McCausland College of Arts & Sciences
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Your hub for news, events, & inspiring stories for the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, the University of South Carolina's largest, most academically diverse college.
We are thankful for the curiosity that drives our students and the dedication of our faculty to teaching them how to use it. ✨
For the unfailing support of our staff and community partners.
And for the Gamecock 🤙 spirit that brings us all together. 🍂💛
For the unfailing support of our staff and community partners.
And for the Gamecock 🤙 spirit that brings us all together. 🍂💛
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We are thankful for the curiosity that drives our students and the dedication of our faculty to teaching them how to use it. ✨
For the unfailing support of our staff and community partners.
And for the Gamecock 🤙 spirit that brings us all together. 🍂💛
For the unfailing support of our staff and community partners.
And for the Gamecock 🤙 spirit that brings us all together. 🍂💛
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🪸 Tiny but mighty: Microscopic ocean fungi play a massive role in keeping marine ecosystems healthy.
USC's Nick Peng studies how these unseen recyclers power the ocean’s carbon and nitrogen cycles, supporting life both in the ocean and out.
Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SqbSC
USC's Nick Peng studies how these unseen recyclers power the ocean’s carbon and nitrogen cycles, supporting life both in the ocean and out.
Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SqbSC
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🪸 Tiny but mighty: Microscopic ocean fungi play a massive role in keeping marine ecosystems healthy.
USC's Nick Peng studies how these unseen recyclers power the ocean’s carbon and nitrogen cycles, supporting life both in the ocean and out.
Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SqbSC
USC's Nick Peng studies how these unseen recyclers power the ocean’s carbon and nitrogen cycles, supporting life both in the ocean and out.
Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SqbSC
Join us on Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. to hear Yuval Levin present his lecture, “Can the Constitution Unify Americans?”, in the Karen J. Williams Courtroom at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
Levin is an Israeli-American political analyst, academic and journalist.
Reserve your seat https://bit.ly/4p0svfP
Levin is an Israeli-American political analyst, academic and journalist.
Reserve your seat https://bit.ly/4p0svfP
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us on Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. to hear Yuval Levin present his lecture, “Can the Constitution Unify Americans?”, in the Karen J. Williams Courtroom at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
Levin is an Israeli-American political analyst, academic and journalist.
Reserve your seat https://bit.ly/4p0svfP
Levin is an Israeli-American political analyst, academic and journalist.
Reserve your seat https://bit.ly/4p0svfP
Art, design and performance – all in one unforgettable trip.
Set design students from USC recently enjoyed a whirlwind 36-hour trip, led by Professor Erik Flatmo, to NYC to see their professor's set design in motion, meet choreographer Trajal Harrell and find inspiration at the MoMA.
Set design students from USC recently enjoyed a whirlwind 36-hour trip, led by Professor Erik Flatmo, to NYC to see their professor's set design in motion, meet choreographer Trajal Harrell and find inspiration at the MoMA.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Art, design and performance – all in one unforgettable trip.
Set design students from USC recently enjoyed a whirlwind 36-hour trip, led by Professor Erik Flatmo, to NYC to see their professor's set design in motion, meet choreographer Trajal Harrell and find inspiration at the MoMA.
Set design students from USC recently enjoyed a whirlwind 36-hour trip, led by Professor Erik Flatmo, to NYC to see their professor's set design in motion, meet choreographer Trajal Harrell and find inspiration at the MoMA.
We’re looking for our next dean.
If you know a visionary, collaborative, and student-centered leader — or if that describes you — please learn more about the opportunity and the process for nominations and applications. ⤵️
www.sc.edu/about/office...
If you know a visionary, collaborative, and student-centered leader — or if that describes you — please learn more about the opportunity and the process for nominations and applications. ⤵️
www.sc.edu/about/office...
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We’re looking for our next dean.
If you know a visionary, collaborative, and student-centered leader — or if that describes you — please learn more about the opportunity and the process for nominations and applications. ⤵️
www.sc.edu/about/office...
If you know a visionary, collaborative, and student-centered leader — or if that describes you — please learn more about the opportunity and the process for nominations and applications. ⤵️
www.sc.edu/about/office...
Kicking off the 2025 McCausland ConnectED Symposium – a day focused on organizational culture, well-being and success.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kicking off the 2025 McCausland ConnectED Symposium – a day focused on organizational culture, well-being and success.
This summer, McCausland Fellow Rebecca Janzen began her Humboldt Fellowship at the German Mining Museum Bochum 🇩🇪 exploring how faith shapes mining life across the Americas and Europe.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This summer, McCausland Fellow Rebecca Janzen began her Humboldt Fellowship at the German Mining Museum Bochum 🇩🇪 exploring how faith shapes mining life across the Americas and Europe.
Millions of Americans — including many right here in South Carolina — are exercising their democratic right to vote today.
USC's @samuel-bagg.bsky.social explores how democracy empowers people in "Dispersion of Power," runner-up for the @ecpr.bsky.social Political Theory Prize.
