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News Roundup

University of South Carolina Raises Tuition Nearly 3 Percent

COLUMBIA, S.C. The University of South Carolina is raising undergraduate tuition costs for the coming year nearly 3 percent. The school’s board of trustees approved the increase Wednesday. The school said in a news release that in addition to the 2.9 percent tuition increase, there will also be a 3.5 percent increase in food service […]

July 12, 2018

Faculty & Staff

Former Panthers President Morrison Returns to Teaching

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Carolina Panthers president Danny Morrison is heading back to college. Morrison, the onetime athletic director at Wofford and TCU, will teach at the University of South Carolina’s College of Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management starting next month. The school announced Morrison’s addition this week. Between stints at Wofford and TCU, Morrison […]

July 26, 2017

Students

University of South Carolina to Erect Statue of First African-American Professor

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina wants to erect a statue in honor of the school’s first African-American professor. The university hosted a celebration about Richard T. Greener’s life Monday afternoon. The State of Columbia reported university officials hope to raise money for the statue and an endowment that would pay for future […]

January 30, 2017

Students

University of South Carolina Fraternity Violations at 5-year High

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fraternities on the University of South Carolina’s flagship campus are setting records for misconduct this fall despite earlier warnings about bad behavior. The student societies on the Columbia campus racked up 22 misconduct violations this fall, the most in any semester since the school began keeping track of violations online five years […]

December 4, 2016

STEM

Doctors Ask Feds to Probe Use of Live Animals at Med School

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― The emergency-medicine training program at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine violates federal law by using live animals, according to a complaint filed Thursday by a doctors group that seeks alternatives to using animals in medical education and research. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Physicians […]

August 25, 2016

Sports

Staley Seeks to Make Impact on Court and Off

One of the most acclaimed point guards in women’s basketball, Dawn Staley, is also making history as a coach, motivator and leader.

April 8, 2015