In an email statement, President Bob Caslen announced plans to change the university's sexual assault and harassment response. The email follows reporting by The State detailing incidents of sexual harassment and assault at USC, and the university's failure to act on these allegations.
Laura-Louise Rice, third-year medical humanities and public policy student, is in the running for the Truman Scholarship. The national scholarship is awarded to students who present a passion for social change. Rice is the only USC student to be a finalist on the national level this year.
The Presidential Commission on University History met on Tuesday to discuss progress on renaming buildings on campus.
According to the university's online COVID-19 dashboard, USC has a total of 64 active cases on campus.
USC plans to return to its regular offering of face-to-face classes in the fall — all campus classrooms will return to pre-pandemic full capacity. Professors share their thoughts on this upcoming change.
Music professor David Cutler bring creativity to teaching while also helping students cultivate success in their careers.
Women LEAD, which focuses on providing professionally-minded women at USC with career skills, has also become a close community in its six years.
The university updated its COVID-19 dashboard to show 73 current cases.
Rebecca Caldwell explained how the university is progressing with phase 1b of vaccines during Friday's presidential town hall.
The official numbers for the 2021 Student Government election results are out.
The 2021 Student Government elections ended on Wednesday with Alex Harrell elected student body president, Emily Dengler elected student body vice president, Kate Turner elected student body treasurer and Morgiana McDevitt elected speaker of the student senate.
Dance Marathon raised over $500,000 for Prisma Health Children's Hospital during its event on Saturday, Feb. 27.
Since the University of South Carolina has implemented mandatory monthly testing, campus has become a safer environment than in the fall, according to Rebecca Caldwell, the director of Strategic Health Initiatives. Each of the four testing groups has had a roughly 90% compliance rate for mandatory testing.
The Association of Transfer Students was created in 2018 by transfer student Yaunna Hunter, who said she wanted to use the organization as a way to find and support other transfer students.
USC updated its COVID-19 dashboard to report a total of 43 active COVID-19 cases on campus.
SC Gov. Henry McMaster announced plans to transition into phase 1b of vaccine rollout on March 8. Students with preexisting health conditions will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting that Monday.
Campus was buzzing with awareness for eating disorders during #NEDAwareness week. Though the week is usually celebrated by on-campus events, programming largely had to be moved online.