📖 bit.ly/3JK1caD
USC's @samuel-bagg.bsky.social explores how democracy empowers people in "Dispersion of Power," runner-up for the @ecpr.bsky.social Political Theory Prize.
📖 bit.ly/3JK1caD
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Millions of Americans — including many right here in South Carolina — are exercising their democratic right to vote today.
USC's @samuel-bagg.bsky.social explores how democracy empowers people in "Dispersion of Power," runner-up for the @ecpr.bsky.social Political Theory Prize.
📖 bit.ly/3JK1caD
USC's @samuel-bagg.bsky.social explores how democracy empowers people in "Dispersion of Power," runner-up for the @ecpr.bsky.social Political Theory Prize.
📖 bit.ly/3JK1caD
Watch as the McCauslands celebrate what it means to be a Gamecock. #MeantToBe #ForSC
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Watch as the McCauslands celebrate what it means to be a Gamecock. #MeantToBe #ForSC
Now a political science professor at USC, Karra McCray Gibson grew up in Dunbar, SC, a small town with big dreams. 📚
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Now a political science professor at USC, Karra McCray Gibson grew up in Dunbar, SC, a small town with big dreams. 📚
This #SpookySeason, let USC faculty possess your playlist.
💀 Possessed – Andrew Berns, Matt Kisner and Mary Nickel
🧙♀️ History Harpies – Lauren Sklaroff and Christine Ames
🏛️ Historically Complex – Lydia Brandt
📜 Our Story Matters – Bobby Donaldson
🌾 Take on the South – Mark Smith and Emily Allen
💀 Possessed – Andrew Berns, Matt Kisner and Mary Nickel
🧙♀️ History Harpies – Lauren Sklaroff and Christine Ames
🏛️ Historically Complex – Lydia Brandt
📜 Our Story Matters – Bobby Donaldson
🌾 Take on the South – Mark Smith and Emily Allen
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This #SpookySeason, let USC faculty possess your playlist.
💀 Possessed – Andrew Berns, Matt Kisner and Mary Nickel
🧙♀️ History Harpies – Lauren Sklaroff and Christine Ames
🏛️ Historically Complex – Lydia Brandt
📜 Our Story Matters – Bobby Donaldson
🌾 Take on the South – Mark Smith and Emily Allen
💀 Possessed – Andrew Berns, Matt Kisner and Mary Nickel
🧙♀️ History Harpies – Lauren Sklaroff and Christine Ames
🏛️ Historically Complex – Lydia Brandt
📜 Our Story Matters – Bobby Donaldson
🌾 Take on the South – Mark Smith and Emily Allen
Brandi Byers, a McCausland College advisor and math instructor pursuing her Ph.D. in educational psychology, earned a $10K USC grant to study how high-achieving STEM students cope with perfectionism and fear of failure. “I hope this research helps colleges better support honors STEM students.”
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Brandi Byers, a McCausland College advisor and math instructor pursuing her Ph.D. in educational psychology, earned a $10K USC grant to study how high-achieving STEM students cope with perfectionism and fear of failure. “I hope this research helps colleges better support honors STEM students.”
USC biologist and McCausland Fellow, Alissa Armstrong, has earned an NSF CAREER Award. Her lab studies how fat tissue and ovaries “talk” to control fertility, linking diet, reproduction and outreach in SC.
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
USC biologist and McCausland Fellow, Alissa Armstrong, has earned an NSF CAREER Award. Her lab studies how fat tissue and ovaries “talk” to control fertility, linking diet, reproduction and outreach in SC.
USC researchers, like psychologist Jessica Bradshaw, are studying links between premature birth and autism.
Their early detection work, recently featured on SC Public Radio, is helping families today and shaping care tomorrow. #McCauslandFellows
Tune in 🎙️ : https://bit.ly/46tmguR
Their early detection work, recently featured on SC Public Radio, is helping families today and shaping care tomorrow. #McCauslandFellows
Tune in 🎙️ : https://bit.ly/46tmguR
September 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
USC researchers, like psychologist Jessica Bradshaw, are studying links between premature birth and autism.
Their early detection work, recently featured on SC Public Radio, is helping families today and shaping care tomorrow. #McCauslandFellows
Tune in 🎙️ : https://bit.ly/46tmguR
Their early detection work, recently featured on SC Public Radio, is helping families today and shaping care tomorrow. #McCauslandFellows
Tune in 🎙️ : https://bit.ly/46tmguR
USC's Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program will host a book talk with Cecilia Márquez, author of "Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation."
📌 TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
4:30-6:00 PM
GAMBRELL 429
📌 TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
4:30-6:00 PM
GAMBRELL 429
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
USC's Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program will host a book talk with Cecilia Márquez, author of "Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation."
📌 TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
4:30-6:00 PM
GAMBRELL 429
📌 TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
4:30-6:00 PM
GAMBRELL 429
It's not just a field trip, it's a passion project.
