Leader: Mitzi Nagarkatti

April 27, 2018, Chris Horn

When Mitzi Nagarkatti joined the School of Medicine as chair of pathology, microbiology and immunology in 2005, the department was bringing in about $600,000 a year in NIH funding, 81st among all such departments across the nation. The department now garners some $9.5 million per year in NIH grants (No. 17 in the country) and Nagarkatti continues to build research capacity not only in that unit but in the entire School of Medicine and across the university.

Topics: Faculty, University Leadership, Research, graduate-studies, Recognition, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

A college life well lived

April 24, 2018, Chris Horn

When Nick Santamaria says he got to do some incredible things in his four years at Carolina, he's not kidding. The Honors College student earned the university's second highest student award, was named a Truman Scholar finalist and graduated with a 3.975 GPA. And that's just for starters.

Topics: Students, Academics, Experiential Learning, Student Voices, South Carolina Honors College

Breakthrough Star: Parastoo Hashemi

April 20, 2018, Chris Horn

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.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Recognition, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

A day of giving

April 12, 2018, Chris Horn

Give 4 Garnet Day, April 18, is an opportunity for alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the University of South Carolina to support their favorite programs.

Topics: Alumni, Philanthropy

Where no one has gone before

March 08, 2018, Chris Horn

Jana Liese had her sights set on an internship at the National Institutes of Health but no students in the Washington Semester Program had ever landed an internship in a research lab. "At first, I was a little dejected," Liese says. "But then I decided I'm going to make this happen."

Topics: Students, Research, Experiential Learning, Health Sciences, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Lay of the land

February 27, 2018, Chris Horn

Students in Ray Torres’ Earth Surface Processes course use their bare hands to build dams, scoop out river beds and mold mountain ridges — all in a sandbox the size of a small table. Called an augmented-reality sandbox, it's a hands-on tool to teach concepts such as topography and land surface processes.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Academics, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Larger than life

February 21, 2018, Chris Horn

Richard T. Greener’s larger-than-life story is one of academic achievement, professional success and civic service, played out mostly in the tumultuous years after the Civil War. It’s a story of firsts — in addition to being USC’s first black professor, Greener was also Harvard’s first black graduate and America’s first black diplomat to a country of white citizenry.

Topics: Faculty, University Leadership, History, College of Education, University Libraries

Prepping for 'the toughest job'

February 20, 2018, Chris Horn

Getting into the Peace Corps wasn't so difficult years ago. Now the competition is stiff — only one in three applicants is selected. USC's Peace Corps Prep program is giving students a leg up on the competition while they gain valuable experiences and perspectives to prepare them for life in the field.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Service, Student Voices

Guess what's coming to dinner

January 25, 2018, Chris Horn

Insects are regularly consumed by an estimated 2 billion people, a practice that has its roots in culture and sometimes necessity. Law professor Marie Boyd studies the regulation of insects as food as part of her research on the Food and Drug Administration. She says insect-based food has a long way to go, both from a cultural and regulatory standpoint, in the U.S.

Topics: Faculty, Research, School of Law

Remembering Russ Meekins

January 18, 2018, Chris Horn

The university community is invited to a celebration of life at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23 in the My Carolina Alumni Center in memory of Russ Meekins, executive director of University Foundations who died unexpectedly Dec. 23.

Topics: University Leadership

Weathering a change

January 17, 2018, Chris Horn

Every day for more than 60 years, students and faculty from USC’s geography department have gathered downtown weather data for the National Weather Service. That daily routine won’t change, but the university’s weather station is going to move, and geography students will have a hand in determining the new site.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Experiential Learning, College of Arts and Sciences

The curious case of Marcus Brown

January 09, 2018, Chris Horn

Marcus Brown is a fictional high school student athlete whose medical history is the centerpiece of a teaching module in anatomy and biology courses at 20 middle and high schools that participated in a joint venture with USC’s School of Medicine and the College of Education. The project gives students an interesting case study that guides them through an exploration of various physiological conditions that might have contributed to the star athlete’s untimely death.

