Dog’s Best Friend
/ in Features / 1 Comment / by: Clinton ColmenaresLeigh Anne Clark and her research team have discovered genes in collies and shelties that explain a number of traits in the two breeds. Their most recent discovery could have implications for humans as well.
Pluff Mud, Persistence & Protecting Fragile Ecosystems
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerNearly half the oyster reefs in South Carolina have disappeared in the last century. Professor Caye Drapcho and her students have teamed up with Al Segars ’74 to help Mother Nature by creating new oyster reefs.
To Stand Where They Stood
/ in Features / 11 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerHistory professor Rod Andrew took a group of students to France and Belgium to analyze the events of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. The students came back profoundly affected.
The Fights of His Life
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Kenneth ScarTyrone Gayle ’10 has never shied away from a challenge — whether in the classroom, on the track, at the cancer treatment center or in the thick of our last knock-down, drag-out presidential campaign.
Revival
/ in Features / 1 Comment / by: Paul AlongiBrent Beason first traveled to Slater Mill on a sales call with his father in 2000. In 2016, with the mill facing closure, Beason returned to purchase it, saving 57 jobs and creating new ones. His company is one of many breathing new life into the textile industry by sharpening its focus on advanced materials.
Behaving Badly
/ in Features / 7 Comments / by: Rick UhlmannProfessors probe behavior at its worst in the workplace.
When Paths Converge
/ in Features / 1 Comment / by: Jim MelvinA mother and daughter conduct floristic research at Lake Issaqueena — more than 40 years apart.
Divine Denim
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Savannah MozingoBill Mitchell made his first pair of jeans in his dorm room. Now he’s an evangelist in the denim revival.
Color Brave
/ in Features / 6 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerIn our polarized world of incendiary tweets and combative Facebook posts, honest and civil conversations about issues of race are not a common occurrence. This fall, a group of students and faculty took on those conversations.