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Art students gained valuable insight through experiential learning in the Big Apple
March 12, 2013
Seventeen Clemson University art students visited New York City recently and toured art museums and galleries around the city as part of the senior seminar class.
Read More »New book tells story of Clemson’s Call Me MISTER program
February 28, 2013
Clemson University’s Call Me MISTER program is quite a success story, and now that story has been written in a new book, “Call Me MISTER: the Re-Emergence of African American Male Teachers in South Carolina.”
Read More »Clemson professor publishes research on African-American males in gifted programs
February 13, 2013
Lamont A. Flowers, distinguished professor of educational leadership in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, has been published in a new book titled “A Call for Change: Providing Solutions for Black Male Achievement,” produced by the Council of the Great City Schools. The book consists of new research from a variety of national experts on the black male experience in education.
Read More »Clemson Student Disability Services creates Tiger 2 Tiger mentoring program
January 24, 2013
Clemson University’s Student Disability Services (SDS) has formed a peer mentor program for students interested in building academic relationships with students having the same or similar diagnoses.
Read More »Clemson University and NASA challenge middle-schoolers to plan asteroid mission
December 10, 2012
Clemson University and NASA are teaming up once again to ask students to design a mission to an asteroid.
Read More »Clemson launches first accredited Ph.D. program in the Balkans
November 19, 2012
Clemson University’s Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life has begun offering a doctoral program in International Family and Community Studies in Tirana, Albania.
Read More »Clemson’s graduate program in architecture named one of America’s best
November 12, 2012
DesignIntelligence magazine has named Clemson University’s graduate program in architecture one of the nation’s Top 10 programs among all public universities in its annual publication “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools.” Clemson ranks fourth among public universities in the South.
Read More »NASA astronaut teaches kids technology and engineering through Clemson program
November 6, 2012
The students squeal delightfully, clapping their hands at their success, as their Styrofoam sailboat with its construction paper sail traverses the white gutter in less than the required 15 seconds. With guidance from NASA astronaut Col. Patrick Forrester, the Clemson Elementary second-grade class participates in the Integrative STEM Education program. Clemson University is promoting the Integrative STEM Education program to improve science, technology, engineering and math learning in South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson University listening center enhances election coverage
November 5, 2012
Amid all the discourse about the 2012 presidential and other Nov. 6 elections, Clemson University students are listening. And the way they communicate what they hear will enhance a South Carolina TV station’s coverage of the races with a one-of-a-kind experience for viewers.
Read More »Clemson Construction Science and Management graduate program receives accreditation
October 16, 2012
The American Council for Construction Education has granted accreditation to the Master of Construction Science and Management program at Clemson University.
Read More »Clemson student recognized by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
October 11, 2012
Clemson University graduate student Daniel Lind has received a STAR award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. The awards recognize key contributors in the Hispanic community in the fields of science, technology, math and engineering.
Read More »Clemson students partner with NASCAR driver on marketing project
October 4, 2012
Clemson University marketing students are helping NASCAR Nationwide driver Mike Wallace find a sponsor for his car. The students also hope to raise enough money for Clemson to sponsor Wallace’s car for one race.
Read More »USDA awards grant to Clemson University to support multicultural scholars
October 1, 2012
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a five-year, $439,920 grant to Clemson University to partner with Orangeburg-Calhoun and Trident Technical colleges to establish a program in food science and technology for students from multicultural backgrounds.
Read More »Clemson Reading Recovery program named finalist for WhatWorksSC award
September 24, 2012
Clemson University’s Reading Recovery Training Center has been nominated as a finalist for the Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award of Excellence from the Riley Institute at Furman University.
Read More »Clemson’s Lamont Flowers to serve on Black Male Achievement Research Collaborative
September 24, 2012
Lamont A. Flowers, executive director of Clemson University’s Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education and distinguished professor in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, has been invited to join the Black Male Achievement Research Collaborative (BMARC).
Read More »August 24, 2012
Clemson University awarded 752 degrees Aug. 10, 2012, at the summer graduation ceremony. With family, friends and faculty looking on, the students crossed the stage at Littlejohn Coliseum t... Read More »
Clemson kicks off school year and 50th anniversary of integration
August 21, 2012
Clemson University kicked off its new academic year today with the Victor Hurst Convocation for faculty and staff, which also recognized the start of the school’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its integration.
Read More »Fourth Clemson graduate receives Fulbright grant
August 20, 2012
Recent Clemson University graduate Lauren Harroff of Concord, N.C. has received a Fulbright grant to conduct research in Uganda. Harroff was originally named to the Fulbright alternate list, but was promoted from that list to receive a grant.
Read More »Clemson enrolls record-breaking freshman class
August 20, 2012
Clemson University is buzzing with activity this week as it welcomes it’s largest-ever freshman class, numbering more than 3,450 students.
Read More »Clemson names Watt interim dean of Business and Behavioral Science
August 3, 2012
Clemson University has named Charles K. Watt interim dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science. Watt fills the position held by Claude Lilly, who stepped down in July to become president of Presbyterian College.
Read More »Clemson summer graduation set for Aug. 10
August 3, 2012
Clemson University will hold its August graduation ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, in Littlejohn Coliseum. Alumnus Thomas Fields Hash will receive an honorary doctorate of science.
Read More »June 19, 2012
CLEMSON — These students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the spring 2012 semester have earned inclusion on the Dean's List at Clemson University. To be named to the Dean's... Read More »
Clemson architecture professor recognized in Healthcare Design Magazine
June 18, 2012
Clemson University architecture professor David Allison has been selected by Healthcare Design Magazine as one of the eight most influential people in health care design.
Read More »Clemson football, golf lauded for APR scores for 2nd straight year
June 18, 2012
The Clemson football and golf programs were both honored when the NCAA released its Academic Performance Public Recognition Awards. Both Clemson programs rank among the top 10 percent of all programs nationally in terms of APR scores (Academic Progress Rate).
Read More »June 8, 2012
CLEMSON — These students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the spring semester have earned inclusion on the President's List at Clemson University. To be named to the Presi... Read More »
Clemson digital production arts film wins award
May 31, 2012
A film produced in Clemson University’s digital production arts program was named Best Animated Film at the Greenville International Film Festival.