Topics: Faculty, Experiential Learning, Partnerships, Health Sciences, College of Education, Medicine (Columbia)

Nothing but blue skies

January 02, 2018, Chris Horn

The forecast for Benjamin Marosites’ professional goals while attending Carolina went from “foggy” to “sunny and clear” in just one semester. The undeclared major enrolled in the geography department’s weather and climate course, which ignited his curiosity about meteorology, prompted him to change majors and helped launch his career as an emergency planner for Richland County.

Topics: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Careers, College of Arts and Sciences

Social justice for all

December 18, 2017, Chris Horn

Two professors, a student and a staff member have been selected as 2018 recipients of Social Justice Awards by the University of South Carolina’s MLK Day planning committee.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Diversity, Recognition, Service, College of Education, College of Information and Communications

Comeback win

December 12, 2017, Chris Horn

It’s been 13 years since Billy Buckner played baseball for the University of South Carolina, memorably striking out 16 batters one afternoon against Clemson and winning seven games in the 2004 season. Now, after taking several online classes and on campus, he has a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies from the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

A decorative timeline

December 11, 2017, Chris Horn

The Pastides are celebrating their 10th holiday season in the President’s House, and part of the house’s extensive decorations this year are 30 hand-painted ornaments that celebrate some of the university’s milestone accomplishments of the past decade.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Terms of engagement

December 07, 2017, Chris Horn

Domestic abuse is a problem nationwide and even more so in South Carolina. Counselor education professor Ryan Carlson says it's important for counselors to know what kind of violence they are dealing with when helping abuse patients.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Education

History unveiled

December 05, 2017, Chris Horn

The names of enslaved workers and acknowledgement of their contributions at the University of South Carolina during its antebellum era are now immortalized on two bronze historic markers that will be unveiled in a ceremony Dec. 5 at Rutledge Chapel on the Horseshoe.

Topics: University Leadership, Diversity, History, College of Arts and Sciences

Dealing with dyslexia

December 04, 2017, Chris Horn

It’s estimated that 6 percent to 10 percent of K-12 students — some say as many as 20 percent — struggle with reading disorders of some kind. Carolina psychology professor Scott Decker has a grant to assess every school district in South Carolina to see how well they are doing in identifying and helping students with dyslexia.

Topics: Alumni, Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education

The karate kids

December 04, 2017, Chris Horn

The martial arts craze of the 1970s had hundreds of students signing up for Carolina's karate course. Many of those students including Keith Vitali and his younger brother, Steve, competed successfully in tournaments around the country, making Columbia and the University of South Carolina an important center of karate competition.

Topics: Alumni, History

A lasting tribute

November 28, 2017, Chris Horn

John Simmons finished his law degree at Carolina 30 years before the opening of the School of Law’s new building. His days as a walk-on for the men’s baseball team were at the now defunct Sarge Frye Field, long before Founders Stadium was built. But the passage of time and campus construction haven’t diminished Simmons’ ties to the university.

Topics: Alumni, Scholarships, Philanthropy, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Law

The sky is not the limit

November 21, 2017, Chris Horn

Michel van Vooren, director of the McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research, says the center is taking flight with new research grants and the collective energy of 50 undergraduate and graduate students.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Research, Economic Engagement, Partnerships, Student Voices, College of Engineering and Computing

Water, water everywhere...

November 10, 2017, Chris Horn

A former research chemist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Carolina chemistry professor Susan Richardson focuses her research on harmful byproducts of disinfectants used to make water safe for consumption.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Breathe easier

October 31, 2017, Chris Horn

Just because lung cancer patients are living longer and sometimes even cured of the disease, long-term survivors of the disease often cope with distressing symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, depression and anxiety. Karen Kane McDonnell, a nursing professor in USC’s College of Nursing, plans to test an intervention to reduce their symptom burden.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Nursing

Tale of two Spanish classes

October 27, 2017, Chris Horn

Two Spanish faculty members found that fewer in-the-classroom sessions and more online homework helped students better learn the language. It's a lesson they hope catches on in other language courses.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

Fighting disease with data

October 25, 2017, Chris Horn

Without consistent medical supervision, HIV patients remain infectious and often have dire health outcomes. But two Arnold School of Public Health professors and an interdisciplinary team from the University of South Carolina have a plan to help reduce HIV infections in South Carolina and make medical care more responsive for those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

Time travelers

October 03, 2017, Chris Horn

USC astronomy professor Steve Rodney and doctoral student Justin Roberts-Pierel are part of a NASA-funded project that could locate stellar explosions so far away that their light has taken more than 13 billion years to reach us. That means those stars exploded — give or take a few million years — near the dawn of time.

