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Wilbur O. “Billy” Powers HA ’04, businessman, philanthropist and devoted Clemson Tiger, dies at 90

Remembered for his faith, love of family and quiet generosity, Billy Powers helped create opportunities for generations of Clemson students and countless others.

byClemson News

Clemson 4-H agents Jessica Simpson and Lucy Charping each receive a $250 gift from Jenny and Austin Landreth in memory of David Landreth.

Landreth Memorial Award honors cattleman’s legacy, supports youth in agriculture

November 6, 2026

Meet the Team: Cassandra Cacace

November 5, 2026

AI leaders in management and consulting.

Clemson Business welcomed top AI and consulting industry leaders for Power of Leadership Speaker Series

November 5, 2026

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Wechter named interim director of Clemson’s Sandhill Research and Education Center

November 5, 2026

Architecture’s David Pastre wins a 2026 Akers Prize from SC Humanities

November 4, 2026

Livestock has been shown at the South Carolina State Fair for more than 150 years.

State Fair livestock shows teach lessons for life

November 2, 2026

Students walk on Clemson's campus on a fall day

Tigers Together Suicide Prevention Advocacy Training open session on Nov. 9

October 30, 2026

Cooper Library and the reflection pond on Clemson's campus

Clemson earns highly established action plan seal from ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

October 30, 2026

Brady Young, left, speaks with a group of people

Brady Young assumes role of undergraduate student body president

November 4, 2026

Tigers Together Suicide Prevention Advocacy Training open session on Nov. 9

October 30, 2026

Clemson earns highly established action plan seal from ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

October 30, 2026

Students and staff walking across campus.

Midterm elections are coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 3

October 23, 2026

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Clemson students take consulting into the real world with new Signature Program

October 19, 2026

New safeguards could help protect young people from unsafe content generated by artificial intelligence

byPaul Alongi

From drive-thru to driveway: Clemson chemist turns fast-food trash into cement

byZoe Witt

From the Colleges

The data of Death Valley: Alex Bina helps prepare the Clemson Tigers football team for game day

byPaul Alongi

October 19, 2026

Fifth annual CAFLS Graduate Research Symposium showcases student research with real-world impact

October 18, 2026

GE Vernova and Clemson University work together to strengthen engineering and computing pipeline

byPaul Alongi

October 8, 2026

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Geneticist awarded Fulbright grant for collaboration with Czech scientists on parasitic diseases

How chicken embryos are helping us fight pediatric brain tumors

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Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

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Clemson doctoral student brings education outside for science classes

byMichael Staton

Clemson rocket team goes ‘all in’ with Pocket Tens

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Wilbur O. “Billy” Powers HA ’04, businessman, philanthropist and devoted Clemson Tiger, dies at 90

November 3, 2026

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Clemson Trustees hold Fall Quarterly Meetings

October 16, 2026

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Clemson posts strong FY26 financial results; continues investment in its mission

October 15, 2026

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Clemson ranked South Carolina’s top university by Forbes and US News, earns green light for free speech

September 22, 2026

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Clemson Army ROTC earns top national honors at Cadet Summer Training

August 28, 2026

MSSBA students stand in a group in front of a green wall. They are holding a tiger rag in the middle of the photo.

From the NCAA to the World Cup, Clemson’s inaugural Sports Business and Analytics cohort turns data into impact

September 17, 2026

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Clemson mechanical engineering grad steps off the graduation stage into U.S. Marine Corps

August 10, 2026

Researcher’s passion for predators helps bobcats rebound on Kiawah Island

August 10, 2026

Clemson alum Sophie Ayers crouched down on a concert stage, taking a photo of the band Winyah while they perform.

The road less traveled: classroom to tour bus

August 6, 2026

Experiences Simardeep Singh learned while earning his degrees motivated him to pursue advanced research to develop practical solutions that improve farming systems.

Family farm inspires sustainable agriculture research

August 5, 2026

A large group of penguins is walking on ice.

Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change

September 3, 2026

A female hand is removing a bunch of lettuce-like greens from a grocery store produce shelf.

How does Salmonella contaminate everything under the sun? A food safety specialist explains how you can stop its spread

August 31, 2026

The milky way galaxy shows a strip of clustered stars against the night sky.

Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter – astronomers are looking for these ‘fingerprints’ of the elusive substance

June 8, 2026

Kapil Chalil Madathil (left) and John Ballato talk about a lathe used to make optical fiber.

60 years of fiber optics: How a carrier of light you can’t see underlies much of the modern world

March 24, 2026

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