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The University of South Carolina ( USC, South Carolina, or Carolina) is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia, close to the South Carolina ...
The university was founded as South Carolina College on December 19, 1801, by an act of the General Assembly after Governor John Drayton pushed for its foundation on November 23, 1801. The establishment of a publicly funded college at the capital was intended to unite and promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Backcountry.
attorney, journalist, Miss USA 2019 winner; also played the UofSC track team: Blue Sky: 1964 painter and sculptor responsible for the mural Tunnelvision: W. Thomas Smith, Jr. 1982 author and columnist E. Lee Spence: 1976 author, editor, and pioneer underwater archaeologist who discovered the wreck of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in 1970
No. Image Name Tenure Notes 1 Jonathan Maxcy: 1804–1820 2 Thomas Cooper: 1821–1834 – Robert Henry: 1834 President pro tempore – Henry Junius Nott
According to Guinness World Records, which looks at the total time it takes to make the return trip from Base Camp, Lama set her first Everest record in 2018, with a time of 39 hours and six ...
May 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM. Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday, but officials said the meat from a single sickened dairy cow ...
Numisma, a small bank founded by former Fed official Randal Quarles, received conditional approval for a master account, a highly sought-after service denied to most uninsured institutions.
The Thomas Cooper Library is the university's main library, named for Thomas Cooper (1759 – 1839). The facility opened in 1959 as a dedicated undergraduate library, the first such library in the South. The building was designed by Edward Durell Stone, the designer of the Kennedy Center, and the firm of Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle, and Wolff.