Read More »May 30, 2012
Clemson University’s largest-ever graduating class received degrees in spring Commencement ceremonies at Littlejohn Coliseum Friday, May 11. The tally of degrees awarded was 2,841, as... Read More »
Clemson partners with state in Reading Recovery program
May 30, 2012
Clemson University’s Reading Recovery Training Center is participating in an initiative sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Education to send books to children who have been supported by the Reading Recovery program in the last school year.
Read More »70 students inducted into Clemson University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter
May 24, 2012
Seventy students were inducted into the Clemson University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.
Read More »More than 2,800 graduate from Clemson University
May 11, 2012
Clemson University’s largest-ever graduating class received degrees in spring Commencement ceremonies at Littlejohn Coliseum Friday.
Read More »Charles H. Houston Center hosts career empowerment workshop for rising high school seniors
May 10, 2012
The annual Clemson Career Workshop invites rising high school seniors to discover Clemson's campus this summer while learning about career opportunities in engineering, biological sciences and public health.
Read More »Clemson to award honorary degree to Greenville businesswoman at May 11 Commencement
May 1, 2012
Greenville business leader Minor Mickel Shaw will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities during Clemson University’s commencement exercises Friday, May 11, in Littlejohn Coliseum.
Shaw will receive her degree at the first of three Commencement ceremonies. Commencement was divided into three ceremonies this year to accommodate the many family members and friends who attend.
Read More »Clemson graphic communications students win award at industry conference
April 26, 2012
Students from Clemson University’s graphic communications department won the Helmut Kippan Cup for overall best student journal publication at the 64th annual conference of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts.
Read More »Clemson alumnus endows program to promote academic success
April 25, 2012
A Clemson University alumnus and veterinarian who established one of the most successful animal clinics in North Carolina has made a gift to ensure that students at his alma mater will be supported in their own paths to success.
Read More »Record number of Clemson students named NSF fellows
April 23, 2012
Eleven Clemson students have received National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships and six others earned honorable mentions in the national fellowship competition. This is a record number of NSF fellows for Clemson.
Read More »Clemson's ‘Deep Orange’ program an innovative approach to education
April 19, 2012
Clemson University Ph.D. candidate Josh Ekandem will spend his summer as an intern at the offices of Intel Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif. It’s a dream assignment for the School of Computing student, and one that demonstrates the range of impact of Clemson University’s Deep Orange automotive program.
Read More »Clemson student, faculty works featured at Greenville film festival
April 17, 2012
When Greenville’s first International Film Festival opens on April 25, Clemson’s Digital Production Arts (DPA) program will be well represented. Two entries from the program, “Gravitons” and “Wycinanki,” will be featured in the animation category of the festival that will run April 25 to 28.
Read More »Clemson’s Pennell Center recognized by women’s real estate organization
April 13, 2012
Clemson University’s Richard H. Pennell Center for Real Estate Development received the 2012 Outstanding Leadership Organization Award from CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Upstate South Carolina in recognition of the center’s advancement of women in the commercial real estate industry.
Read More »Clemson University hosts international teachers
March 14, 2012
Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education is hosting, for the fourth year, a distinguished group of international secondary level school teachers during the spring semester as part of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP).
Read More »Clemson Ethics Bowl debate team is second in nation; continues winning tradition
March 13, 2012
Clemson University’s Ethics Bowl team placed second in the national Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition.
Read More »Literacy Research Association Yearbook returns to Clemson
February 21, 2012
Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education recently celebrated the return of the Literacy Research Association Yearbook.
Read More »Clemson Student Disability Services staff to present at international conferences
February 20, 2012
Arlene Stewart and Dede Norungolo, both in Clemson University’s Student Disability Services, have each been selected to present at two separate international disability conferences.
Read More »Clemson, NASA contest for middle-schoolers aims for asteroids
February 9, 2012
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to design a mission to an asteroid. Sound like an old episode of Mission Impossible? Not quite. This time, it’s NASA, Clemson University and other members of the NASA Human Health and Performance Center that are challenging students in the sixth through eighth grades to dream of going where no one has gone before.
Read More »Clemson students present research at Canadian studies in U.S. conference
February 7, 2012
Seven Clemson University students and political science professor Colin Pearce attended the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Biennial Conference held in Ottawa, Canada.
Read More »February 3, 2012
CLEMSON — These students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the fall 2011 semester have earned inclusion on the Dean's List at Clemson University. To be named to the De... Read More »
January 27, 2012
CLEMSON — These students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the fall semester have earned inclusion on the President's List at Clemson University. To be named to the Pr... Read More »
Clemson introduces MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
January 24, 2012
Clemson University has introduced a new MBA concentration that is intentionally designed to encourage the creation and development of new businesses.
Read More »Clemson is new home for Writing Across the Curriculum journal
January 3, 2012
Clemson University, in partnership with Parlor Press LLC, is the new institutional home for the WAC Journal, which publishes innovative research in Writing Across the Curriculum.
Read More »Clemson University awards more than 1,100 degrees, honors Sen. McGill
December 22, 2011
With the occasional tiger paw and “Thanks Mom and Dad” adorning their mortarboards, 1,121 Clemson students received their degrees in Clemson University’s winter graduation ceremony in Littlejohn Coliseum Thursday.
Read More »Clemson to confer 1,200 degrees, honor S.C. Sen. Yancey McGill
December 14, 2011
Clemson University will confer approximately 1,200 degrees at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at the winter graduation ceremony in Littlejohn Coliseum. South Carolina Sen. John Yancey McGill will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree during the event.
Read More »Clemson students develop arm stabilizer to help nurses draw children's blood
November 30, 2011
Clemson University students from multiple disciplines are working together to make pediatric medical care a little easier for children and nurses.
Read More »Clemson ranked eighth in graduating African-American engineers
November 23, 2011
Clemson University ranks eighth among the nation's universities in graduating African-American students in engineering, according to a survey by the magazine Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
Read More »Clemson professor receives Presidential Award for Excellence in mentoring
November 15, 2011
Clemson University School of Computing professor Juan Gilbert is one of nine people receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the White House announced Tuesday.
Read More »Clemson public health sciences receives national recognition
November 14, 2011
Clemson University’s department of public health sciences was among 15 selected by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research and the Association of American Colleges and Universities as examples of successful undergraduate programs in public health.
Read More »Clemson University lecture to examine 'Why Presidents Fail'
November 10, 2011
A lecture titled “Why Presidents Fail: Risk and Uncertainty in the White House” will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Strom Thurmond Institute. It is presented by the Clemson University political science department and the College of Business and Behavioral Science.
