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UGA researcher helps industry help chickens
When singer Paul McCartney wrote a letter to fast food chain KFC in late July urging the company to ensure better treatment for the chickens it serves, it was just the latest media event in an animal welfare trend that University of Georgia animal behaviorist Bruce Webster has been watching unfold for years.
(UGA Today: August 8, 2003)

Scientists upgrade U.S. military's scrambled-eggs
Troops in the war in Iraq this year had MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat) that were vastly improved since the 1991 Gulf War. But scrambled eggs weren't part of the equation.
The army stopped buying scrambled-egg MRE's five years ago because they tasted so bad. Romeo Toledo, a UGA food scientist, is trying to change all that.
(Georgia Faces : July 3, 2003)

A Genetic Legacy
When Dutch orphan Ariaantje Adriaanse set sail for South Africa in 1688, chances are she offered more than her hand in marriage. UGA scientists have now uncovered her likely genetic legacy--a disease that has spread exponentially throughout the South African population. (Research Reporter: Summer 2002)

Splintered Minds
UGA researchers studying schizophrenia look to relatives for cognitive traits that may be hard-wired on the genes. (Research Reporter: Summer 2002)

College of Education will create national center for proficiency in teaching mathematics
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $10.3 million grant to UGA’s department of mathematics education for a project aimed at improving the proficiency of future teachers, new teachers, and those already in the field. (Georgia Magazine: Winter 2002)

Lab results: Diagnostic and investigational facility in Tifton saves lives, dollars
One of UGA’s best-kept secrets is a laboratory on the edge of two large ponds 240 miles south of the campus. It employs some of the university’s brightest scientific minds engaged in work which saves the state millions of dollars as well as lives. (Columns: March 10, 2003)

Experts, industry leaders study fuel alternatives
Fuels made from chicken fat and wood chips get good reviews. Skyrocketing oil prices, a sharp increase in the cost of natural gas and war with Iraq have experts and industry leaders taking a harder look at alternative fuels. (Columns: March 31, 2003)

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