Impacts Magazine - Spring 2007

Welcome to Clemson Impacts magazine, a quarterly guide to research highlights and services benefiting the citizens of South Carolina, the nation and the world.

Magazine features are sorted by the 5 Focus Areas of Public Service Activities:

• Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
• Economic & Community Development
• Environmental Conservation
• Food Safety & Nutrition
• Youth Development & Families 

News

• Letter from the Vice President
• Sculpture provides beauty and stormwater management
• Massey Classic Horse Show raises funds for charity
• Eat. Sleep. Row.
• Summer camps offer learning and fun

Agrisystems Productivity & Profitability

• Grafted melon growing closer to commercial viability
• Global food supply requires global security
• Livestock reproduction research improves herds
• Grass-fed beef project expands at Edisto REC
• Cattlemen name Barnes ‘Educator of the Year'

Economic & Community Development

• Education Superintendent addresses rural school needs
• Neighbors: Stories of Fountain Inn leaves no families outside
• Growth plan develops from Deliberative Dialogue

Environmental Conservation

• Water Forum explores issues related to the next “war between the states”
• Clemson leads water quality programs for South Carolina
• Scientists fight deadly coastal tree disease
• Outdoor Education Trail dedicated
• Global climate study shows effects of sea level rise
• Honey bee disease still a mystery

Food Safety & Nutrition

• Plants may grow spider silk for medical uses
• Eat more fruits and veggies to improve health
• Ecologist works to sustain South Carolina’s blue crabs

Youth Development & Families

• Clemson partnerships change lives
• Community Scholars discover statewide connections
• DJJ garden symbolizes serenity
• Top high school students get inside view of Clemson
• York County 4-H’er gives back to her community
• Volunteer service award goes to Beaufort County 4-H’er

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