Read More »Clemson to lead Kenyan delegation on automotive safety tour
November 4, 2011
A delegation from the Republic of Kenya will come to Clemson University Nov. 7-12 to study methods to improve automotive safety in the East African nation. Hassan Ole Kamwaro, chairman of Kenya's Transport Licensing Board, will examine automotive safety from many angles, touring Michelin facilities in the Upstate as well as the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Department of Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Enforcement Training Academy in Columbia. Kim Alexander, executive director of the Clemson University Automotive Safety Research Institute, is hosting the visit.
Read More »Clemson University students unveil prototype vehicle at SEMA 2011
November 3, 2011
Clemson University automotive engineering students' Deep Orange 2 is getting personal. The second-generation Deep Orange prototype vehicle, designed and engineered by students at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), is being showcased at this week's 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas.
Read More »Clemson University to partner with the town of Pendleton for Your Town workshop
November 1, 2011
A small group of landscape architecture students from Clemson University will partner with a diverse gathering of civic leaders, designers, planners and professors to develop a sustainable plan for growth in the town of Pendleton Nov. 3-5.
Read More »Clemson's Roy Jones named one of the 'Most Creative Teachers in the South'
October 27, 2011
Clemson University’s Roy Jones has been named one of the “Most Creative Teachers in the South” by Oxford American magazine.
Read More »Clemson auto engineering students to showcase Deep Orange 2 at SEMA 2011
October 27, 2011
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) will showcase its latest advances in automotive engineering at the 2011 Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show.
Read More »Clemson’s TigersTeach receives $1.2 million to recruit teachers from STEM disciplines
October 18, 2011
Recognizing that South Carolina schools are in need of more qualified teachers, Clemson University educators are working to attract teachers from a previously untapped resource: Clemson students in engineering and science majors.
School districts in Greenville, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties are partners in the project.
Read More »Filipi to join CU-ICAR in Timken chair
October 11, 2011
Zoran S. Filipi will join Clemson University as the Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle Design and Development Jan. 1.
Read More »Lund Clemson legacy lives on with $1.25 million endowed chair in agricultural science
October 10, 2011
A new $1.25 million Carl McHenry Lund Endowed Chair in Agricultural Science at Clemson University continues a legacy for excellence in agricultural innovation that Carl Lund and his wife, Mary, began more than two decades ago.
Read More »$1.5 million gift from Clemson alumnus to endow chair in dad's name
October 6, 2011
A $1.5 million gift to Clemson University from Mitch and Carla Norville will be used in part to endow the Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering. A portion of the gift, $250,000, will be used to help build a new basketball practice facility adjacent to Littlejohn Coliseum.
Read More »Clemson students create green tailgating trailer
October 5, 2011
A group of Clemson University students has come up with a way football fans can make tailgating more environmentally friendly.
Read More »All eyes were on Clemson exhibit at Las Vegas packaging expo
October 3, 2011
The latest in eye-tracking technology was in focus at the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics’ exhibit, “The Consumer Retail Experience by Clemson University,” at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011.
Read More »Federal grant creates 'sustainable vehicle systems' center at CU-ICAR
September 26, 2011
The Clemson University automotive engineering program has received a $1 million competitive award from the U.S. Department of Energy that will create a center for research and education in "sustainable vehicle systems." Clemson President James F. Barker announced the award Monday at the Automotive Transatlantic Summit at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
Read More »Alumnus gives $5 million to advance civil engineering at Clemson
September 22, 2011
A $5 million gift from a civil engineering alumnus and his wife will help Clemson University address one of the largest problems the nation faces in the 21st century: the rebuilding of America’s infrastructure.
Read More »Clemson students to present winning 'connected vehicle' plan at conference
September 21, 2011
A Clemson University vision of how American cars and roads might interact in the future has been named a public favorite in a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Read More »Clemson students get area girls running with new after-school programs
September 15, 2011
Girls ages 8 to 15 in the Clemson area will have a chance to run and learn in two new after-school programs organized by students and faculty in Clemson University's public health science department.
Read More »Historic preservation graduate students win prestigious competition
September 13, 2011
Two historic South Carolina buildings are the subjects of architectural documentation drawings by Clemson University students that won both first and second prizes in the Charles E. Peterson Prize competition.
Read More »Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
September 8, 2011
By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that could not only boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used in manufacturing the components. Known as alginate, the material is extracted from common, fast-growing brown algae. The research, a collaboration between scientists and engineers at Clemson University and Georgia Tech, is being reported Thursday in Science Express.
Read More »Clemson University and Design Workshop lead week-long Hilton Head planning effort
August 24, 2011
For six intense days, students and faculty from Clemson’s School of Planning, Development, Preservation and Landscape Architecture are partnering with professionals from Design Workshop, a planning and design firm, to develop planning proposals for one of the nation’s best-known resort communities: Hilton Head Island.
Read More »Clemson University kicks off academic year on a positive note
August 23, 2011
Clemson University’s faculty and staff kicked off the 2011-12 academic year on a positive note Tuesday with an update from President James F. Barker and a challenge from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientist.
Read More »Clemson-Barnwell First Steps Partnership named finalist for WhatWorksSC award
August 8, 2011
Clemson University’s Clemson-Barnwell First Steps Partnership has been named a finalist for the Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence by the Riley Institute at Furman University.
Read More »Jamie Williams named director of Clemson University’s National Scholars Program
July 28, 2011
Jamie Williams has been promoted to director of the National Scholars Program and associate director of the Calhoun Honors College at Clemson University.
Read More »Clemson University's Eugene T. Moore School of Education hosting Advanced Placement Summer Institute
July 18, 2011
Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education is hosting an Advanced Placement Summer Institute for teachers.
Read More »Shelnutt to lead Clemson art department
July 7, 2011
Greg Shelnutt has been appointed chairman of Clemson University’s art department, effective July 1. He replaces former chairman Michael Vatalaro, who retired after 35 years with Clemson.
Read More »Casio designates Clemson University as its Center of Academic Training
June 28, 2011
Casio’s Education Division Tuesday announced that Clemson University is Casio’s Center of Academic Training. This partnership enables Casio to further organize its nationwide professional development program for math teachers.
Read More »Miniature cars yield grownup experience for seventh-graders
June 27, 2011
Eighty-one students from McCants Middle School in Anderson took part in Little's semester-long "Gateway to Technology" program, culminating in a day at CU-ICAR in which they put their model cars — and themselves — to the test.
