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Among America’s oldest and most comprehensive public universities, USC Columbia is the major research institution of the University of South Carolina system and its largest campus, enrolling approximately 21,000 undergraduate students and approximately 8,000 students in graduate and professional programs. USC Columbia offers over 320 degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional program levels, affording students the most comprehensive array of educational programs in the state.

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Home heating oil, used in furnaces across the Northeast, is expensive, leading some people to keep homes at unhealthy temperatures. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Trump was already cutting low‑income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives

Nearly a quarter of US households struggle to pay their energy bills at the same time as America’s social safety nets, including home heat aid, are disappearing.
Treg cells have been thrust into the limelight thanks to the Nobel Prize-winning work of a team of researchers from the U.S. and Japan. jarun011/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize

Researchers are gaining insights into how external factors like air pollutants, diet and medications, and even microbes in the gut interact with regulatory T cells, for better or for worse.
Cities like Houston get high humidity in addition to the heat, making summer almost unbearable without cooling. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Trump moves to gut low‑income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise

The problem of high energy prices and rising numbers of people unable to afford them isn’t lost on the Trump administration.
The Supreme Court is considering whether to allow churches to operate charter schools that teach religious topics like the Bible. Jonathan Kirn/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Religious charter schools threaten to shift more money away from traditional public schools – and the Supreme Court is considering this idea

Public school funding could take a hit if the US Supreme Court opens the door to religious charter schools, a scholar of education law argues.
« La science ne ment pas, Trump si », dit cette pancarte lors d’une manifestation du mouvement Stand Up for Science, devant l’hôtel-de-ville de Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie), en mars 2025. Une autre pancarte dénonce les coupes budgétaires décidées par les NIH. AmyLutz/Shutterstock

Coupes budgétaires dans la recherche médicale sous Trump : un impact majeur dans les États ruraux, notamment républicains

Les NIH, qui financent la recherche médicale aux États-Unis, ont annoncé des coupes budgétaires massives. Celles-ci vont affecter davantage les États ruraux qui, pour la plupart, ont voté Trump.

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