In Clemson, S.C., the Optoelectronics Research Center of Economic Excellence has been established in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. Private gifts from telecommunications companies Comporium of Rock Hill and PalmettoNet of Columbia, both in S.C., along with a state match, raised $4 million for the center’s establishment. It will strengthen the research program in the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies.