SUMMER 2023
Letter From President Andrew T. Hsu: Guiding Lights
Mentors like Tom Martin – the College’s first executive-in-residence – provide a real X factor for the student experience at CofC.
Five Questions for Ann Pryor ’83, Vice President of Alumni Affairs
What makes the College special? To Ann Pryor '83, it's a combination of things, from fantastic faculty to its namesake locale.
News From Around the Cistern
Goings on around campus.
Biology Professor Is One of a Kind
Meet the world’s – or at least the College’s – only tattooed, skateboarding molecular biologist, Frenchman Renaud Geslain.
Learning How to Be In the Moment
A professor of psychology and an authority on stress, coping and well-being shares her thoughts on how to be more mindful.
Literary Pursuits of Faculty
CofC faculty are experts in their fields, as this roundup of their new books attests.
International Studies Professor’s Favorite Reads
Here is Blake C. Scott's top 10 list of his favorite books.
Engineering Professor Has a Creative Touch
A performer at heart, engineering professor Qian Zhang finds joy in supporting student research to solve real-world problems.
Student is Classically Trained
Why get an A.B. in Classics – the College’s oldest degree? Lauren Curry ’23 has the answer.
Student Is Busy As a Bee
As if being a double major in the Honors College weren’t enough, William Helfgott also runs his own honey business.
CofC Golfer Is on a Roll
The first Black golfer to capture the CAA individual championship, South African Kieron van Wyk is driven to succeed.
Granddaughter of Alumna Pioneer Carries on the Legacy
Following the trail her grandmother blazed at the College, Qynn Woodberry-Gadson is the ultimate legacy scholar.