Rivers Edge site of morning carjacking
By Tyler Fedor | Jan. 14, 2021A USC student lost her car in a carjacking Thursday morning at Rivers Edge apartments.
A USC student lost her car in a carjacking Thursday morning at Rivers Edge apartments.
A plane crashed into a Rosewood home this morning.
The reported total of active COVID-19 cases rises to 303 as the first week of classes begins, according to the university's COVID-19 dashboard.
Over winter break, a group of students put a piano in the tunnel under Assembly Street, because "why not?"
A new initiative called Safety Engaging in Expression Delegates will see students, faculty and staff mediating between off-campus groups and students.
The university reported 165 active COVID-19 cases on Friday, just days before the start of spring classes.
In a virtual town hall on Tuesday, Student Health Services executive director Deborah Beck said the vaccination timeline could be quicker if emergency-use authorizations allow for more vaccines to be used.
The university resumed its COVID-19 dashboard updates on Tuesday, reporting a total of eight active cases from Jan. 1 through Jan. 4.
Fines for COVID-19 testing violations, antibody testing and vaccine distribution were all discussed by university officials at Tuesday's board of trustees meeting.
Pooyan Jamshidi, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Carolina, was selected for a NASA grant to develop autonomous artificial intelligence for space missions.
USC has partnered with the Center for Teaching Quality and 12 school districts throughout South Carolina to create the Carolina Collaborative for Alternative Preparation program. The program is an alternative pathway to teaching for those who already have a bachelor's degree.
With a significant number of the students contracting the coronavirus since Aug. 1, there is some level of immunity built up on campus, but health experts say striving for herd immunity would be irresponsible from a public health perspective.
There are a number of organizations that strive to help the homeless and hungry population in Columbia.
There are 91 active coronavirus cases at USC as of Monday, according to the most recent update of the university’s COVID-19 dashboard.
Naida Rutherford will be the first Black and female coroner in Richland County after her win in the democratic primary against incumbent Gary Watts. Rutherford has overcome a multitude of adversities and said she hopes to be an example of what "strong work ethic, kindness and resilience can do."
Courtney Lewis, an associate professor and a Cherokee Nation citizen, spends countless hours acting on the ongoing injustices occurring to American Indians today.
The commission trying to solve the Assembly Street train traffic problem looks for public feedback on potential solutions.
