Clemson University drives $6.4 billion economic impact in South Carolina, supporting jobs and growth
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Clemson University launches historic capital campaign to raise $1.889 billion
With a goal of $1.889 billion, the Fiercely Forward capital campaign positions Clemson to remain steadfast in its commitment to student success, innovation and academic excellence.
Clemson University hosts second-annual Clemson Music Fest, April 11-12, 2025
The two-day festival looks to build on the energy and excitement of last year’s inaugural event — quickly becoming one of the premier music festivals in the region.
Clemson University and industrial partners team up to keep the electrical grid in SHAPE
Ramtin Hadidi, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is leading a team that aims to create a new grid device called the Smart Hybrid transformer for Abnormal Power Events.
Two EPIC research groups target ways to fight brain-eating amoebas
One research group at Clemson University has identified a compound that inhibits a key enzyme that brain-eating amoebas need to live. Now, the challenge is finding an effective way to get it into the brain.
The Source: From land-grant education to exponential opportunity, remembering the man who earned Clemson’s first graduate degree
In the early 1920s, Patrick Henry Hobson was a young man seeking opportunity beyond the fields of his family’s Sandy Spring farmland. One hundred years after he graduated with Clemson’s first master’s degree, the land-grant education of Pat Hobson has grown into exponential opportunity.
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Adam Gatch named Clemson’s third Churchill Scholar in three years
Adam Gatch is Clemson University’s third Churchill Scholar. Clemson is the only university awarded Churchill Scholars in each of the last three consecutive years.
Human-dog bond began around 12,000 years ago in the Americas — earlier than previously thought
New research involving Kelsey Witt Dillon, an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry and the Center for Human Genetics, now suggests indigenous people in interior Alaska had formed relationships with the ancestors of today’s dogs near the end of the Ice Age.
Clemson continues to rank among best colleges nationally in recent Niche, The Princeton Review rankings
Clemson has again been named a top institution nationally in rankings announced by Niche and The Princeton Review. Niche provided Clemson with an overall A rating and named it the No. 1 college in South Carolina. The Princeton Review included Clemson in its Best Value, Best 390 Colleges and Best Colleges of the South lists.
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Investing in the Future: Gifts and Grants
Nieri Family donates $12.5 million to name state-of-the art Alumni and Visitors Center
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Wilkerson family pledge creates endowment for premier lecture series
Clemson Board of Trustees Chair Kim Wilkerson ’80 and her husband, Avery Wilkerson pledged $1 million to the University as the lead donation to establish The Presidential Leadership Lecture Series at Clemson University.
Clemson University Trustee David E. Dukes ’81 pledges distinguished professorship to the John E. Walker Department of Economics
$500,000 will endow the David E. Dukes ’81 Family Distinguished Professorship in Economics and provide annual faculty support for the Department to begin using immediately.
Snow Family donates $25 million transformational gift to support the study of capitalism
Dave and Lynette Snow have positioned the newly named Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism to become the model program in America focused on the moral principles of capitalism.
Hunter family gives challenge gift to support library student assistants
Clemson alumni Jody and Kathy Hunter are challenging the Clemson family to make donations to support hiring student assistants to work for the Libraries. The Hunters have pledged to give up to $50,000 to match donations to Clemson Libraries student assistants fund. This means that people giving to the fund can double their impact up to a possible $100,000.
Clemson alums give matching challenge gift to support Honors student scholarships
Jim Warner ’95 and Shannon Conner Warner ’95 have made an exciting pledge leading up to Give Day.
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