Topics: Faculty, Research, College of Arts and Sciences

Nature's palette

September 27, 2017, Chris Horn

University horticulturalist Dave Robbins creates artistry in gardens — and on canvasses with paint. Check out his chalkboard art at the School of Music library this fall.

Meet new faculty member Kimberly Becker

September 26, 2017, Chris Horn

Kimberly Becker joined the psychology department this year with a research focus of evidence-based treatment for a variety of problems that youth and families face. She's particularly interested in innovations in treatment design.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Clinical approach

September 19, 2017, Chris Horn

The School of Law is launching two new legal clinics this academic year. A medicolegal clinic will team law students with medical students, medical residents and physicians to improve health outcomes for pediatric patients, while a domestic violence clinic will focus on protection, advocacy and community education.

Topics: Students, Alumni, Faculty, Academics, Experiential Learning, Partnerships, Health Sciences, Service, School of Law, Medicine (Columbia)

Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award winner: Ralf Gothe

September 15, 2017, Chris Horn

At the tender age of 11, Ralf Gothe got his first taste of tutoring students at the elementary school where his father was principal. That early exposure to pedagogy paid off. Gothe is one of four faculty members to receive the 2017 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

Bon appétit!

August 29, 2017, Chris Horn

USC’s new food service contract with Aramark promises to bring big changes to the campus dining scene, both in restaurant options and dining facilities.One of the highlights of the 15-year contract is $79 million in dining facility improvements and new construction

Topics: Students, Campus Construction

Going dark

August 20, 2017, Chris Horn

Naturalist-in-residence Rudy Mancke has never witnessed a total solar eclipse, so he’s especially looking forward to the Aug. 21 event, not only to see what’s happening in the sky but to learn how it affects the animal life he’s studied for so long

Topics: Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

A career well spent

August 16, 2017, Chris Horn

Since 1963, Joe and Neva Gibbons have made it their mission to befriend and help Joe's chemical engineering students in any way they could. That legacy continued even after Joe Gibbons retired in 2006.

Topics: Alumni, Faculty, Scholarships, Recognition, Philanthropy, Leadership, College of Engineering and Computing

Cause and reflect

August 09, 2017, Chris Horn

An innovative program at the Richland County Sheriff’s Department aims to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder among its officers — and change the culture in law enforcement that makes it difficult to ask for help.

Topics: Alumni, College of Arts and Sciences

Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award winner: Sourav Banerjee

August 04, 2017, Chris Horn

When Sourav Banerjee talks about teaching numerical and mathematical methods to engineering students, his enthusiasm is nearly palpable. The Calcutta, India, native is one of four recipients of the 2017 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Recognition, College of Engineering and Computing

Wellness revealed

August 01, 2017, Chris Horn

With its soothing interior colors, lush plants, comfy seating and walls of windows, the new student health center might become the next cool place for students to hang out. And if that happens, executive director of student health services Debbie Beck will be more than a little pleased.

Topics: Students, Healthy Carolina

The hunger game

July 25, 2017, Chris Horn

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.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

Dark side of the sun

June 19, 2017, Chris Horn

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.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, College of Arts and Sciences, University Libraries

Reading the signs

June 14, 2017, Chris Horn

S.C. schools have no uniform protocol for identifying children with dyslexia. Scott Decker, an associate professor of psychology at Carolina, plans to help address that issue with a grant from the S.C. Department of Education.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Breakthrough Star: Chen Li

June 09, 2017, Chris Horn

If there’s a problem with too much heat in an electronic system, Chen Li probably has a plan to cool it down. The mechanical engineering associate professor has five patents related to heat dissipation technology for applications ranging from computer chips to power plants.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Recognition, College of Engineering and Computing

PTSD's inflammatory pathway

June 08, 2017, Chris Horn

Mitzi Nagarkatti at the School of Medicine Columbia has launched a five-year study to investigate how PTSD affects the immune system, particularly the inflammation cascade that can lead to cardiovascular disease, obesity or diabetes.

