Alyssa Lang is a familiar face and voice to sports fans. The sideline reporter and broadcaster for the SEC Network and ESPN started her journey on Student Gamecock TV and in broadcast journalism classrooms at the University of South Carolina.
Two University of South Carolina faculty were recently awarded significant grants as part of the first wave projects selected for the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission. Designed to bring together a national consortium of researchers and pair them with Department of Energy resources, the Genesis Mission will help build AI-enabled workflows to expedite discoveries in energy, national security and more.
The University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus is welcoming thousands of new college students from across South Carolina, the nation and the world. With an increase of overall enrollment, now approaching 42,000, USC is serving more students today than at other time in its 225-year history.
Understanding how the brain works and improving outcomes for patients are major priorities for USC researchers. That work gained momentum this year with the opening of the new Brain Health Center, which is just one of the ways the university is concentrating on the brain.
With Newton’s election as chair, USC joins a small but growing number of South Carolina college boards led by women.
The University of South Carolina made significant progress on major campus construction and renovation projects this summer, including plans for an expanded Russell House, a new Civil Rights Center, The Commons at Carolina residence hall and upgrades to academic, research and campus facilities.
(feat. Sabrina Habib, school of journalism and mass communications) Fortune via Yahoo!News
(feat. Brett Robertson, journalism and mass communications; and Hannah Shikle, academic advisor) WIS News 10
(feat. Biplav Srivastava, AI Institute) ABC News Columbia
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What if the key to discovery is imperfection? Led by USC chemist Morgan Stefik, a team of researchers has found that flaws in crystal anodes could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster and last longer. The practical uses of the discovery offer enticing applications in energy storage.
Ashley Poston, USC alumna and New York Times bestselling author, shares how magic, romance and a relentless work ethic shaped her writing career.
Cole Rotondo got involved with Student Government as a freshman and went on to serve in the administration of two former presidents. Now, as USC’s student body president for the 2026-27 school year, the business and pre-law senior is looking forward to making the most of his time in office.
The Darla Moore school of Business marketing professor meets the moment by integrating AI into the classroom.