Grant Allows CofC Students, Professor to Launch Project With Groundbreaking Potential
Adam Ali has been awarded a $300,000 NSF grant to study how harmful algal blooms affect fisheries, tourism and human health.
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10, 2023
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10, 2023
Geology Major Helps Plan NASA Mission to Dwarf Planet
Through an internship with NASA, Tyler Glymph spent his summer break planning a mission to Ceres.
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09, 2023
Archaeology Alumna Digs Into the Historically Overlooked
At the College of Charleston, Molly Van Ostran '17 realized she could make a career out of archaeology – and she's been digging into the ever-evolving field ever since.
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08, 2023
CofC Receives NSF Grant to Study Mass Extinction
Thanks to a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Frontier in Research in Earth Sciences program, CofC students will study how terrestrial ecosystems rebuilt following mass extinction.
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07, 2023
Summer Research Grants Keep Learning Cool
From the testing of flood water contaminants in Charleston to the study of witchcraft and medicine to the use of mathematical models to target brain cancer, students at the College are getting a variety of hands-on experiences through Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty (SURF) grants.
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04, 2023
BEAMS Symposium Gives Students an Ocean of Possibilities
Students and alumni of the College’s BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey (BEAMS) Program came together on April 21 and 22 for the 2023 BEAMS Program Symposium, which showcases student research and provides networking opportunities with prospective employers.
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04, 2023
College of Charleston Researcher Uses New Fossils to Learn More About the Evolution of Baleen Whales
College of Charleston research associate Robert Boessenecker has published new research that offers a rare window into the early growth and development of whales that lived about 30 million years ago.
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01, 2023
Endowed Fund Will Have Lasting Echo
In memory of their son, Matt Christie ’13, and in honor of his mentor, Leslie Sautter, Dan and Claire Christie created a seafloor mapping support fund.
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12, 2022
CofC Podcast: Geology Professor Talks About His Sea Monster Discovery and Other Paleontological Treasures
On this episode of 'Speaking of ... College of Charleston,' Scott Persons, assistant professor of geology and curator of the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, talks about discovering a previously unknown type of prehistoric marine reptile and his many other expeditions hunting fossils.
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12, 2022
Researchers Pinpoint Major Environmental Changes Preceding Prehistoric Ocean Extinction
Teddy Them, assistant professor of geology, is among a group of researchers to discover a correlation between a trace metal and a mass extinction in the word's oceans 183 million years ago.