Topics: Research, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

Something old, something new

June 02, 2017, Chris Horn

When the School of Law moves out of the well-worn Law Center on South Main for a spacious new home on Gervais Street, there will be high-fives all around. But this isn’t the first time in the law school’s 150-year history that it has traded old for new.

Topics: Academics, History, Campus Construction, School of Law

Solving the cold case

May 23, 2017, Chris Horn

Established about three years ago in the Children’s Law Center with funding from the Casey Family Programs, Cold Case goes to bat for S.C. children who have lingered in foster care for years. The goal is to help them to be adopted or to establish meaningful contact with a family member or adult friend who will be there for them down the road.

Topics: Faculty, Initiatives, Partnerships, School of Law

Soy milk, soy flour ... soy plastic?

April 20, 2017, Chris Horn

University of South Carolina chemistry professor Chuanbing Tang is using the versatile soybean as the primary ingredient in plastic film and molded plastic. He has a patent pending for a chemical formula to convert soybean oil into “green” plastic.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Research, College of Arts and Sciences

Breakthrough Star: Norma Frizzell

March 24, 2017, Chris Horn

If a key component in a car goes bad, the car won’t go for long. That’s roughly what happens in the human body when mutations and other insults disrupt the mitochondria, the essential energy-making components of human cells. Norma Frizzell has devoted much of her career to understanding how and why mitochondria go haywire and sometimes lead to fatal maladies.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

The timely promise of telehealth

March 21, 2017, Chris Horn

Clinical faculty at the University of South Carolina are using technology and innovation to change the way health care is delivered and improve the wellbeing of the state’s rural population.

Topics: Alumni, Faculty, Research, Experiential Learning, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia), College of Nursing

Breakthrough Star: Li Cai

March 17, 2017, Chris Horn

Li Cai is often teaching and conducting experiments — his expertise is in synthesizing rare sugars. When he’s not busy with those activities, he’s reviewing manuscripts for 31 scholarly journals and mentoring undergraduate students at USC Salkehatchie.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Research, Recognition, USC System

How sweet it is

February 27, 2017, Chris Horn

Jocelyn Linder has quite possibly the sweetest gig a college student could hope for — an internship with a startup company that specializes in handmade artisan chocolates.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Student Voices, Darla Moore School of Business, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

Breakthrough Star: Natalia Shustova

February 24, 2017, Chris Horn

Natalia Shustova calls them smart sponges — hybrid, metal-organic materials than can capture light, convert it to energy and then catalyze a reaction.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Leadership, Careers, College of Arts and Sciences

Breakthrough Star: Carole Oskeritzian

February 24, 2017, Chris Horn

Carole Oskeritzian is making important discoveries about the human immune system that could lead to new prophylactic options, bringing hope to sufferers of asthma and other serious allergic diseases.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Health Sciences, Medicine (Columbia)

Free wheeling

January 24, 2017, Chris Horn

Most people see only bent sprockets and broken chains when they look at the pile of abandoned bikes collected from across the campus. But Lauren Earle, a marketing and management senior, envisions an opportunity for recycling and bicycle refurbishment, and she’s working to make that happen.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Student Voices, Darla Moore School of Business

Why the universe is accelerating

January 10, 2017, Chris Horn

Nearly 90 years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. Now we know, thanks to research by Adam Riess and other scientists, that this cosmic expansion is speeding up. The Nobel-winning astrophysicist will explain the phenomenon of a faster-expanding universe in a Jan. 17 public lecture at Carolina.

Topics: speakers, Research, College of Arts and Sciences

A southern connection

January 09, 2017, Chris Horn

Mindy and Jack Castles made Beaufort, S.C., their home in retirement. So when it was time to donate Jack's extensive collection of Civil War documents, USC Beaufort was the natural selection.

Topics: History, Collections

Inspired teaching

January 03, 2017, Chris Horn

Helping faculty members build online and blended courses is only one aspect of the Center for Teaching Excellence, an initiative the university launched 10 years ago as part of a broader effort to enhance student learning by fostering a culture of effective and innovative teaching.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Initiatives, Diversity, Recognition

Garnet Apple winner Terry Wolfer is on the case

December 15, 2016, Chris Horn

Ever since grade school, Terry Wolfer knew he wanted to teach. But it wasn’t until he had earned three degrees and started his career as a social work professor at USC that he found a teaching approach that resonated with him and his students.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Initiatives, Recognition, Health Sciences, College of Social Work

Peak performance

December 07, 2016, Chris Horn

When he’s not working to save the Amazon, Tom Mullikin climbs mountains, hikes volcanoes, dives with sharks, explores the effects of climate change, leads the S.C. State Guard ... and occasionally sits in a rocking chair in his Camden, S.C., law office.

