College of Charleston “In The News” is a weekly roundup of news articles featuring College faculty, staff, students or alumni. Recent media coverage of the College includes:
Fixing the global childhood obesity epidemic begins with making healthy choices the easier choices – and that requires new laws and policies
Public health professor Kathleen Trejo Tello writes an article for The Conversation about childhood obesity.
This year’s debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military
Political science professor Gibbs Knotts writes an article for The Conversation about politics and the military budget.
New slavery curriculum in Florida is latest in century of ‘undermining history’
Bernard Powers, director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston at the College of Charleston, talks to USA Today about Florida’s new curriculum on teaching about slavery.
Activists Have Long Called for Charleston to Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It.
ProPublica reports that Lauren Davila ’21 (M.A. ’23) is using archival research to find lost stories concerning the slave-trading district in Charleston.
CAA to change name to Coastal Athletic Association, keep same logo
College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu is quoted by Yahoo! News in a story about the new Coastal Athletic Conference.
In SC, pro-DeSantis super PAC hits national milestone: 1 million doors — and counting
Political science professor Gibbs Knotts talks to The Post and Courier about presidential campaigning.
Panama-bound
The Post and Courier reports that hospitality professor Daniel Guttentag has received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Panama.
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Announces La Vaughn Belle: When the Land Meets the Body
Charleston Regional Business Journal reports on a new exhibit at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.
College of Charleston students save sea turtles in Greece
WCSC-TV reports that some College of Charleston students spent a portion of their summer break helping sea turtles in Europe.
