| May 14, 2008 |
The Archway project could relieve Hart County’s jobless rate, reports the Anderson Independent Mail. A goal is to bring UGA expertise to bear on needs in the county, from unemployment rate reduction to high-tech agriculture to education, tourism and health care concerns.
Anderson Independent Mail
Archway project could relieve Hart County’s jobless rate
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| May 14, 2008 |
A University of Georgia study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of female child molesters finds that many of them were themselves victims of sexual abuse as children reports ScienceDaily.com.
ScienceDaily.com.
Female child molester study
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| May 14, 2008 |
UGA research into a fruit fly avoidance mechanism may lead to a new way of controlling pain in humans and other animals, reports HealthJockey.com.
HealthJockey.com
A fruit fly avoidance mechanism may lead to a new way of controlling pain in humans and other animals
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| May 13, 2008 |
European Union may lift 11-year ban on imports of U.S. poultry, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Georgia producers would be very competitive in the European market were it to be opened, says UGA poultry science department head Mike Lacy.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lacy on poultry ban
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| May 13, 2008 |
New Billy Carter Service Station Museum at Plains is highlighted in a San Jose Mercury News report. The project is a joint effort of several UGA departments, the Plains Better Hometown Association, and Billy Carter’s widow.
San Jose Mercury News
New Billy Carter Service Station Museum at Plains is highlighted in a San Jose Mercury News report
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| May 12, 2008 |
“Georgia is my home. Georgia is where I belong,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas tells the class of 2008 at UGA undergraduate commencement exercises Saturday. He urged graduates to return to basic values in order to be successful, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Thomas give familiar advice
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| May 12, 2008 |
Deep Shah, UGA Rhodes Scholar and student commencement speaker, is featured in Saturday’s Athens Banner-Herald. “With bright young minds like his, it’s a future filled with hope,” the newspaper reports.
Athens Banner-Herald
Deep Shah feature
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| May 9, 2008 |
Dan Geller, UGA public service representative in engineering, is featured in today’s Athens Banner-Herald
for his research into alternative fuels.
Athens Banner-Herald
ABh feature on Geller and alternative fuels
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| May 9, 2008 |
“Vets deserve free college tuition” – An editorial in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution supports bill by U.S. Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) that would cover college tuition for a veteran up to the cost of the most expensive public college in his/her state.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AJC editorial on vet tuition
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| May 8, 2008 |
Lawmakers on Wednesday tentatively agreed that national security officials should fully control the expected transfer of research of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease from the offshore National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility on Plum Island to the new site, potentially in Athens, reports the Associated Press.
Associated Press
Homeland Security gains control of NBAF move
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