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ATTENTION ...... Metro, Health, Business and Broadcast editors: Officials to sign research agreement that will impact senior citizens Officials from the University of South Carolina, Palmetto Health, Lutheran Homes of South Carolina and the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 17, to sign an agreement for a joint research project that could change the way that homes are designed for senior citizens and lead to new technologies that can preserve their independence. The event will be held on the second floor of McKissick Museum on the university’s historic Horseshoe. Media parking will be available in the C-Lot, which can be entered from Pendleton Street. For information or to arrange coverage, call Karen Petit or Margaret Lamb at 803-777-5400.
*** A news release will be posted at http://uscnews.sc.edu after the announcement.
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Education and Broadcast editors: The envelope, please: University to present top student awards The University of South Carolina will present honor the achievements of its undergraduate students during its annual Awards Day ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. on the Horseshoe. The event will end with the presentation of the university’s top honors – the Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Steven N. Swanger awards.
For information or to arrange coverage, call Karen Petit or Margaret Lamb at 803-777-5400.
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Education and Broadcast editors: Janette Turner Hospital to receive Thomas Copper Society Medal Award-winning novelist Janette Turner Hospital will speak at the Thomas Cooper Society’s annual dinner Thursday, April 17, and receive the society’s highest literary honor, the Thomas Cooper Medal. Hospital, Distinguished Writer in Residence and English professor at the University of South Carolina, will speak at 7:15 p.m. at the Summit Club in downtown Columbia. Hospital will be the 14th recipient of the medal. Previous recipients of the medal, established in 1995, include Pat Conroy, Joseph Heller, James Dickey, John Updike, and, most recently, the late Norman Mailer. Hospital has written nine novels and four collections of short stories.
For information or to arrange coverage, call Peggy Binette or Margaret Lamb at 803-777-5400.
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Education and Broadcast editors: Energy expert can clear gas price confusion for consumers Confused about what is driving gas prices higher and higher? You’re not alone. Pat DeMouy, who teaches management, energy technologies and sustainability at the Moore School of Business, will be available Thursday and Friday mornings to discuss the factors affecting gas prices and what South Carolina consumers should know to become more gasoline and energy savvy. DeMouy coaches Moore School student competition teams, working with students to simplify complicated energy issues for general audiences. DeMouy says factors driving U.S. gas prices include a weaker U.S. dollar, an aging U.S. oil refinery system running at capacity and an explosion of automobile use in China.
To interview DeMouy, call Peggy Binette at 803-777-5400.
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