Clemson Professor Awarded Nearly $600,000 4-year Grant to Study Language of Plants

Posted: May 30, 2012

Clemson University researcher Julia Frugoli has received $132,769 as the first installment of a nearly $600,000 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue her study of how plant roots and shoots communicate with each other to control their growth and development.

The work by Frugoli, an associate professor in Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences’ genetics and biochemistry department, could help give farmers the ability to grow plants without nitrogen fertilizer and could dramatically increase the world’s food supply.

Although nitrogen makes up more than 70 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere and is essential to all forms of life, atmospheric ni...

Scroll of Honor

Built in 2010

The Clemson Corps maintains the Scroll of Honor to honor those Clemson alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice - those who gave their lives in service to their country.

To date, 470 alumni have been identified who were killed from WWI through the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Located on campus at the corner of Fort Hill Street and Williamson Road, the Scroll of Honor is the realization of a long-held desire to create a perpetual memorial near the football stadium. In 1942 Memorial Stadium was named to honor Clemson alumni who died in the line of duty, but until now there has been no mention at the stadium of those who died serving their country.