Archive | August, 2010

Louis Burnett, professor of biology and director of the Grice Marine Laboratory of the College of Charleston, and Karen Burnett, research associate professor at Grice Marine Laboratory of the College of Charleston, study the effects of low oxygen and high carbon dioxide on organisms’ immune systems. They have found that organisms in these conditions can’t […]

Anita Zucker, chief executive of The InterTech Group, has given $1.5 million to the College of Charleston to establish the Holocaust Education Initiative. In addition to an endowed chair of Holocaust studies at the college, the gift will provide for initiatives such as travel to Eastern Europe, research opportunities for students, the development of Holocaust […]

The new DOT signs to honor loved ones killed on South Carolina roadways aren’t expected to significantly cut back on the number of homemade memorials, two College of Charleston sociologists said Thursday. George Dickinson and Heath Hoffmann said roadside memorials are often highly individual expressions of grief that Americans are using more and more often […]

It is the sacred Jewish mandate to repair a broken world, and the concept of tikkun olam, informed by the Holocaust, is the force behind Anita Zucker’s philanthropy. The Zucker family is making a gift of $1.5 million to the College of Charleston, money that will fund the Zucker/Goldberg Holocaust Education Initiative. An endowment of […]

The College of Charleston is receiving a $1.5 million donation to enhance Holocaust studies at the South Carolina school. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the donation comes from Anita Zucker, wife of the late Jerry Zucker, who was president and CEO of the InterTech Group in North Charleston. Anita Zucker became CEO and […]

“The hotels, restaurants, the resort of course and you have the indirect impact, which means the goods in the area and the induced impact which means the employees at the golf resort, restaurants, hotels and their spending,” explained Dr. Bing Pan, assistant professor in the department of Hospitality & Tourism Management at the College of […]

Lindsey Barr, health educator at the College of Charleston, agrees, noting that there is even peer pressure to be healthy. “It’s become hip to do yoga, be vegetarian and eat locally grown food,” she says. Barr says the college’s newsletter, Wholistic Healer, (which has a Facebook page) seeks to further encourage “the understanding between the […]

“Almost any laptop that you pick up will exceed the technical specifications,” says College of Charleston student computing support coordinator Frank Hamilton. “It’s the warranty, the safety features and the software that make the difference.” http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/02/do-homework-before-purchase/

Chris Lamb, a communications professor at the College of Charleston, says late-night comics have feasted on it. And at the same time, he said, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jon Stewart perpetuate the Palmetto State’s reputation for political miscues. Even Lamb can’t resist taking a poke at the state. “I don’t think South Carolina’s image […]