Read More »Clemson University student's work recognized by International Sculpture Center
June 23, 2011
Clemson University master of fine arts student Thomas Schram has been recognized by the International Sculpture Center with a 2011 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
Read More »Swinney nation's No. 1 coach among peers in football team's Academic Progress Rate
June 17, 2011
A study by CBSSports.com shows that Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney is No. 1 in the nation among active Football Bowl Subdivision coaches in terms of Academic Progress Rate.
Read More »Ouzts honors fallen Clemson classmate
June 10, 2011
In 50 years, Francis Wayne Ouzts of Greenwood has never forgotten his college classmate and friend. Now, he is making sure others remember him, too. The Clemson Class of 1961 graduate has created the First Lt. Glenn Dalton Allen, Jr. Memorial Grant-in-Aid Endowment with a $25,000 gift.
Read More »Clemson University Restoration Institute wind-industry interns get hands-on experience
June 9, 2011
A group of students from across South Carolina are gaining valuable hands-on experience on a scale they could not receive anywhere else in the world.
Read More »Spring 2011 Clemson University graduates
June 8, 2011
CLEMSON — Clemson University awarded a record 2,713 degrees at its May 13, 2011, Commencement ceremonies. For more on the ceremony, see the ... Read More »
Clemson University, Tri-County Technical College launch joint program in medical laboratory science
May 31, 2011
Beginning this fall, Tri-County Technical College graduates with an Associate in Applied Science degree in medical laboratory technology who meet specific criteria can enroll as juniors at Clemson University. Qualified students will be accepted in the bachelor's in microbiology degree program with a concentration in biomedicine.
Read More »Century-old flood provides model for math and science projects
May 26, 2011
The night watchman first noticed the river rising about 3 a.m. An hour later, it was a torrent. By the time the flood subsided, dozens were dead. Survivors found a church — still intact — 35 miles downstream. The Pacolet River Flood of 1903 is the model for schoolchildren studying practical applications of math and science guided by Clemson University.
Read More »Incoming Clemson freshmen can get a jump on the college experience
May 19, 2011
A new summer program at Clemson University will give a group of freshman students a head start on their university experiences without sacrificing their summer fun. Freshmen who sign up for ClemsonQuest, a three-week residential program, will learn their ways around campus, start making friends, take a three-credit-hour course, kayak on Hartwell, go whitewater rafting, hike at Table Rock and other activities.
Read More »Clemson announces 2011 Chapman Scholars
May 17, 2011
Ten sophomores in Clemson University’s College of Business and Behavioral Science (CBBS) have been selected as Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars.
Read More »Record number of students receive degrees at Clemson University
May 13, 2011
Clemson University’s largest graduating class ever received degrees in Spring Commencement ceremonies at Littlejohn Coliseum on Friday.
Read More »Clemson University president: Keep the focus on people
May 12, 2011
Clemson University wrapped up the 2010-11 academic year Thursday with the presentation of faculty and staff awards, a salute to retiring faculty members and an optimistic message from President James F. Barker.
Read More »Two deans appointed at Clemson University
May 3, 2011
Two interim deans at Clemson University have had the “interim” removed from their titles, Provost Doris Helms announced Tuesday.
Read More »Engineering Design Expo sparks imagination for Anderson elementary students
April 29, 2011
The wonder of wind tunnels blew through the imaginations of fourth-graders from Anderson's Midway Elementary School at Friday's Engineering Design Expo, a demonstration of projects by Clemson University mechanical engineering majors.
Read More »Easley student at Clemson earns National Science Foundation fellowship
April 25, 2011
Kemper Talley of Easley has received a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Talley is a senior majoring in physics.
Read More »Clemson University Creative Inquiry students win international award
April 21, 2011
An architecture Creative Inquiry project that focused on designs for the Clemson University Student Organic Farm was honored in an international design competition, Structures for Inclusion 2011, for a project called STEPS to Connectivity and Accessibility.
Read More »Clemson University students design urban furniture for Asheville
April 11, 2011
Clemson University architecture students are beginning final construction on a unique piece of urban furniture: The HATCHpad, which will find a temporary home on the streets of Asheville, N.C.
Read More »Geophysicists converge on Charleston to address crises in near-surface region of Earth
April 7, 2011
An international Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems in Charleston next week brings together several hundred geophysicists, engineers and other scientists to discuss the science behind earthquakes, drought and other natural disasters. Among the featured speakers is Clemson University engineering professor Stephen Moysey, who will address work he performed in India to study scarce water resources.
Read More »Clemson Creative Inquiry forum to showcase student research
April 6, 2011
A Creative Inquiry team at Clemson University has started a statewide program aimed at learning why hip and knee joint replacements fail and how to make implants last longer — by retrieving and studying implants that have been removed. The project is among 180 that will be showcased at the Focus on Creative Inquiry poster forum Wednesday, April 13, at Clemson’s Hendrix Student Center.
Read More »Clemson students and faculty, businesses join in language and international trade conference
March 30, 2011
A conference on April 6 will bring together business executives and Clemson University faculty and students to explore current issues and opportunities in international business. The theme of the daylong event is “Global Citizenship and the Changing Role of the Corporation.”
Read More »Clemson University names 13 National Scholars
March 29, 2011
Clemson University has selected 13 students to join its National Scholars Program, the university’s most competitive academic scholarship program, in the fall 2011 semester.
Read More »Through NASCAR, Clemson curriculum drives science into the classroom
March 9, 2011
Scientific theory hasn't changed a lot since Sir Isaac Newton's apple, but that apple didn't weigh 3,400 pounds nor travel nearly 200 miles per hour. "Driving SCIENCE," a new science and math program for teachers, infuses science classrooms with all the action and excitement of a modern NASCAR race. Created by Clemson University's "Math Out of the Box" program, the intensive four-day program for middle school teachers debuted just before the 2011 Daytona 500.
Read More »National Dropout Prevention Center introduces professional development DVD
February 28, 2011
In a new effort to increase high school graduation rates, the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University has partnered with MENTOR and Clemson Radio Productions to produce a professional development series on DVD.
Read More »Clemson students rap about energy conservation
February 22, 2011
Clemson University's YouTube channel now features a rap video created by five Clemson students for university housing as part of a project for their English 314 class. The video details how electricity is brought to Clemson and documents ways in which Clemson students can conserve energy and help with the sustainability efforts on campus.
Read More »Clemson University to host regional teacher training conferences in Greenville
January 25, 2011
Clemson University has been awarded a $575,000 National Science Foundation grant to host regional conferences in Greenville during the next three years.
Read More »Clemson MBA program schedules unique career fair
January 24, 2011
MBA students at Clemson University will participate in a unique career fair beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at Clemson at the Falls in downtown Greenville.
Read More »Clemson University enters agreement with Kenyan university
January 12, 2011
Clemson University and Narok University College of Kenya have entered an agreement to partner in teaching and research projects that will benefit both schools and the communities they serve.
Read More »Fluor Corp. gift aids Clemson University students
January 4, 2011
The Fluor Engineering and Science Study Hall is one of 10 Clemson University programs receiving funds from three separate Fluor gifts totaling $56,000.
Read More »$100,000 gift to create leadership program for Clemson engineering students
December 14, 2010
Clemson University engineering alumnus Bob Hambright, his wife, Susan, and his former employer, Balfour Beatty Construction LLC, have made a $100,000 gift to create the Bob and Susan Hambright Leadership Program in Engineering, which will support selected junior and senior engineering students in industry-led leadership training programs.
Read More »Clemson business students create honor oath
December 13, 2010
Clemson University MBA students have a duty beyond performing well in the classroom, according to a new oath they created.
Read More »Clemson ethics bowl team wins regional competition
December 8, 2010
Clemson University’s Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team took first place in the fourth annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl in Richmond, Va., by knocking off past regional champion University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the final round. It is the second time the Clemson team has been a winner in the regional competition.
Read More »Clemson service-learning students teach senior citizens
December 1, 2010
Clemson University students are reaching out to senior residents of the community through an agricultural education course in which they become the teachers.
Read More »Hospitals, medical technology manufacturer team up to fund biomedical research
November 18, 2010
Hospitals across South Carolina joined with a major medical technology manufacturer in a pilot program to help fund biomedical research at three state universities. Six hospitals have joined Stryker Corporation, one of the world's largest providers of medical technology, to help fund the Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina, a consortium representing scientists at Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.
Read More »NSSE: Clemson strong in overall education satisfaction
November 18, 2010
Clemson University seniors and freshmen continue to report they would choose Clemson again if given the opportunity to start over in higher education.
Read More »Clemson marketing students earn Honda recognition
November 4, 2010
A Creative Inquiry group of marketing students at Clemson University has gained the attention of an international car manufacturer.
Read More »South Carolina secession papers tour to stop at Clemson
November 2, 2010
Drafted in 1860, South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession will be on display around the state this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The secession papers will be at Clemson University Nov. 9.
Read More »Bioengineering class takes on real-world problems
October 27, 2010
Today's headlines seem eerily familiar to John DesJardins' bioengineering students. Cholera outbreaks were the subject of a class assignment in DesJardins' bioengineering design course at Clemson University last fall semester — months before current cholera crises claimed thousands of lives in Haiti and Nigeria.
Read More »Clemson architecture students work on plan for EPA Superfund site
October 26, 2010
Seventeen students from the Clemson University School of Architecture spent half their summer vacations in New York City to have a unique cultural experience and work on current proposals for an environmentally sensitive area of the city.
Read More »Clemson student receives scholarship from Apollo astronaut
October 5, 2010
It was a small step to the end zone, but a giant leap forward for Patrick Johnson. The junior physics major received a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during Clemson's homecoming football game against the University of Miami Saturday, Oct. 2.
Read More »Former Apollo astronaut to present scholarship to Clemson student
October 1, 2010
Charles Moss Duke, Jr., a retired Apollo astronaut and U.S. Air Force brigadier general, will personally deliver a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation to Patrick Johnson, a junior physics and astronomy major, during Clemson's homecoming football game against the University of Miami on Saturday.
Read More »Smiths' $500,000 gift will support Clemson academic programs
September 30, 2010
Clemson University alumnus Doug Smith and his wife, Lynn Westmoreland Smith, have given the university $500,000 to endow a scholarship and to provide academic support in other areas.
Read More »Clemson grad programs move up in national rankings
September 28, 2010
The National Research Council’s third and most comprehensive assessment of more than 5,000 doctoral programs nationwide indicates that Clemson University’s improvement as a graduate institution is on par with its recent move up in the undergraduate rankings. Fifteen of Clemson’s doctoral programs rank among the top 50 among public universities.
Read More »Call Me MISTER celebrates 10th anniversary at Clemson University
September 23, 2010
The Call Me MISTER program at Clemson University began in 2000 with the goal of placing more teachers from diverse cultures and backgrounds in the classroom. Now, 10 years later, the program has graduated 60 Misters who are teaching in South Carolina schools.
Read More »Clemson engineering program ranked 17th by recruiters
September 15, 2010
Clemson University's engineering program ranks 17th among those at the nation's colleges in a new study by The Wall Street Journal.
Read More »ACM Chemistries Inc. makes $100,000 gift to Clemson
September 8, 2010
Led by a pair of Clemson University civil engineering alumni, a Georgia company has pledged $100,000 to support the expansion and modernization of Lowry Hall, home of Clemson University's civil engineering program.
Read More »Clemson receives computer graphics research center designation
August 31, 2010
Clemson University has been designated a Compute Unified Device Architecture Research Center by NVIDIA Corp., an international developer and manufacturer of integrated circuits and computer graphics processing units.
Read More »Haque named founding chairman of new automotive engineering department
August 31, 2010
Imtiaz Haque has been named founding chairman of Clemson University's new automotive engineering department, located at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) campus in Greenville.
Read More »Scott Mason named Fluor Endowed Chair of Supply Chain and Logistics at Clemson
August 30, 2010
Scott J. Mason has been appointed the inaugural Fluor Endowed Chair in Supply Chain and Logistics in Clemson University's industrial engineering department.
Read More »Clemson announces $600 million capital campaign
August 26, 2010
Clemson University has kicked off the public phase of a capital campaign to raise $600 million in private gifts by June 30, 2012.
Read More »Clemson graduate school reports record interest
August 25, 2010
The Clemson University Graduate School received a record-breaking 6,082 applications for the 2010-11 academic year, a 20 percent increase over last year. The university reports 3,752 graduated students were enrolled, up from 3,600 last year.
Read More »Duke Energy Foundation supports the value of play
August 25, 2010
The Duke Energy Foundation has donated $5,000 to Clemson University to support the February Conference on the Value of Play, sponsored by the US Play Coalition and Clemson University’s department of parks, recreation and tourism management.
