NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, recently launched Campus Perspectives with content from academic institutions. The College of Charleston has videos on STEM & Innovation, Medical & Health Sciences, and Environmental Sciences & Sustainability.
The Department of Computer Science is seeing incredible growth, with data science and computer in the arts (CITA) leading the way. Recent graduates from the College have received as much as $150,000/year as a starting salary.
Alix Generous has had a big year, and it is getting bigger. She has presented a plan to the United Nations, researched neuropathic pain at MUSC, and researched epilepsy at Tufts Medical School. Her long-range plan is to pursue a dual M.D./Ph.D. in neuropsychopharmacology.
Lott is a New York Times best-selling author. “Letters and Life: On Being a Writer, On Being a Christian” is his fourteenth book.
Master of Environmental Studies candidate Matthew Rittinghouse is working with NOAA and Schmidt Ocean to create the first high-resolution map of deep reefs near the island of Roatan in Honduras. This is also a step in strengthening the relationship between these organizations and the School of Sciences and Mathematics.
“I would say it’s probably a little bit of both,” said Erik Sotka, associate professor of biology at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. After being alerted to the infestation in Rhode Island, he said, “It looks like the beasts we’ve been playing with for a while. We’ve been comparing populations of that animal
Mitchell Colgan, chairman of the College of Charleston's Geology and Environmental Geosciences Department, said if waters off South Carolina held promising oil or gas reserves, there already would be rigs out there. “All of the mineral management studies of this area off the coast of South Carolina have shown that there are no oil reservoirs,”
Frank Hefner, director of the office of economic analysis at the College of Charleston, said one of the problems in identifying private-sector growth is that sometimes companies are dependent on the government for their work. “We have a lot of that in South Carolina,” he said. He cited a Charleston firm that contracts with federal
College of Charleston professor Dr. Mitchell Cogan then stepped forward to present the science behind the rising tides. There are three main reasons for sea level rise: the subsiding of land, thermal expansion (warming oceanic temperatures), and addition of water to the basin. The third can cause the greatest impact, and is applicable to the
Georgia’s plan simply follows a growing trend among port operators across the country, said Kent Gourdin, director of global logistics and transportation programs at the College of Charleston. “It’s becoming very popular,” Gourdin said. “Other ports have done the same thing like Los Angeles and others. It’s a way to make your port more marketable.