Topics: Alumni, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Law

The day everything changed

December 06, 2016, Chris Horn

Franklin D. Roosevelt called it “a date which will live in infamy” — Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japan attacked the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, dragging America into a cataclysmic world war and dramatically altering the course of history. For USC students like Jim Pearce, the event had personal ramifications, as the immediate effect of the Sunday morning attack changed the mood on campus from pre-holiday gaiety to frenetic patriotism.

Topics: Students, Alumni, History

No. 2 -- and proud of it

October 25, 2016, Chris Horn

Daniel Keenen has tackled the rigors of college and ROTC service with a 4.0 GPA. He was recently ranked the No. 2 ROTC cadet among more than 5,000 cadets in the country — not bad for a guy who wasn't even sure he wanted to be in ROTC when he started college.

Topics: Students, Recognition, Leadership, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Living, learning, leading

October 11, 2016, Chris Horn

The University of South Carolina's faculty principal-led living-learning communities offer students multiple ways to learn beyond the classroom, develop a clearer vision for their professional goals and make vital connections for internships and other career opportunities.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Experiential Learning, Initiatives, Student Voices

Expanding the literary canon

October 09, 2016, Chris Horn

For Michael Dowdy, there’s a familiar ring to this year’s political rhetoric about border walls and deportation of Latinos. “Latinos have a different story than most in coming to the United States and a unique perspective on the American dream,” says Dowdy, a recently appointed associate professor whose specialty is Latino literature and poetry.

Topics: Faculty, Academics, Research, College of Arts and Sciences

An insider view

August 17, 2016, Chris Horn

From the start of their medical studies, students in the School of Medicine in Columbia begin learning to use ultrasound, which can image all major organs, as well as joints and blood vessels, at the bedside. It’s one of the school’s distinctions, being the first institution in the nation to integrate ultrasound instruction into all four years of its curriculum.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Academics, Experiential Learning, Health Sciences, Careers, Medicine (Columbia)

Local color

August 10, 2016, Chris Horn

Faculty and students enrich the lives of Midlands children through educational programs and community outreach. Minuette Floyd’s Young Artist’s Workshop is just one example.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Philanthropy, Service, College of Arts and Sciences

Barry's millions

August 09, 2016, Chris Horn

Carolina alumnus Barry Coats spends every day with very Special Olympians, including his daughter, Erin.

Topics: Alumni, Diversity, Service, Leadership, Darla Moore School of Business

Welding past and present

July 12, 2016, Chris Horn

Dented frying pans, worn-out shock absorbers, a rusty bicycle chain — in almost anyone else’s garage it’s junk. In Andy White’s workshop, these artifacts become part of his artistic palette, essential ingredients for the next sculpture.

Topics: Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Great expectations

July 05, 2016, Chris Horn

Rekha Patel, this year's recipient of the Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award, has high expectations of herself and high hopes for her students.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Academics, graduate-studies, Diversity, Recognition, Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

It's getting hot out here: A look at heat on campus and how we stay cool

June 17, 2016, Chris Horn

We can get by without a lot of things, but let’s be real — having air conditioning during a S.C. summer is non-negotiable for most of us. So what does it take to keep our campus cool when the morning low in June and July starts out at nearly 80 and afternoon highs can reach triple digits?

Topics: Safety

Saving Elyse

June 14, 2016, Chris Horn

The Cold Case Project, an initiative in the Children’s Law Center, focuses on a select group of adolescents who have lingered in the S.C. foster system and are at risk for aging out of foster care without achieving legal permanency — that is, without a family. Partnering with DSS and the family courts, Cold Case staff find ways to reunite these at-risk foster children with responsible family members or to match them with a new family. With children’s lives at stake, giving up is not an option.

Topics: Alumni, Faculty, Research, Partnerships, School of Law, College of Social Work