CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Alton Standifer named Vice President, Chief of Staff * Alton C. Standifer, Ph.D., will join Clemson University as vice president and chief of staff, bringing broad experience in executive leadership, institutional strategy and partnership development across public higher education. Throughout his career, Standifer has worked at the intersection of presidential leadership, academic affairs, student experience, government relations and community engagement more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Anti-immigrant 'Public Charge' Policy May Have Contributed to Rise in HIV among Hispanic Populations *. health inequities Following the Trump administration's 2018 announcement of changes to a public charge rule that would penalize immigrants for using public health services, antisanctuary counties in the US saw a 16.8-percent increase in HIV cases among Hispanic populations. Aggressive immigration policies and rhetoric have de more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends parental rights at SCOTUS * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he is co-leading a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending the right of parents to send their children to private school without giving up access to generally available public benefits. The States that filed the brief have all adopted various school-choice policies. The Stat more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Bert Wilkins Named Executive Secretary to Clemson Board of Trustees * The Clemson University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Bert Wilkins as its Executive Secretary at a meeting on August 21, 2026. Wilkins currently serves as Senior Associate General Counsel for the University, and he assumes the position following April Purvis being named chief executive officer of the Clemson University Foundation. Wilkins joined Clemson University's Off more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- The University of South Carolina posted the following news: * * * Board Briefs: Trustees approve new leadership, FY28 budget requests * The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees elected new leadership on Friday (Aug. 21). Rose Buyck Newton, a third-generation banker who chairs the board at the Bank of Clarendon, was elected chairwoman of the USC Board of Trustees. She was elected board vice chairwoman in 2022 and has chaired the Governance Committee. She holds degrees in finance and economics f more PR

GREENWOOD, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Lander University posted the following news: * * * Lander Advances Plans for Major Student Housing Expansion * Project will add 300 beds and create new spaces designed to elevate the residential experience at the University. With continued enrollment growth and new academic and student spaces transforming the campus, Lander University is investing in an experience designed to meet the needs of today's students, while preparing for generations of Bearcats to come. Now, plans are advancing on a major re more PR

AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The University of South Carolina Aiken Campus issued the following news: * * * A new class, a new home: USCA welcomes record-breaking Class of 2030 Angela Saxon A record number of freshmen began their college careers at the University of South Carolina Aiken for the 2026-27 academic year, marking another year of significant enrollment growth for the university. Approximately 700 freshmen are enrolled for the fall semester, an 18 percent increase from last year's freshman class. In addition to its freshman more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- The University of South Carolina posted the following news: * * * Newton elected USC Board of Trustees chair * The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees elected Rose Buyck Newton as its new chairwoman on Friday (Aug. 21). She was elected to the USC Board of Trustees in 2018 and chaired the board's Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee through 2022. She was elected as vice chairwoman in 2022 and chairs the board's Governance Committee. "Serving the University of South Carolina is an honor and a  more PR

ROANOKE, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Oral therapy shows potential to protect healthy tissue from radiation * Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have developed an experimental oral therapy that protected mice from otherwise harmful radiation exposure while preserving radiation's ability to destroy cancer cells, a finding that could ultimately improve cancer treatment and strengthen preparedness for radiological emergencies. Publis more PR

BOILING SPRINGS, South Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Sherman College of Chiropractic issued the following news: * * * Preparing for Chiropractic Practice Ownership: A New Resource at Sherman College Chiropractic Practice Ownership Preparedness: Building the Bridge from Student to Chiropractor - Choosing a chiropractic college means considering more than the education required to earn a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Prospective students and their families are also wise to ask how an institution helps students prepare for the professional decisions  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- Lipscomb University posted the following news: * * * Tennessee's history is on the move with alumnus Caleb Williams * Williams is on the team coordinating the logistics to move thousands of artifacts per week for the state museum's move to a new facility. It's unlikely that the Maryville boy whose favorite vacations were to Williamsburg, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, ever thought he would become the caretaker for a massive storehouse of Tennessee history, and yet here he is, on the team coordin more PR