Read More »Clemson graduates find jobs at twice the national average
August 24, 2010
Clemson University graduates are finding jobs at nearly twice the national average of college graduates, and nearly half of them are staying in South Carolina, according to a survey.
Read More »Clemson reports record interest, quality class in new academic year
August 18, 2010
The 2010-11 academic year is under way at Clemson University, and nearly 3,000 freshmen were learning the way around campus Wednesday.
Read More »Clemson begins the new year focused on student success, philanthropy
August 17, 2010
Students continue to be the top priority at Clemson University, and this year there will be a more focused effort to support students and faculty through private giving, President James F. Barker said Tuesday at the Victor Hurst Convocation.
Read More »Clemson architecture students win national competition
August 10, 2010
Clemson University architecture students earned first-place honors in a national competition to create a space that would connect people to themselves, others and nature.
Read More »Oscar winner to direct Digital Production Arts at Clemson
August 9, 2010
Jerry Tessendorf, winner of the Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2008, has been named director of the Digital Production Arts program at Clemson University, a graduate program for professionals in the film, video and gaming industries.
Read More »Clemson awards 700 degrees in summer ceremony
August 7, 2010
The heat of summer didn’t keep graduates and their families away from Littlejohn Coliseum today as 700 students became Clemson University alumni.
Read More »Clemson student Anita Chen will spend school year studying in China
August 3, 2010
Anita Chen, a Clemson University management major from Abbeville, will spend the upcoming school year studying in China after receiving the Confucius Scholarship from China’s Ministry of Education.
Read More »Palmer appointed interim chairman of English department at Clemson
July 27, 2010
R. Barton Palmer, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature and director of Clemson’s film studies program, has been named interim chairman of the English department.
Read More »Clemson MBA program recognized for service work
July 21, 2010
Students in the Masters of Business Administration program at Clemson University have been recognized for their service work with Triune Mercy Center in Greenville.
Read More »July 14, 2010
Clemson University researcher Vincent S. Gallicchio became president of the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science at the organization’s 29th World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya.
Read More »Clemson graduate student awarded Presidential Management Fellowship
July 7, 2010
Jamey Lowdermilk, a graduate student in applied economics and statistics at Clemson University, has been appointed a Presidential Management Fellow for her commitment to excellence in leadership and management of public policies and programs.
Read More »Georges Fadel named interim chairman of mechanical engineering at Clemson
July 7, 2010
Georges Fadel, a Clemson University mechanical engineering professor & Exxon Mobil Employees' Chair in Engineering, has been named interim chairman of the College of Engineering and Science's mechanical engineering department.
Read More »Architecture students receive international recognition
June 21, 2010
Clemson architecture students Jason Butz of Charleston, Frank D’Andrea of Potomac, Md., and Carla Landa of Spartanburg have received recognition for their project of a city that works as a cyclical waste system from the International Self-Sufficient City Competition in Barcelona, Spain.
Read More »Duke Energy Foundation grant strengthens science programs for girls, minorities
June 16, 2010
Science will draw more than 30 rising eighth-grade girls to Clemson University June 20-25 for Project WISE, a math, science and engineering camp that proudly proclaims, "It's a Girl Thing!" Sponsored by the Duke Energy Foundation since 1997, Project WISE — an abbreviation for "Women in Science and Engineering" — enables young teen girls to experience a breadth of science subjects and careers.
Read More »Clemson hosts institute for science, math teachers
June 16, 2010
Science, technology, engineering and math teachers will tackle an intensive eight-day training program during the 34th annual SECME Summer Institute at Clemson University June 23-July 1. Sixty teachers from a dozen states and Grand Bahama will attend the institute, which provides professional development for kindergarten-12th grade teachers. Joining them during the institute will be as many as 20 teams of middle and high school students, all winners of regional engineering contests, who will compete in the design of mousetrap cars — which requires a scientific report, technical drawing and a team interview — and the construction of VEX Robotics, which are built from kits.
Read More »Clemson alumna establishes fellowship for play
June 8, 2010
Atlanta attorney Marsha Ward has established the Marsha A. Ward ’79 Fellowship Endowment for Play at Clemson University, a $75,000 endowment that will award a fellowship to a student in the department of parks, recreation and tourism management doctoral program who intends to study play and its value in modern society.
Read More »$400,000 NRC grant to develop nuclear engineering faculty at Clemson
May 25, 2010
The environmental engineering and Earth sciences department at Clemson University has received a three-year, $400,000 faculty-development grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to help recruit and retain younger faculty in nuclear science.
Read More »Spring 2010 Clemson University graduates
May 24, 2010
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Clemson University receives $1 million grant for science education
May 20, 2010
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will award Clemson University a $1 million grant for SC Life, which supports science education and research projects for middle and high school students and high school teachers in South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson accepts eight new National Scholars
May 19, 2010
The eight students who will enter the Clemson University National Scholars Program in the fall have an average SAT score of 1534 and an average high school GPA of 4.84 — both the highest of any incoming scholar class since the program began in 2000.
Read More »Grant funds Clemson graduate program in resilient infrastructure
May 17, 2010
Clemson University's civil engineering department will offer a new graduate program in "sustainable and resilient infrastructure" with support from a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Read More »Thomas Schurch takes reins of planning and landscape architecture
May 11, 2010
Thomas W. Schurch has been appointed chairman of Clemson University's planning and landscape architecture department.
Read More »Record number graduate from Clemson University
May 7, 2010
A record number of Clemson University graduates crossed the stage Friday at Littlejohn Coliseum to receive their degrees.
Read More »Clemson presents awards at Commencement ceremonies
May 7, 2010
Outstanding students and a faculty member were recognized Friday during commencement exercises at Clemson University.
Read More »Faculty praised and challenged for success at year-end meeting
May 6, 2010
Clemson University President James F. Barker concluded the academic year Thursday by reminding faculty members of their roles in the university’s success.
Read More »Gift to fund Clemson University health care genetics fellowship
May 4, 2010
Bettye Cecil of Pawleys Island has made a gift of $160,000 to fund a fellowship in the Clemson University School of Nursing’s health care genetics doctoral program.
Read More »Clemson biology instructor named Alumni Master Teacher
May 3, 2010
Clemson University students have chosen John Cummings, senior lecturer in biological sciences, as the Alumni Master Teacher for 2010.
