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Rivers under the sea: Mapping finds ancient bottom habitat

The Lowcountry offshore is mostly barren sand bottom to the edge of the Continental Shelf – that’s conventional wisdom. But three times now, College of Charleston geologists have dropped high-tech...

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Reviving a Jewish cemetery

Gary Zola, director of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati and a visiting professor at the College of Charleston, says the cemetery is definitely among the most significant and historic burial...

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A whale of a find: Fossil sheds light on cetacean sonar’s origin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The deadly threat posed by German submarines during World War One helped spur scientists to develop sonar, using underwater sound signals to locate objects like subs that might...

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‘Blood moon’ launches odd sequence of eclipses, dire warning

“Eclipses are just like clockwork,” College of Charleston Astronomer Terry Richardson noted. Even the planetary alignment “is just a matter of cycles. The planetary cycle just happens to be occurring...

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Seeing Charleston, S.C., in a new light

“It has the largest concentrated Confederate burial ground in the area, but I don’t consider it a Confederate cemetery because 33,000 people are buried here over 160-plus years,” Beverly Donald,...

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Why Do People See Faces in the Moon?

“When you first look at the moon, you pretty much see light areas and dark areas, and some are more gray than others,” said planetary geologist Cassandra Runyon of the College of Charleston, in South...

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South Carolina unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% in March, report says

College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said the state saw 39,000 additional jobs in March, a sign of good growth that nearly follows the 2 percent jobs growth predicted. “We are there in terms of...

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College of Charleston student EMS team lands national award

College of Charleston EMS volunteer Lisa Petruncio wasn’t sure what she would find when she responded to a recent call about an accident in a campus laboratory. When she arrived on the scene of the...

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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...

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Sen. Tim Scott to speak at CofC graduation ceremonies

Sen. Tim Scott will deliver the commencement address at the College of Charleston on May 10, College officials announced Monday. More than 1,400 students are expected to receive their degrees during...

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