28 07, 2014

Professor’s Passion Takes Students Under the Sea

By |2017-04-21T10:26:32-04:00July 28, 2014|Academics, Alumni, Campus Life|Comments Off on Professor’s Passion Takes Students Under the Sea

Project Oceanica, founded in 2001 by College of Charleston associate professor of geology Leslie Sautter, provides opportunities for students to explore our vast underwater world.

3 07, 2014

College of Charleston Awarded NASA Aerospace Research Grant

By |2015-04-06T15:23:18-04:00July 3, 2014|Academics, Campus Life|Comments Off on College of Charleston Awarded NASA Aerospace Research Grant

Cassandra Runyon, an associate professor of geology and director of South Carolina EPSCoR, will oversee the management and administration of a research project that seeks to develop new technologies for use in NASA space missions.

15 05, 2014

Sophomore Lands Spot in Fulbright Summer Institute

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Sarah Legendre, an Honors College student and double major in geology and archaeology, will participate in one of the most prestigious and selective summer scholarship programs operating worldwide.

23 04, 2014

In South Carolina, Leaders Reconsider Drilling Along the Coastline

By |2015-03-25T09:40:53-04:00April 23, 2014|Campus Life|Comments Off on In South Carolina, Leaders Reconsider Drilling Along the Coastline

There are questions, though, about just how much potential South Carolina has for energy development. Mitchell Colgan, chairman of the geology department at the College of Charleston, says there is not much oil off the coast of South Carolina, and that the economics of harvesting Atlantic natural gas are questionable given that the nation is