Behind our geology students' epic field camp adventures are dedicated faculty and staff who make it happen. Geology Field Camp Director David Barbeau and his team help turn the American West into a classroom.
Read more: https://bit.ly/41TKXOf
Behind our geology students' epic field camp adventures are dedicated faculty and staff who make it happen. Geology Field Camp Director David Barbeau and his team help turn the American West into a classroom.
Read more: https://bit.ly/41TKXOf
September 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's not just a field trip, it's a passion project.
Behind our geology students' epic field camp adventures are dedicated faculty and staff who make it happen. Geology Field Camp Director David Barbeau and his team help turn the American West into a classroom.
Read more: https://bit.ly/41TKXOf
Behind our geology students' epic field camp adventures are dedicated faculty and staff who make it happen. Geology Field Camp Director David Barbeau and his team help turn the American West into a classroom.
Read more: https://bit.ly/41TKXOf
Over the summer, Annie Bourbonnais led a six-week expedition in the Bay of Bengal, studying nitrous oxide dynamics in one of the world's largest oxygen-deficient zones. Her work, along with student research in the Gulf of Mexico, is deepening our understanding of climate change. #McCauslandFellows
September 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Over the summer, Annie Bourbonnais led a six-week expedition in the Bay of Bengal, studying nitrous oxide dynamics in one of the world's largest oxygen-deficient zones. Her work, along with student research in the Gulf of Mexico, is deepening our understanding of climate change. #McCauslandFellows
How can we ensure justice for all, even in jail?
Criminology Ph.D. candidate Christina Plakas is working to close a constitutional gap, advocating for "meaningful access to the courts" for thousands of incarcerated individuals.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4m7nVuw
Criminology Ph.D. candidate Christina Plakas is working to close a constitutional gap, advocating for "meaningful access to the courts" for thousands of incarcerated individuals.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4m7nVuw
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How can we ensure justice for all, even in jail?
Criminology Ph.D. candidate Christina Plakas is working to close a constitutional gap, advocating for "meaningful access to the courts" for thousands of incarcerated individuals.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4m7nVuw
Criminology Ph.D. candidate Christina Plakas is working to close a constitutional gap, advocating for "meaningful access to the courts" for thousands of incarcerated individuals.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4m7nVuw
How do our identities fuel misinformation? 🤔
USC sociology graduate Matthew Facciani breaks it down in "Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It."
🔗: https://bit.ly/4njXd2O
USC sociology graduate Matthew Facciani breaks it down in "Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It."
🔗: https://bit.ly/4njXd2O
September 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How do our identities fuel misinformation? 🤔
USC sociology graduate Matthew Facciani breaks it down in "Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It."
🔗: https://bit.ly/4njXd2O
USC sociology graduate Matthew Facciani breaks it down in "Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It."
🔗: https://bit.ly/4njXd2O
History professor Joseph November joined SC Public Radio's "Who What When" gameshow to teach listeners about technology developments during World War II.
Give it a listen to test your knowledge bit.ly/460kOzO
#McCauslandFellows
Give it a listen to test your knowledge bit.ly/460kOzO
#McCauslandFellows
September 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
History professor Joseph November joined SC Public Radio's "Who What When" gameshow to teach listeners about technology developments during World War II.
Give it a listen to test your knowledge bit.ly/460kOzO
#McCauslandFellows
Give it a listen to test your knowledge bit.ly/460kOzO
#McCauslandFellows
Studio art professor Meena Khalili shared her paper and workshop “Play the Algorithm” at a conference in Charlotte this summer, presenting insights from her AI and Design course supported by a McCausland Innovation Grant.
#McCauslandFellows
#McCauslandFellows
September 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Studio art professor Meena Khalili shared her paper and workshop “Play the Algorithm” at a conference in Charlotte this summer, presenting insights from her AI and Design course supported by a McCausland Innovation Grant.
#McCauslandFellows
#McCauslandFellows
We're thrilled to announce that Ian T. Adams, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been named the 2025 Early Career Experimental Criminologist Award recipient by the American Society of Criminology. #McCauslandFellows
September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We're thrilled to announce that Ian T. Adams, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been named the 2025 Early Career Experimental Criminologist Award recipient by the American Society of Criminology. #McCauslandFellows
Applications are open for the Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience. The incoming chair will bring a research program focused in or closely complementing university strengths in areas of neurodegenerative disorders, stroke, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
↪️ bit.ly/40Qv0b0
↪️ bit.ly/40Qv0b0
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Applications are open for the Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience. The incoming chair will bring a research program focused in or closely complementing university strengths in areas of neurodegenerative disorders, stroke, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
↪️ bit.ly/40Qv0b0
↪️ bit.ly/40Qv0b0
Kendall Deas, professor in the Department of African American Studies, writes for The Conversation about the history of school voucher programs.
www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...
www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...
June 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Kendall Deas, professor in the Department of African American Studies, writes for The Conversation about the history of school voucher programs.
www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...
www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...