South Carolina students can have bright futures with Future Scholar
Throughout my seven years in office, I’ve spoken with countless South Carolina parents about one of their biggest concerns: paying for their child’s college education.
South Carolina ranks 5th in the nation women murdered by men with handguns
Nationwide, 1686 women were murdered by men, according to the Violence Policy Center in Washington, DC. South Carolina ranked 5th in the nation for the 2nd year in a row with 46 females murdered by males in 2015. The homicide rate among females murdered by males in South Carolina was 1.83 per 100,000 in 2015. The age for homicides in which the age of the victim was reported (46 homicides), 8 victims (17 percent) were 65 years of age...
More than 1 Million traveled in South Carolina to view the eclipse; leaving $269 million impact
Columbia — Roughly 1.6 million people traveled to or within South Carolina to view the total solar eclipse last month, according to research released by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. Their hotel bookings and other travel expenditures left an estimated $269 million economic impact across the state, making the eclipse the largest single tourist event on record in South Carolina. “Not only does...
Scientist partners with SRNL to repurpose nuclear power byproduct
CLEMSON – From the mining of uranium ore to the storage of used fuel, radioactive waste is generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, and a Clemson University scientist is pursuing research that could help in handling it. In a collaboration with the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in Aiken, College of Science professor Stephen Creager of the department of chemistry is working on ways to clean water contaminated by...
GSSM alumna published in National High School Journal of Science
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that research conducted by Abbie Bowman, class of 2017, has been accepted for publication in that National High School Journal of Science (NHSJS), a peer-reviewed journal for original research done by high school students. Though GSSM’s Scientific Investigations (SI) program, Bowman researched the use of C. elegans to model the effects of...
Let the world know that You ‘Heart’ Darlington
The bright blue banners hanging around town convey a clear message – I Heart Darlington.