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Come with curiosity. Leave with confidence.

Tell a friend to tell a friend they were #MeantToBe a Gamecock. Apply by Dec. 1. sc.edu/apply
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
About one-fifth of our students are considered first-generation, meaning their parents did not complete a bachelor's degree. #CelebrateFirstGen

This week, we’re shining a spotlight on a few incredible #FirstGenGamecocks. ⤵️ sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...
Taking the first steps
Meet a few of USC's first-generation students and learn how they are thiriving in and out of the classroom.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Light it up! 🚨

Capstone is glowing garnet tonight as we celebrate the 140 current, emeritus and USC-affiliated researchers were honored as the world’s top-cited researchers!

Learn more: https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2025/10/usc-top-experts-2025.php
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Welcome home, USC alumni!

Let's go GAMECOCKS!
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You may have left USC, but USC never really left you. ❤️

Welcome home, Gamecocks.
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Every day across the state, USC is a force for good, ensuring every community has access to skilled and compassionate health care. #ForSC

Learn more about why we’re not just the University of South Carolina. We’re the University FOR South Carolina. sc.edu/ForSC
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At USC, you don’t just learn about the world. You discover how to make waves in it.

Your journey is supported by hands-on experiences and a vibrant Gamecock community. You’ll leave with the confidence and tools to shape your future. Come As You Are. Leave As You’re #MeantToBe.
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Meet Emma Jackson, a Gamecock marine scientist alum, who discovered her passion for ocean conservation and sharks through hands-on experiences and mentorship at USC. Watch Emma’s story unfold in our latest commercial airing during the football game tonight. #MeantToBe
October 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ten years ago today, Columbia was reeling in the wake of catastrophic flooding.

Lessons learned are still being reckoned with by USC researchers and former students who were involved in the aftermath. https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2025/10/columbia-flood-tenth-anniversary.php
Flood tide
It happened a decade ago, but lessons learned from the catastrophic flooding of Oct. 1-5, 2015, in the Midlands of South Carolina are still being reckoned by University of South Carolina researchers a...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nation's best first-year student experience among public universities? Yep. That's us.

Tell a friend to tell a friend: Apply by Oct. 15th to receive an admissions decision in mid-December. 👉 sc.edu/apply
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Patrick Pianezza was a burned out paramedic during his time as a USC student. He never imagined that a creative writing assignment would inspire his first movie, featuring Rainn Wilson as the protagonist. #MeantToBe https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2025/09/patrick-pianezza-code-3-movie.php
Changing the script
Patrick Pianezza worked as a paramedic while earning his bachelor’s in public relations and master’s in health administration. He never imagined his career path would lead to Hollywood, or that an und...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"I hope you share my pride in the work we have done together over the past year. And I hope what you have heard this morning will energize you for the road ahead."
-President Michael Amiridis

Watch the 2025 State of the University address: https://youtu.be/J8ooZeZErZc
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is clear that the University of South Carolina is a great investment for the state of South Carolina.
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Planning is underway to create South Carolina’s first stand-alone, comprehensive medical facility dedicated to caring for patients with brain and nervous system illnesses.
September 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We take seriously our commitment as South Carolina's flagship university and with the help of the General Assembly, a USC degree remains within reach.
September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Join us today at 10 a.m. in the Russell House Ballroom as President Michael Amiridis delivers the 2025 State of the University address.

Not on campus today? Stream the event at facebook.com/uofsc
September 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Come as you are. Leave as you're #MeantToBe.
September 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Despite challenges in the #film industry, Columbia's independent Nickelodeon Theater has remained a community gathering place, positioning itself as a theater for everyone.

Meet Sumner Bender, the USC alumna steering the ship.
Drawing on experience
Sumner Bender credits a movie with inspiring her first true career choice. It seems only fitting, then, that the 2007 public relations graduate now leads Columbia’s art house cinema, The Nickelodeon T...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today, many South Carolina residents with complex brain-related conditions have to travel out of state for treatment. That’s why we’re planning to build the state’s first clinical neurological and rehabilitation center, opening in 2028 in downtown Columbia. www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...
USC planning SC’s first clinical neurological and rehabilitation center
The University of South Carolina is developing a unique clinical neurological and rehabilitation center that will house the Palmetto State’s first standalone comprehensive medical facility dedicated e...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our May graduates will turn their tassels in just 59 days! 🎓 #ForeverToThee25

Seniors, share your story here for the chance to be featured in university commencement coverage. ➡️ go.sc.edu/CFS25
March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This month on Inside Carolina, hear from our new athletic director Jeremiah Donati about:

🤝 the future of revenue sharing and name, image and likeness
🛠️ working with a world-renowned firm to renovate Williams-Brice
⭐️ a bright future for Gamecock Athletics

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Episode 31: Introducing Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati
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February 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today, we celebrated the groundbreaking for our new School of Medicine in the historic BullStreet District in downtown Columbia, a vision more than a decade in the making.

Learn more about the School of Medicine Columbia and our Health Sciences Campus. 🩺 go.sc.edu/SOMCGroundbreaking
February 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Robert Anderson, Henrie Monteith Treadwell and James Solomon Jr.'s 1963 enrollment changed the course of university history.

This documentary tells their story.

Watch "A Monument for Change"
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A Monument For Change: Remembering Desegregation at USC
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February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Will you be our Valentine? 🥹
February 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Jazz Age novel "The Great Gatsby" is an enduring commentary on wealth and status in America.

With the book's 100th anniversary this year, we're exploring the novel and the culture surrounding it in an exciting new exhibition.

You don't want to miss this. ⤵️
February 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM