The Dikes of Lake Hartwell
Like almost everything at Clemson, there’s a story behind the dikes.
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Nancy Spitler
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Covered in Cotton
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerTracy Free ’08 and Ty ’07 Woodard are part of a 4,500-acre family farm in Darlington, South Carolina. They’ve taken just 1 percent of the cotton crop and turned it into a growing brand of blankets and throws.
New Endowed Chair to Focus on Aging, Cognition
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerOlder adults have become the fastest-growing demographic in the nation, and changes in health care and technology are required to meet the needs of this diverse group. But Lesley A. Ross, Clemson’s new SmartLIFE Endowed Chair in Aging and Cognition, says scholarship and research in the area of older adults can’t just be about a number. “Longevity is easy to quantify, but older adults don’t focus as […]
Wastewater Provides Early Warning System
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerAs universities all over the country began scrambling to figure out what campus life would be like in a year of COVID-19, several Clemson professors got busy on parts of that puzzle that related to their own research. One of those professors was David Freedman, chair of the University’s Department of Envionmental Engineering and Earth […]
App Helps Forensic Teams Determine Time of Death
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerKatherine Weisensee, chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, has collaborated on a smartphone app to help forensic teams determine times of death. Dubbed geoFOR, the app allows coroners and forensic teams to enter observations when human remains are recovered and then upload photos along with information, such as clothing, location, insect […]
Parting Shot
/ in First Impression, Parting Shot / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerClemson students received their rings at the Fall Ring Ceremony, held on October 25 in Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. The boxes that hold the rings are crafted from trees that have been taken down on campus.
First Impression
/ in First Impression / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerSpring 2020 graduates may not have gotten to cross the stage until October, but it was still a joyous occasion, socially distanced in the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville.
Dean Wendy York: Paving the Way for the Next 100 Years
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerDean Wendy York brings a collaborative leadership style to the helm of the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business.
A Rare Bird
/ in In These Hills / 1 Comment / by: Nancy SpitlerThis spring, Clemson Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology J. Drew Lanham ’88, M ’90, Ph.D. ’97 has been quoted widely in the national media in publications ranging from The Atlantic and The New York Times to Garden and Gun magazine and The Bitter Southerner.
Students Shine On National Stage
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerClemson students won record numbers of prestigious national awards this year, ranging from the highly competitive Fulbright awards to the National Science Foundation, Goldwater, Astronaut and Hollings fellowships, which focus on STEM fields, and the Truman, Udall and Knight-Hennessy awards, which are service oriented. 1 | Charles Dove ’20 majored in electrical engineering and received the […]