Read More »Clyburn to get honorary degree at Clemson commencement
April 30, 2010
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities at commencement exercises at Clemson University on Friday, May 7, in Littlejohn Coliseum.
Read More »Students honored for device that lets children feel computer interaction
April 29, 2010
Developing a device that allows third-graders to "feel" their interaction with a computer has won a national award for a team of Clemson University engineering students.
Read More »Clemson team publishes slave narrative anthology
April 29, 2010
A Clemson University Creative Inquiry team’s work has been published by the University of South Carolina Press. “I Belong to South Carolina: South Carolina Slave Narratives,” an anthology of firsthand accounts documenting the everyday lives of slaves across the Palmetto State, will be released in May.
Read More »Clemson engineering student wins 2010 NASA Aeronautics Scholarship
April 28, 2010
Ryan Izard, a junior majoring in computer engineering at Clemson University, has won a 2010 NASA Aeronautics Scholarship that includes a summer internship at a NASA research center.
Read More »Clemson landscape architect wins prestigious Rome Prize
April 21, 2010
A Clemson University assistant professor of landscape architecture has been awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Case Brown is the recipient of the Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize for landscape architecture.
Read More »Clemson trustees take action on academic, facility issues
April 16, 2010
Clemson University’s board of trustees met on campus Friday to take action related to academic programs and facility improvements and to hear reports from the president and faculty, staff and student representatives.
Read More »Clemson students recognized at Model United Nations conference
April 15, 2010
Two Clemson University students were recognized for diplomacy at the 2010 World Model United Nations conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
Read More »Clemson astronomers get new eye on the sky
April 15, 2010
A telescope in the mountains of Chile will give Clemson astronomers an extra eye on the sky as part of an agreement arranged with 10 American colleges and universities.
Read More »Atlanta attorney endows scholarship at Clemson
April 8, 2010
Charles E. Hodges II, a 1992 graduate of Clemson University, has given $25,000 to the College of Business and Behavioral Science to establish The Hodges Family Scholarship Endowment for Business.
Read More »Clemson professor named industrial engineering Fellow
April 8, 2010
Anand K. Gramopadhye, professor and chairman of industrial engineering at Clemson University, has been elected a Fellow with the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the highest recognition conferred by the professional society.
Read More »Clemson business programs get AACSB reaccreditation
April 8, 2010
The business and accounting programs at Clemson University have received reaccreditation by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
Read More »Clemson students earn prestigious Goldwater scholarships
April 6, 2010
Four Clemson University students have received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Read More »Student research will be on display at Creative Inquiry poster forum
April 6, 2010
A Clemson University student team's design of homes to be heated or cooled affordably without heating or cooling equipment will be among the projects on display at the Creative Inquiry Poster Forum.
Read More »Clemson students create new campus tour 'app'
March 31, 2010
Prospective students and their parents can now tour Clemson University’s campus with an iPhone as their guide.
Read More »Clemson students to explain new health-care legislation
March 26, 2010
Clemson University students will make two presentations next week explaining recent health-care reform legislation.
Read More »New study shows jobs increase academic engagement for African-American students
March 25, 2010
Working in a part- or full-time job in addition to school may increase African-American student engagement, according to a new study by Clemson University professor Lamont Flowers.
Read More »Clemson, National Park Service create information-sharing grid for park managers, users, researchers
March 16, 2010
Clemson University and the National Park Service plan to take sometimes-lonely information out of a virtual wilderness and place it at the fingertips of the people most likely to use it.
Read More »College of Business and Behavioral Science announces new appointments
March 11, 2010
Raju Balakrishnan has been named senior associate dean for academic programs and administrative services in the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University. Greg Pickett will serve as interim associate dean for the college’s expansion in Greenville.
Read More »Clemson hosts International Leaders in Education Program
March 4, 2010
For the second year Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education has been awarded a grant of more than $160,000 to be one of five universities hosting teachers from around the globe.
Read More »Commission on Higher Education recognizes Clemson public service design studio
March 3, 2010
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education has awarded this year’s Service Learning Award to a.LINE.ments, a public service-design studio in Clemson University’s department of planning and landscape architecture.
Read More »Three Clemson students win 2010 J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Scholarship Essay Competition
March 3, 2010
Three Clemson University students won the J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Scholarship Essay Competition: Thomas Bradford Saad of Greenville; Jacob Aubrey Farlow of Gibsonville, N.C.; and Carson Elizabeth Culver of Roswell, Ga.
Read More »Clemson to offer new environmental engineering undergraduate degree
February 22, 2010
Clemson University will offer a new bachelor of science degree in environmental engineering, the first of its kind in South Carolina, this fall.
Read More »Clemson students, faculty to discuss climate change during National Teach-In
February 2, 2010
Clemson University will join hundreds of other colleges, universities and schools around the nation Thursday, Feb. 11, in the National Teach-In on Climate Change.
Read More »Oral history event will explore the civil rights movement
February 1, 2010
Clemson’s Pan African Studies program and the history department will celebrate Black History Month with “Talking Through History: Oral History and the Civil Rights Movement” on Thursday.
Read More »National policymakers see solutions in Call Me MISTER
January 27, 2010
Clemson University’s Call Me MISTER program was held up before national education leaders and lawmakers Tuesday as a program that effectively addresses one of America’s daunting challenges.
Read More »Clemson changing student lending program
January 20, 2010
Students attending Clemson in the 2010-2011 academic year will see a significant change in the student loan program for federal loans.
Read More »Clemson awards more than 1,000 degrees, including first Ph.D. in automotive engineering
December 17, 2009
Among the more than 1,000 degrees awarded during winter graduation Thursday at Clemson University was the first Ph.D. in automotive engineering, earned by John Limroth of Austin, Texas.
Read More »Barker highlights successes and challenges at end-of-year meeting
December 16, 2009
Clemson University President James F. Barker closed the fall semester Wednesday, congratulating faculty and staff members at the year-end general faculty meeting for a successful semester and outlining the challenges ahead.
Read More »Clemson recognized at Materials Science and Technology Conference
December 9, 2009
The Clemson University School of Materials Science and Engineering was recognized at the international level with five individual and group awards at the 2009 Materials Science and Technology Conference in Pittsburgh.
Read More »Clemson ties for first place in Ethics Bowl Regional Competition
December 1, 2009
Clemson’s Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team shared the winner’s circle with past national champion University of Miami at the third annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl, following an unprecedented tie in the final round of the competition. The event took place Saturday, Nov. 21 in Richmond, Va.
