In September, the Strom Thurmond Institute played host to a Congressional field hearing. U.S. Senator Tim Scott brought the Senate Committee on Aging to campus to discuss biomedical research in South Carolina. Accompanying Senator Scott on the Congressional panel was U.S. Senator Susan Collins (Maine) and Congressman Jeff Duncan.
In November, Clemson hosted Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates for “A Conversation with Bill Gates: The Future Generation’s Role in Addressing the World’s Greatest Challenges.” The visit was facilitated by U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham (S.C.). Gates reflected on the importance of education in the United States and the role of technology and innovation to […]
Imagine bandages that detect infections, flexible paper lightbulbs that screw into a light socket or food containers that notify you of an allergen inside. Now, imagine all of this technology is created on a printing press and that Clemson University is on the cusp of helping bring it to mainstream America. Those technologies and Clemson’s […]
Last spring, Clemson became the only university in the country to provide all students, faculty and staff full use of the Adobe Creative Cloud. And this past fall, a new digital studio in the R.M. Cooper Library opened to give the Clemson community a place to work together, using technology powered by the entire Adobe […]
Vice President Joe Biden visited the Clemson campus to speak in support of the “It’s On Us” campaign, a White House initiative to help prevent sexual assaults on college campuses. Offensive lineman Eric Mac Lain, captain of the Tiger football team, introduced Biden, who addressed students packed into Jervey gym. Biden urged the crowd to […]
A three-year, 70-million mile space voyage takes some serious planning. And the world’s largest space agency has turned to Clemson in preparing for the first-ever manned mission to Mars in 2030. In laying the groundwork for this marathon adventure, NASA has tapped Clemson psychology professors Tom Britt and Marissa Shuffler to make recommendations on the health and […]
If you’ve been to the doctor, you probably know what to do when you’re handed a plastic cup and shown to the bathroom. Most patients hand over the sample and give little thought to what happens when it’s shipped to the lab for analysis. Chemistry professor Ken Marcus and his students are the exceptions. They have […]
All of Clemson’s 19 athletic programs exceeded the NCAA baseline Academic Progress Rate thresholds for the 2013-14 year, according to data released by the NCAA. The APR is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. Out of a possible score of 1,000, teams have to have […]
