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(06/07/20 10:11pm)
When Sudipta Saha, the graduate council representative for the Graduate Student Association (GSA), first joined USC's graduate school in 2015, GSA didn't have much of a presence in the graduate student body.
(06/02/20 3:10am)
In what marks the third day of protests in Columbia, people gathered outside the Statehouse at 2 p.m. for a “Die-In” where protesters laid on the ground for nine minutes and chanted “I can’t breathe,” the last words of George Floyd who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis.
(06/01/20 2:10am)
When USC announced the closure of residence halls, students were asked to take “essential belongings” and return to their permanent home — leaving many belongings behind.
(06/01/20 3:26am)
Highways were less prevalent. Barbecue was all pork. Gas stations didn’t double as massive beaver-emblazoned convenience stores. And the music scene was sorely lacking. Raised in Austin, Texas, Caden Askew noticed some immediate differences when he moved to the Carolinas in 2017.
(06/01/20 3:14am)
As President Bob Caslen wrote in his May 27 address, “The new normal is upon us.”
(05/31/20 2:14am)
Hundreds of protestors gathered on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse on Sunday to march in protest of the death of George Floyd. Originally, it was a peaceful protest, but things turned sour after several hours of marching.
(05/27/20 6:19pm)
USC President Bob Caslen announced on Wednesday that all individuals will be expected to carry a face covering on campus starting June 1.
(05/24/20 10:45pm)
Student Body President Issy Rushton and President Emeritus Harris Pastides are combining efforts to recruit contact tracers for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
(05/24/20 10:52pm)
Many USC nursing alumni are facing significant challenges while on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have sacrificed their personal lives and their comfort to help save lives throughout the country.
(05/24/20 7:12pm)
Students returned to the United States in droves after the Study Abroad Office advised them to come home in March. The Department of State had just issued a global “reconsider travel” advisory, the third of four advisory levels.
(06/01/20 3:36am)
Several popular bars and restaurants in Five Points have reopened in the past weeks, causing a mixture of hope and concern among owners and city officials.
(05/21/20 5:56pm)
The ad hoc advisory committee on finance updated the board of trustees via teleconference on Thursday. While COVID-19 has left a sizable impact on the university’s budget, the committee expects the previously estimated revenue loss of $20 million to $40 million to remain the same.
(05/19/20 7:06pm)
USC plans to implement a voluntary 10% pay reduction for President Bob Caslen, top administrators and top-paid coaches for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
(05/18/20 2:47am)
USC announced on its coronavirus webpage that face-to-face instruction for the fall semester will end at Thanksgiving break. There will be no fall break.
(05/18/20 2:33am)
When Student Body Vice President Hannah White came to USC, she knew she wanted to make an impact. She didn't know how at the time, but White knew fear was not going to stop her.
(05/17/20 10:10pm)
Last summer, class of 2020 alumna Catharine Aretakis was digging through archives in Berlin for answers to a question all but forgotten by history. What she found led to a Fulbright grant.
(05/14/20 8:34pm)
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and faculty on the Future Planning Group hosted a town hall on Thursday to address questions from faculty.
(05/14/20 3:40am)
The University of South Carolina is considering changing the academic schedule to end face-to-face instruction at Thanksgiving break with no fall break.
(05/14/20 1:33am)
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges' (SACSCOC) monitoring of USC may continue “into the next calendar year,” the board of trustees said at a meeting Wednesday. The university is being monitored due to findings of undue political influence in the appointment of President Bob Caslen.
(05/13/20 4:57pm)
The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships announced Wednesday that students can obtain funds from the CARES Act.