College of Charleston In The News: Week of Feb. 10, 2020

College of Charleston “In the News” is a weekly round-up of news articles featuring College faculty, staff, students or alumni. Recent media coverage of the College includes:

College of Charleston Acknowledges its Past with the Center for the Study of Slavery

Professor Emeritus of History Bernard Powers, director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, talks to SC Educational Radio about the College’s past.

Associated Press, The Post and Courier, WCSC and WCIV report on CofC students helping to uncover a revolutionary war fort in Marion Square.

The Carolinas could be Joe Biden’s firewall, but cracks have started to emerge

Political scientist Gibbs Knotts is quoted in The Charlotte Observer in a story about the South Carolina primary.

CofC Opera Initiative

Music professors Saundra DeAthos-Meer and Edward Hart talk to The Post and Courier about opera.

With 2020 Democratic race in flux after Iowa, SC takes on even more importance

The Post and Courier talks with political science professor Gibbs Knotts about the recent presidential debate.

Butch Anthony Brings His Found Object Art to Charleston

Garden & Gun has a review of a current exhibit at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.

SC’s $157 million ‘action plan’ criticized for failing to acknowledge climate change, sea-level rise

WCSC-TV interviews biology professor Phil Dustan about the impacts of climate change.

Ron Magnuson of the College of Charleston, Working with Businesses

Charleston CEO interviews School of Business MBA Director Ron Magnuson about providing services to help local businesses hire skilled workers.

Interview about 4th German-American Business Summit, College of Charleston

Sebastian Van Delden, interim dean of the School of Sciences and Mathematics, and German professor Morgan Koerner discuss the German-American Business Summit with WTAT-TV.