USC breaks research funding record for third consecutive year
By Mary Ramsey | Aug. 27, 2017USC brought in more than $253 million in sponsored research money in fiscal year 2017, setting a new record for the third year in a row.
USC brought in more than $253 million in sponsored research money in fiscal year 2017, setting a new record for the third year in a row.
All across campus, students and families are tackling move-in day and dealing with nerves, excitement and some sadness.
After months of anticipation and planning, the 2017 solar eclipse darkened the Columbia sky for just over two minutes on Monday.
The Campus Village project, originally proposed in 2015, will replace the existing Bates Towers, Cliff Apartments and Carolina Gardens housing facilities and construct new buildings on the sites of the Bates and Benson Building parking lots.
August's Board of Trustees meeting brought changes to President Harris Pastides' pay and gave student body President Ross Lordo a chance to advocate for one of his campaign promises.
Released Aug. 14, the study looked into the economic impact of the USC system's 50,000 students and 180,000 in-state alumni.
Unveiled in front of the board’s Executive Committee, this year's operating budget calls for a 3.46 percent increase of resident and non-resident undergraduate tuition for the coming academic year.
Although enrollment projections are somewhat unreliable due to a wide variety of factors that he calls the “summer melt,” vice provost Dennis Pruitt estimated the size of USC’s 2017 freshman enrollment at 5,600 to 5,700 students.
According to USC associate director for public relations Jeff Stensland, the change will net USC just under $252 million over the length of a 15-year contract.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced July 27 that two suspects were in custody for the armed incidents, with a third suspect being arrested the following day.
Originally arriving at USC as an undergraduate in 1974, Jerry Brewer has been a full-time administrator for USC's Department of Student Life for 37 years.
The Center for Health and Well-Being offers several new services, including massage chairs, an optometry clinic and a revamped physical therapy area.
Three ongoing construction projects have temporarily closed off portions of roads on or immediately outside campus.
Hosted by Progress South Carolina, Columbia Stands with Charlottesville was announced only hours after a man drove his vehicle into a crowd of counterprotesters during the "Unite the Right" rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The first of its kind, Saturday's summit brought together representatives from 20 colleges and universities around the state.
USC will have six representatives at the first South Carolina Student Body Presidents' Summit this Saturday.
Travis Knight, a professor and program director at USC’s College of Engineering and Computing, sat down with The Daily Gamecock to talk about the recent downfall of a nuclear reactor project in Fairfield County.