Read More »Butler Tech alternative high school earns Crystal Star Award
November 25, 2009
A Butler Tech alternative high school serving the Lakota School District has been named a program winner of a Crystal Star Award of Excellence.
Read More »Electrical wiring program brings home national Crystal Star Award
November 23, 2009
The Residential Electrical Wiring Program for students with disabilities at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami-Dade County has been awarded a Crystal Star Award of Excellence for its efforts to improve school completion rates.
Read More »History professor wins Hodges Prize in Southern Studies
November 18, 2009
Rod Andrew, professor of history at Clemson University, has won the 2008 Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies for his biography “Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer.”
Read More »Clemson creates epicenter for business education in downtown Greenville
November 13, 2009
Clemson University took a major step toward bringing a business graduate and professional education center to downtown Greenville Friday. The university board of trustees approved leasing 33,355 square feet of space at 55 East Camperdown Way in Greenville that will be home to the Master of Business Administration program, professional and continuing education, and resources for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Read More »Clemson presence brings business specialists to downtown Greenville
November 13, 2009
As part of its primary mission, Clemson’s College of Business and Behavioral Science engages in numerous outreach services that support individuals and corporations in the pursuit of advanced learning.
Read More »Clemson collaborates with prestigious French school for new international dual graduate degree
November 12, 2009
Students who desire a dynamic graduate education in business now have a new option to study abroad and earn two unique degrees.
Read More »Gift creates professorship in parks and environmental ethics
November 11, 2009
The legacy of a legendary parks champion will be extended even further with the creation of the George B. Hartzog Jr. Professorship in Parks and Environmental Ethics. The professorship is made possible with a $524,500 gift from John M. Kauffmann, himself a veteran of the National Park Service that Hartzog served.
Read More »University Center of Greenville joins Clemson in virtual world
November 11, 2009
The University Center of Greenville has joined the Carolinas Virtual Worlds Consortium, which investigates how three-dimensional virtual worlds can enhance teaching, training and learning at all educational levels.
Read More »Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Science launches international dual-degree program
November 2, 2009
The College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University has created a double-degree program that encompasses three universities in three countries.
Read More »CU-ICAR recognized as top emerging technology research center
October 26, 2009
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), an international organization representing university-related research parks from around the world, presented its Emerging Research/Science Park Award to the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) at the organization’s annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Read More »October 20, 2009
A new long-term initiative at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) will advance the university’s automotive engineering graduate research and education program and position its graduates ahead of the competition for jobs and automotive industry leadership.
Read More »Clemson gets $100,000 from Holland-Quackenbush family
October 14, 2009
Clemson University has received $100,000 to develop the Abacus Planning Group Endowed Scholarship in Financial Planning and the Quackenbush Architects + Planners Room in Lee Hall.
Read More »Center for Academic Integrity hosts international conference in St. Louis
October 8, 2009
America’s “cheating culture” and what to do about it will be the focus of discussion in St. Louis when experts gather for the annual international conference of the Clemson University-based Center for Academic Integrity. The three-day conference begins Friday, Oct. 16, at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Read More »Endowment at Clemson will support research on play
October 8, 2009
A newly established endowment at Clemson University will fund graduate student research on children’s play, creativity on playgrounds and playground safety.
Read More »Bill Cosby joins the Call Me MISTER effort
October 6, 2009
Comedian Bill Cosby lent his powerful name to Call Me MISTER recently when he agreed to serve as honorary chairperson of the MISTER program’s advisory council at Cheyney University in Philadelphia.
Read More »Clemson names collaboration facility at Sonoco Institute for Harpers
October 6, 2009
Clemson University Tuesday unveiled The Ronald & Katherine Harper Industry Collaboration Room on the top floor of the Sonoco Institute for Packaging Design and Graphics. The Industry Collaboration Room is made possible by a $1.1 million gift from Ronald and Katherine Harper of Charlotte to Clemson’s graphic communications department.
Read More »Milton, Mass., native Lee Morrissey named Alumni Distinguished Professor at Clemson University
September 22, 2009
Lee Morrissey, professor and chairman of the English department at Clemson University, has been named Alumni Distinguished Professor. He is a native of Milton, Mass.
Read More »Houston Center receives grant for study of students at historically black colleges
September 22, 2009
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently granted Clemson University and a team of other schools nearly $500,000 to study motivational factors of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Read More »Inaugural Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars selected at Clemson
September 21, 2009
Ten sophomores in Clemson University’s College of Business and Behavioral Science have been selected as the first group of Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars.
Read More »DuPont gift helps two Clemson education programs
September 17, 2009
A $50,000 gift from DuPont funded a summer of workshops that enabled Call Me MISTER participants to get up close and personal with Math Out of the Box, a national inquiry-based curriculum developed in Clemson’s mathematical sciences department.
Read More »Clemson National Scholars announces new class, 10th anniversary
September 16, 2009
The Clemson National Scholars Program has entered its 10th year with eight new members.
Read More »Clemson faculty members to participate in prestigious Sonoma Valley exhibition
September 16, 2009
Two members of the Clemson University Landscape Architecture faculty have transformed some of their recent work in Egypt into an art installation at a prestigious San Francisco Bay area show.
Read More »Eugene T. Moore School of Education joins prestigious council
September 15, 2009
The educational leadership program in Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education has been accepted as a member of the University Council for Educational Administration. Clemson is the only institution in the state to earn the status.
Read More »Clemson scores high in student engagement survey
September 15, 2009
Seniors and freshmen at Clemson University say they would choose Clemson again if given the opportunity to start their college educations over.
Read More »Clemson announces first endowed faculty chair in construction science and management
September 14, 2009
Dennis Bausman, associate professor in Clemson University's construction and science management department, has been named its first Endowed Professor of Construction Science and Management.
Read More »August 2009 Clemson University graduates
September 2, 2009
Clemson University awarded more than 700 degrees at its Aug. 8, 2009, graduation ceremony.
Read More »Video by Clemson students to find home in Smithsonian
August 18, 2009
Video made by a Clemson instructor and his students about life for African-American students in a Rosenwald school will be included in a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution.
Read More »Clemson management students named first SCOR Scholars
August 7, 2009
Nearly two dozen undergraduate students at Clemson University have become the first in the world to earn the SCOR Scholar designation.
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