Author: Denise Attaway

The 2025 Upstate Heart Ball, held at the Greenville Convention Center, brought together nearly 300 community leaders, survivors and advocates for an evening of elegance and purpose. The event raised critical funds for the American Heart Association, supporting its century-long mission to combat heart disease and stroke. Among the evening’s highlights was the announcement of […]

Armillaria root rot (ARR) is a fungal disease that damages peach tree root systems and reduces tree longevity. Planting peach trees on raised berms and excavating soil around the root collar can help manage ARR. However, berms also create challenges such as water ponding, soil erosion and chemical runoff. As part of his master’s degree […]

Lisa Umutoni, a Clemson University doctoral student from Kigali, Rwanda, recently received the prestigious American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Nye Graduate Fellowship. The Nye Graduate Fellowship, established by John C. Nye, supports outstanding minority graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in agricultural and biological engineering. This award acknowledges Umutoni’s promise in the field […]

Sruthi Narayanan, associate professor of crop ecophysiology in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, was named Junior Researcher of the Year during the 2025 Clemson University Research Symposium on May 7. Narayanan’s research aims to unravel the resilience mechanisms agronomic crops use to manage abiotic stress from heat, drought and other climate conditions. This […]

Alexis Stamatikos, a faculty scholar in the Clemson University Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department and the School of Health Research, has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA). The Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology conferred Stamatikos’s fellowship on March 30. The FAHA track he applied through was the Scientist/Researcher Track. […]

Meghan Keating, a doctoral candidate in Clemson University’s wildlife and fisheries biology program, has received the 2025 Clemson Center for Career and Professional Development Outstanding Student Employee Award. Originally from Modesto, California, Keating plans to graduate in May 2026 and pursue a career in applied research, aiming to find harmony between human needs and wildlife […]

Each spring, students in Christopher Saski’s Introduction to Plant Breeding classes, Plant and Environmental Sciences (PES) 4050 and PES 6050, are treated to guest lecturers who showcase their programs to connect the fundamentals with applications. As the final guest lecturer for this spring, Dil Thavarajah invited the students to visit her organic pulse breeding trial […]

Dawoon Jeong grew up near Seoul, South Korea. As an undergraduate, she planned to pursue a career in construction management. However, her first job as a civil engineer sparked her interest in environmental policies. Her second job deepened her passion for research, leading her to pursue higher education in the U.S. She transitioned from engineering […]

Clemson University is partnering with Hebrew University and Sapir College to help bring innovation and economic growth to Israel’s western Negev region. The partnership focuses on joint research initiatives addressing agricultural, nutritional, and environmental issues relevant to both Israel—particularly the western Negev—and South Carolina. It involves helping establish a new agro-tech program in the Sapir College Department of Advanced Technology and […]

Policy considerations, natural resources, technology, value-added opportunities and innovations will be discussed during the 2025 South Carolina Agriculture Technology and Business Forum. The forum is scheduled for March 26 at the Phillips Market Center, 117 Ballard Court. Registration fee is $10. Seating is limited. Pre-registration is requested. Online registration and information are available at South […]