Clemson University News

Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.

Wilhelmina Pierce decided 30 years ago that she wanted to pursue a career in mechanical engineering.

Casey Gosnell gets his master's degree in May, five years after entering Clemson University as a freshman because a combined degree program saved him a year of time and tuition.

Clemson University chemistry professor John Huffman was amused the first time someone called to talk about people smoking one of his lab projects to get high.

University of Georgia police took out warrants Friday charging a former UGA student with false imprisonment and battery in connection with a Clemson University student's complaint he was held captive and beaten in a local fraternity house.

Stephen Lorys introduced himself, with great pride, as "Rudy's son-in-law." Although they never met, Lorys feels like he knows Air Force Maj.

At issue are small cages, typically 24 inches wide by 25A1 2 inches deep, that can be shared by up to nine hens.

A second Clemson University student backs a classmate's story that there was a fight downtown last weekend before the young man was beaten - he says in the basement of a nearby fraternity house.

University of Georgia police are looking into a visiting student's claim he was held captive at a fraternity house after getting into a fight in an Athens bar.

About 60 S.C. National Guard soldiers have left for Afghanistan to help local farmers grow bigger crops and raise healthier livestock.

The mayors of Atlanta, Charlotte and Greenville talked here Tuesday about cooperating on major planning issues such as water supply, transportation and energy.

A gift of $2 million from two South Carolina telecommunications companies, combined with an equivalent amount of state lottery money, has made it possible for Clemson University to establish a new professorship in optoelectronics.

University of Georgia police are looking into a visiting student's claim he was held captive at a fraternity house after getting into a fight in an Athens bar.

University of Georgia police are looking into a visiting student's claim he was held captive at a fraternity house after getting into a fight in an Athens bar.

About 60 S.C. National Guard soldiers have left for Afghanistan to help local farmers grow bigger crops and raise healthier livestock.

A Clemson University political scientist is being accused of selling out his academic credentials to the highest bidder - according to a blog that itself shills for a variety of Palmetto State politicians.

Besides the notable exceptions -- a couple of funeral directors, a football coach, a pair of farmers -- the ranks of the South Carolina Legislature are filled with attorneys, businessmen and retirees, a makeup influenced by the state's 6-month-long session and low legislative pay.

While political supporters of Sen. Lindsey Graham continue to be widespread, the criticism he's facing now may only get worse down the line, especially in 2014 when he's up for re-election. David Woodard, a political scientist at Clemson University, said times now are different, and voters aren't crazy about moderates.

Clemson University expects to hear this month whether it will get $45 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a wind turbine drivetrain testing center at its Restoration Institute in North Charleston.

A South Carolina man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old while working on Clemson University's campus this summer.