Topic: Impact and Innovation

Clemson University fulfills its land-grant mission to be “a high seminary of learning” to develop “the main material resources of the State” for the people of South Carolina by attracting world-class researchers, building state-of-the-art facilities and providing scholarships for in-state students. United in the pursuit of this vision, Clemson and its strategic partners collaborate to move South Carolina’s people and industries forward.

Latest Stories in Impact and Innovation

Industry investment: Support continues growing for Clemson’s nationally recognized diversity and inclusion programming

GE Invests $5 Million in the Next Generation of Greenville Engineers

Upgrading to Industry 4.0

Wendy York

New program gives business students global leadership perspective

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute team members ride elephants.

Clemson elephant research offers new perspective on wildlife conservation

Computing researchers teach robots manners

Yin Yang helps bring computer graphics to life

Boeing, Clemson partner to expand opportunities for young men of color

Fish in the ocean near coral reef

Improving ocean health

Architecture and Design: Charleston programs are making a lasting impression on South Carolina

Exterior shot of Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business at dusk

Opening the Doors of Opportunity

New evidence of extinct river could provide clues about modern-day climate

Light bulb

Clemson researchers’ breakthrough in solar cell materials featured in Nature Communications

A prescribed fire burns near research tower.

Clemson using coastal research tower to study carbon and water cycling in pine forests

Sachin Rustgi, a molecular biologist at Clemson's Pee Dee REC studies in his lab.

Clemson researcher seeks to make peanuts and wheat easier to digest

Clemson assistant professor Sruthi Narayanan and graduate student Zolian Zoong Lwe study how heat stress affects peanuts as they work to develop heat-tolerant peanut varieties.

Clemson researchers discover biomarkers needed to help peanuts beat the heat

Image of an operating room, an ignition button with "Autonomous Drive" and a farm field highlighting the various areas of written content in the story.

Trending 2021: Innovation, Accelerated

Image of military vehicles driving on dirt roads.

A partnership for the future: Clemson, U.S. Army to develop next generation of autonomous vehicle tools, prototyping

Dil Thavarajah and Nathan Johnson

Clemson researcher says prebiotic carbohydrates key to lentil plant breeding efforts

Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

Spiny lobster

Clemson researcher discovers parasitic worm that might be impacting spiny lobster populations, the environment and a lucrative fishery

Rongzhong Ye

Clemson researcher studies organic agriculture soil challenges

Researchers work in the new COVID-19 Clinical Diagnostics Lab. They are (from left): Delphine Dean, the Ron and Jane Lindsay Professor of Bioengineering, master's bioengineering student Erica Justice; and Mark Blenner, the McQueen Quattlebaum Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering.

Clemson University researchers create cutting-edge solutions to COVID-19

Clemson University, EY US to develop ‘edge-case’ autonomous racecar concept to advance self-driving technology

Education researchers to partner with rural schools to make computer science accessible, fun for middle schoolers

his map shows how various precipitation regions — also called regimes— are distributed throughout the world, according to new research involving Clemson University’s Ashok Mishra. Areas in dark orange are most vulnerable to extremes in wet and dry seasons, a trend expected to become more intense as the climate changes, researchers found. You can learn more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16757-w

Climate change will cause more extreme wet and dry seasons, researchers find

Clemson researchers create connections across counties, organizations to aid food insecure families, reduce obesity in the Pee Dee

Ardalan Vahidi and his team have wrapped up three years of research into how autonomous, wirelessly connected vehicles can save energy.

‘Ghost’ vehicle research shows energy savings in self-driving cars

Engineering student at work on a factory floor

Clemson’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing: growing technology and the talent behind it for S.C.’s economy

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Clemson University team up to close the education gap in manufacturing light-based technologies