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USC gets record $121M research funding
by Adria Bradshaw
The Gamecock
The university has acquired a record
breaking $121.8 million in funding for
continued research, according to an Aug.
16 announcement made by USC Presi
dent John Palms.
The figure is the largest acquisition
reported by a South Carolina university.
USC spokesman Jason Snydefl said
more than 1,600 grant proposals were
written during the past year.
"Of course, not all were accepted, but
the ones that were generated over
$121 million," Snyder said.
Palms looks for the research depart
ments at USC to continue to expand and
develop under the direction of William
Harris, the university’s newly appoint
ed vice president for research.
Harris, who began work Aug. 14, is
anxious to develop USC’s research de
partment into one of the finest in the na
tion.
Harris recognized programs such as
Harvard, Columbia and the University
of California at Berkeley as some of
the most dignified across the country.
“You’ve heard of them primarily
because they are excellent undergradu
ate colleges,” he said “Strong research
programs add value to undeigraduate pro
grams."
The $121 million to research fund
ing was a 58 percent increase over the
past four years. The total is a 25 percent
increase over Jast year.
The College of Engineering and In
formation is laigely responsible for the
increased funding provided for research.
The college’s research activity totaled
nearly $30 million last year, up from $ 17
million the previous year.
The College of Science and Mathe
matics also increased its funding by $4.3
million. The USC School of Public Health
had an increase of $3.3 million.
Presidents Palms is excited about
the future of continued research at the
university.
“Our researchers are bringing tech
nology jobs to the state, fighting cancer
and HTV, helping to protect our coast and
preserving our Southern heritage,” Palms
said. “Since 1996, the university has set
its sights on increasing the amount of re
search we perform because it serves as
a barometer of a university’s reputation,
reflecting the value of a university’s work
to its students, its state and its nation.”
The efforts Palms spoke about include
more than $6 million to advance and im
prove computer design, computer chips
and electronics; $700,000 for cancer re
search and developing new treatments;
more than $1.3 million to protect South
Carolina’s coast and wetlands; $700,000
for HIV research and prevention; $2.3
million to help South Carolina’s at-risk
population; and $175,000 to understand
and preserve Southern heritage.
The $121.8 million dollars comes
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from a variety of sources, including fed
eral agencies, state and local government
agencies, corporate sources and founda
tions.
According to Palms, the coming year
at USC will be an exciting experience.
The university continues its efforts to
ward becoming one of the top programs
in the nation.
“Today, we have a better chance to
become one of America’s finest public
universities than at any other time in our
200 year history,” Palms said.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmail. com.
Food Lion in Five Points
shuts down indefinitely .
by John Bailey
The Gamecock
Returning students who were sur
prised or disappointed to see the Food Li
on near Five Points closed just need to
be patient.
A spokesman for Food Lion said store
No. 82, which closed June 24, is sched
uled to be tom down, rebuilt and enlarged.
“The intent is to replace the store,”
said John Beig, Food Lion Supervisor for
Lexington County. “The store will be re
modeled and enlarged.”
Food Lion, on Harden Street, was the
closest grocery store to campus. Its tem
porary closing will force many to shop
elsewhere for groceries until it reopens.
Food Lion was one of few full-ser
vice grocers within walking distance of
use.
Other large grocery stores are all more
than a mile away, an inconvenience for
many who have become accustomed to
having a store so close to campus.
Food Lion spokeswoman Wendy
Melton said the store was one of the small
est stores in Food Lion’s chain.
“The store was only 26,000 square
feet when it was closed,” she said. “Most
of our new stores are between 33 and
38,000 square feet. This particular store
will be remodeled and expanded to 38,000
square feet.”
Melton said the older Food Lion didn’t
adequately represent the image and ser
vices that Food Lion offers to its cus
tomers.
The remodeling will make a better
store and provide a better shopping ex
perience and atmosphere for shoppers,
she said.
There are not yet projected dates for
completion of construction or reopening
for store No. 82. Food Lion won’t set a
reopening date until they are further along
in construction, Melton said. W
Remodeling is still in the planning
stages as well. But Melton said customers
at the new store can expect to see a deli
and bakery, features that the old store
didn’t offer.
There will also likely be an expand
ed health and beauty supplies section of
the store, she said.
The city/state desk can be reached at
gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com.
; Where to get groceries?
When it was open, Food Lion on Harden Street was the closest
supermarket to campus. Some other nearby supermarkets:
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