People filled every seat and the floor in a Russell House meeting room to hear Thich Minh Thanh, the head monk of the Thang Nghiem Temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, deliver a lecture on Buddhism, the mind and mental health.
A diverse crowd of students, faculty and Columbia residents filled the Russell House Ballroom on Wednesday evening to participate in the Iranian Student Association’s second annual Persian Food Night.
Hunter H. Gardner was surprised when College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mary Anne Fitzpatrick told her she would be a recipient of the McCausland Fellowship, a grant coming from a $10 million endowment from USC graduate Peter McCausland.
Student Body President Chase Mizzell used his State of the Student Body address as an opportunity to recall Student Government’s achievements during his half-completed term.
What brings people together better than an old-fashioned barbecue? For Chi Omega sorority,awareness and compassion for a little girl and her wish to go to Disney World.
It was an early winter wonderland, as snowflakes swirled across campus Tuesday night. Well, sort of.
An 86-year-old man dies after reaching into water for golf ball, Columbia begins the search for a new police chief and a local veteran was awarded a Purple Heart after 40 years.
EcoReps and Sustainable Carolina encouraged USC students to “burn calories, not fossil fuels” by taking alternative transportation Tuesday as part of No Impact Week.
History professor Joseph November has some pretty big plans in mind for the funding he’ll get as a McCausland fellow.
Apple sparked a wave of speculation that it might open a store in Columbia when it posted job openings for the area Tuesday, but the company said it hasn’t made any plans to do so.
Former Gamecocks running back Kenny Miles shot himself in the forearm in an Irmo office park last week, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Tuesday. Miles will be charged with filing a false police report and could face jail time or a large fine.
The renovated Woodrow Wilson home will reopen in February, Clemson taps WVU’s president as its new university leader, and a gang member is charged in connection with a weekend shooting.
Students and members of the academic and religious communities discussed compassion Monday night in a dialogue, “The Roots of Compassion in Science, Faith and Civic Engagement.”
English professor Catherine Keyser has been named as one of the first four members of the McCausland Faculty Fellows Program.
International Education Week kicked off on Greene Street Monday with an International Bazaar. The event, hosted by International Student Services, included lots of food, dancing, clothing, activities and booths set up by many different international groups to highlight different cultures at the university.
More than 80 participants from various National Guard units, veterans’ groups, Scout troops, ROTC groups and marching bands from around South Carolina marched down Sumter Street, lined with flag-waving supporters, toward the Statehouse.
A boy executed in 1944 may get a second trial, a Columbia man dies in a Savannah marathon and SLED asks for $475,000 for its child fatality unit.