University of South Carolina News

S.C. drivers will score the cheapest gas prices in the nation this Memorial Day weekend.

The University of South Carolina alumni association unveiled the design for its new $26.4 million alumni center in the Vista this week.

Shown at South Effingham High School's graduation practice are, left to right, valedictorian Jaret King, honorarium Alex Norwood and salutatorian Jared Curtis.

The 13 students of Abundant Life Academy's Class of 2013 graduated Thursday in the school's gymnasium in Hardeeville.

A judge has ordered a 22-year-old former University of South Carolina student to spend seven years in prison and get drug, alcohol and mental health counseling after he admitted burning down a Columbia bar.

A new program being offered at the University of South Carolina is giving families a way to get fit together.

The Horizon Project Foundation has chosen Atlanta-based Gateway Development Services as its master developer for a redevelopment project on the western side of the Charleston peninsula.

Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease.

The institution provides learning and discovery opportunities for health care professionals and biomedical scientists.

Marty Simpson, 2012 Clean Comedian of the Year has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his revolutionary new product, "The Pregnidgerator." It's based on a few jokes from my act.

Over the next two decades, the cost of treating strokes in the United States is expected to more than double, topping more than $180 billion a year, according to new research.

Officers of the law in Horry County have attempted to carry out their duties as usual while coming to grips with the loss of one of their own - Deputy Sheriff Tim Causey.

The Cottage School will host graduation ceremonies for 18 seniors this week. This will be the school's 28 th graduating class since the school's inception in 1985.

The rising prevalence of stroke in an aging population is likely to more than double the cost of stroke care over the next two decades, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association warned.

Cappie Peete of McCrady's and Andrew Marshall of Charleston Grill are among Charleston's small group of Advanced Sommeliers.

A piano gala concert launches the University of South Carolina's 11th annual Southeastern Piano Festival June 9 through 15.

The Medical University of South Carolina is hosting its 14th annual Hurricane Awareness Day on Wednesday, according to The Post and Courier.

Pastor Fred Wolfe talks about his faith, the power of love and a new church for Luke 4:18 Fellowship MOBILE, Alabama -- Pastor Fred H. Wolfe is probably best known as the minister who spent 25 years at Cottage Hill Baptist Church in Mobile, leading it to become one of the area's first mega-churches. Wolfe, 76, is now pastoring a 51 2-year-old ... (more)

Dr. Peter F. Buckley, a psychiatrist and Dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, has received the American Psychiatric Association Special Presidential Commendation in recognition of his exemplary leadership and substantial contributions to psychiatry and U.S. academic medicine.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Public Health Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory ... (more)