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Longtime women’s basketball 'FAMs' predate current success »

As South Carolina continues its play in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in Greenville this weekend, thousands of fans will make the two-hour drive to the Upstate to watch the Gamecocks vie for their second consecutive national championship.

  • Many of the fans in that crowd have been with the Gamecocks since the beginning — some quite literally since that first women’s team played in 1974 — sitting in mostly empty arenas, cheering on their team in good years and bad.
  • Now South Carolina is No. 1 not just on the court, but also in filling arenas with average attendance at women’s games over 12,000 and frequent sellouts of all 18,000 seats.

Read more about some of these original “FAMs” — as head coach Dawn Staley likes to call her team’s supporters — and what it has been like to watch the Gamecocks over the decades.

Breakthrough Star Monica Barra studies impact of environmental policies on communities »

Cultural anthropologist Monica Barra studies how racial inequalities are shaped by scientific practices, racial histories and climate change in the U.S. South.

Pressing research. Her primary work focuses on the politics of coastal wetland loss and ecological restoration projects in southern Louisiana, and its impacts to historic African-American communities living along the coast.

Collaborations. Since arriving at USC in 2018, Barra has worked with researchers in the natural sciences and engineering alongside coastal communities to facilitate collaborations between residents and scientists for more equitable climate change research.

Read more about Breakthrough Star Monica Barra.

graphic with a trophy and the words: Do you know a remarkable Gamecock 2023 alumni awards nominate today

Former student body presidents: Where are they now? »

Emmie Thompson, the 2023-24 student body president, was inaugurated along with the other executive members of Student Government this week.

  • To celebrate the transition, we caught up with five former student body presidents to see what they are doing today.

Here's a look back at past student body presidents and their accomplishments since graduating.

IN THE NEWS


“Coconut? Marshmallows? Feelings run hot for ambrosia salad” (feat. David Shields, English language and literature)
Associated Press

“Los Angeles police accidentally release photos of undercover officers to watchdog website” (feat. Seth Stoughton, law)
Los Angeles Times
  
“Home sales in SC plummet to 4-year low. What COVID has to do with it and what may happen next” (feat. Joseph Von Nessen, economics)
The State
 
“Proposed SC charter schools with religious ties would focus on ‘Western tradition’” (feat. James Kirylo, curriculum studies)
The Post and Courier
 
“What to know about a cap on the cost of insulin” (feat. Ismael Yunusa, pharmacy)
NewsDay

FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES


Mike Kelly, chief data officer with the Division of IT, served on a panel of experts who wrote the 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan for Data Governance. The panel crafted its vision of the future along with practical action items the data and analytics community can employ to make this future a reality.
 
Yi Wang, mechanical engineering, authored “A sparse multi‑fidelity surrogate‑based optimization method with computational awareness” in Engineering with Computers.
 
Jung-Hwan Kim, retailing,  published “Guest editorial: Evolutions and disruptions in retailing service through digital transformation" in the Journal of Service Management.
 
Cynthia Corbett, nursing, and others, wrote "Using virtual home assistants to address vulnerable adults’ complex care needs: an exploratory feasibility study" in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
 
Monique Brown, Daniel Amoatika, Amandeep Kaur and Prince Nii Ossah Addo, epidemiology and biostatistics, authored “Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors of Quality of Life Outcomes Among Older Adults Living With HIV” in AIDS and Behavior.

ChatGPT, artificial intelligence in higher ed »

In response to educators' concerns about ChatGPT, the Center for Teaching Excellence is offering workshops addressing the challenges that artificial intelligence poses to teaching and learning.

Register for the "How Should Instructors Think About ChatGPT?" webinar that will be offered 3:30-4:20 p.m. April 5.

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