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July 11, 2008
University of South Carolina
research timeline, 1998-2008
Research accomplishments during Harris Pastides' tenure at the University of South Carolina
1998
- University-city technology Incubator created.
2000
- University announces three public health grants totaling $8.3 million from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.
- University announces a $10 million gift from Norman J. Arnold to secure the naming rights for the Arnold School of Public Health.
2002
- University announces $11 million National Institutes of Health grant to create colon cancer research center.
- University announces creation of Center for Public Health Preparedness to address bioterrorism threats.
2003
- University announces plans for a 5-million-square-foot-research campus, focusing on biomedical research, nanoscience and technology, and alternative energy sources such as hydrogen fuel cells.
- University announces $3 million project with six of the state's historically black colleges to fight health disparities in minority communities.
- National Science Foundation names University of South Carolina as the nation's first center of excellence in hydrogen fuel cell research, creating Industry/University Cooperative.
- National Science Foundation awards University of South Carolina $1.3 million grant to study the societal implications of nanotechnology.
- University announces hiring of Richard Webb, a top physics professor, to lead its nanoscience program.
2004
- University opens Office of Economic Development under Vice President of Research and Health Sciences.
- University announces $2 million anonymous gift to create research center in support of the state's growing tourism industry.
- University announces its partnership in the Health Sciences South Carolina collaborative along with the Medical University of South Carolina, Palmetto Health, and the Greenville Hospital System.
- University announces creation of Centenary Plan, a recruitment initiative to hire 100 new top research faculty.
- Pastides co-chairs Columbia Next Energy Initiative, a university-city collaboration for alternative energy research.
- University publicly unveils detailed plans for new research campus.
- University holds research campus groundbreaking at corner of Assembly and Blossom streets on site that will become the Horizon Center.
2005
- University of South Carolina announces refined plan for research buildings, parking garage, and public plaza to be called Foundation Square.
- University and City of Columbia leaders announce research and commercialization partnership for hydrogen fuel cells with Aiken and Greenville.
- University announces research collaboration agreement with Korea Institute for Energy Research.
- University announces hiring of Tom Vogt of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York to direct its new NanoCenter.
- University announces research collaboration agreement with Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.
- S.C. Research Centers of Economic Excellence Review Board approves $10.8 million in state money for new NanoCenter.
- University announces "Innovista" as official name for new research and innovation district.
- University among research partners launching S.C. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Economy Strategy.
- University announces new Magellan Scholar Program to fund undergraduate research projects.
- University-city Technology Incubator moves from four separate locations to 45,000-square-foot facility.
- Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching names University of South Carolina one of only 62 public institutions (and 94 overall) of "very high research activity."
- University of South Carolina joins with other state universities and hospital systems to form a state cancer research initiative.
- University dedicates new $22 million Arnold School of Public Health Research Center, the first new building in Innovista.
2007
- University announces hiring of John Parks, director of the University of Kentucky's Coldstream Research Campus, as Innovista new executive director.
- University announces hiring of Kenneth Reifsnider, director of Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center at the University of Connecticut, to lead its Solid Oxide Fuel Cell program.
- University announces $1.1 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant to study water-resource management.
- University announces $2.7 million National Institutes of Health grant for state nutrition research consortium to study resident health in under-served communities.
- University announces record $185.2 million in research funding for fiscal year 2007.
- University announces $10.7 million National Institutes of Health grant for colon-cancer research center.
- University announces $6 million National Institutes of Health grant to study complementary and alternative medicine.
- University announces hiring of advanced polymers and fuel cell expert Brian Benicewicz, director of the New York Center for Polymer Synthesis and a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as endowed chair in the Center of Economic Excellence for Polymer Nanocomposite Research.
2008
- University names Kenneth Reifsnider director of Future Fuels Center.
- University announces memorandum of understanding with Fraunhofer Institute for Software Engineering (Germany) as part of its SeniorSMART Center of Economic Excellence research initiatitve.
- University announces top-20 ranking for number of start-up companies created
Dr. Harris Pastides' tenure as dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and vice president for research and health sciences helped raise the University of South Carolina's national profile in those areas.
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