USC NEWS & EVENTS

USC continues record-breaking streak in research awards

USC's research funding again hit record highs this year, showing the resiliency and prowess of the university's students, faculty and staff.

USC celebrates record-breaking fundraising year

The University of South Carolina secured almost $260 million in private donations, including the largest single gift in university history.

The USC student experience offers myriad routes to the perfect path

USC students are members of a supportive Gamecock family that will help them succeed — inside the classroom and out. Through study abroad trips and undergraduate research, student organizations and SEC sports, Carolina students have myriad opportunities for finding their life’s passion.

Useful campus apps

From getting tickets to sporting events to navigating campus, a few key apps for Gamecocks as the Fall 2025 semester begins.

USC opens new Garnet Station dining hall

USC opened its newest dining hall, Garnet Station, with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday (Aug. 14). The new hall will feature seven stations and allow for more retail space on the second floor of Russell House.

Move-in 2025 by the numbers

Just a few of the numbers from move-in 2025 and how USC is setting up the Class of 2029 for success.

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In the News

 

• Faculty Spotlight

  

  Carolina Trustees Professorship award: Ed Madden

  English professor Ed Madden wants to use the written word to help people connect to each other and to amplify voices often overlooked or ignored. For his achievements in teaching, research and service, Madden was awarded the 2025 Carolina Trustees Professorship in Humanities, Social Sciences, Business and Law.

• Student Spotlight

  

  Meet student body President Courtney Tkacs

  Courtney Tkacs has lived all over the world, the product of growing up in a military family. She moved to Lexington her sophomore year of high school and found her home in South Carolina. Today, Tkacs is working to make her University of South Carolina home a better place by serving as the student body president for the 2025-26 term.

• Faculty Spotlight

  

  New technology under development for real-time monitoring, mapping of mines

  A see-in-the-dark monitoring and navigational system intended to improve safety in underground mines is being developed by a University of South Carolina computer science and engineering team in collaboration with researchers in India.

• University Spotlight

  

  University of South Carolina named one of America’s Best-In-State Employers

  The University of South Carolina was named one of South Carolina's best employers by Forbes.