- USC trustees approved plans for a new College of Pharmacy building.
- A five-story STEM Innovation and Research Center received final approval.
- The Thomson Building will be demolished for Russell House expansion.
- The new Institute for Public Policy received $1.8 million in state funding.
The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a number of new projects on Friday, Oct. 23, tied to its USC Next master plan that will modernize and expand campus facilities.
New College of Pharmacy building: USC is advancing plans to move its pharmacy program to a new building on the Health Sciences Campus. The university is finishing a new School of Medicine Columbia building on this site and has started development on the Neurological Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. The board approved creating a schematic design for the new College of Pharmacy building. USC has already received an initial $15 million in state funding to support the relocation.
New STEM Building: Final approval was given for development of a five-story STEM Innovation and Research Center building on the southwest corner of S. Main and Greene streets. The center is intended to promote collaboration, create industry research partnerships and house meeting spaces and laboratories to bolster education in critical fields. The building will include an interactive “data theater” for the newly approved Institute for Public Policy described below…