Laurie Anderson
Public Relations Specialist
Articles by Laurie Anderson
| May. 7 2012 |
Ten NSF Graduate Research Fellowships awarded to UGA students and alumniTen University of Georgia students and alumni received graduate research fellowships this spring from the National Science Foundation to conduct research during their master's and doctoral studies. The NSF fellowships are among the most sought-after in the United States. The awards provide students with up to $126,000 during a five-year period for research in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sixteen students and alumni also received honorable mentions. |
| Mar. 20 2012 |
UGA geneticists receive $1.8 million NSF CAREER AwardsTwo University of Georgia genetics researchers won grants from the National Science Foundation valued at more than $1.8 million for projects that can potentially help combat birth defects and improve the understanding of how new species come into existence. |
| Feb. 27 2012 |
UGA researcher working to speed blood testingThe wait for some blood test results may be reduced from weeks to hours, thanks to research being conducted at the University of Georgia. Leidong Mao, an assistant professor with the UGA Faculty of Engineering, is refining a device to manipulate blood cells and other particles that shows promise in detecting and treating blood diseases. He has recently received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to further his work. |
| Jan. 13 2012 |
Walther receives NSF CAREER Award to improve engineering education researchAmerican engineering schools face a recruitment challenge. According to the National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. lags far behind Europe and Asia in the number of students who graduate with engineering degrees. In the U.S., only 4.5 percent of students choose engineering as their field of study compared to 12.5 percent of European students and 21 percent of Asian students. Why, in a nation that gave the world the light bulb, the telephone and-more recently-the personal computer, are so few young people attracted to engineering, and why do so many women and minorities avoid it altogether? A University of Georgia researcher hopes to answer these questions. |
| May. 18 2011 |
Thirteen UGA students and alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsThirteen University of Georgia students and alumni have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one of the most prestigious and sought-after fellowships in the United States. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides master's and doctoral students with up to $121,500 during a five-year period for research projects in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The same number of UGA students and alumni received the award last year, while the number of honorable mentions rose to 17, up from seven in the previous year. |
| Feb. 23 2011 |
UGA chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award to pioneer new chemistry techniqueAs a teenager, Gary Douberly had a knack for taking mechanical things apart and putting them together again. |
| Nov. 23 2010 |
NSF awards $5 million grant to team of maize researchers led by UGA plant geneticistThe National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million to a team of researchers led by a University of Georgia plant scientist to further studies that can lead to improved varieties of corn as well as techniques that could treat human diseases, such as cancer. |
| May. 7 2010 |
Thirteen UGA students awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsThe National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 13 University of Georgia students and alumni. |
| May. 3 2010 |
University of Georgia researchers awarded $2.4 million to study Amazon River to ocean continuumAn international team of American and Brazilian researchers led by a University of Georgia scientist has been awarded more than $2.4 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to investigate organic matter and nutrients flowing from the Amazon River into the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. |
| Apr. 29 2010 |
UGA and Emory awarded $1.9 million grant to study how regular aerobic exerciseA team of researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University will receive $1.9 million over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurobiological mechanisms for how regular aerobic exercise may prevent drug abuse relapse. |
| Feb. 25 2010 |
University of Georgia chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER AwardTodd Harrop, assistant professor of chemistry in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, one of the most prestigious awards available to young researchers. |
| Feb. 8 2010 |
Two University of Georgia researchers receive NSF CAREER AwardsTwo University of Georgia researchers have been selected to receive National Science Foundation CAREER Awards, one of the most prestigious honors awarded to outstanding young scientists. |
| Oct. 9 2008 |
King elected to AALAS board of trusteesThe American Association for Laboratory Animal Science has elected Dr. Christopher King, director of the University of Georgia Office of Animal Care and Use and assistant vice president for research, to its board of trustees. |
| Mar. 3 2008 |
Symposium brings experts in bioinformatics research to University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia will host a symposium on bioinformatics and systems biology, an emerging field that is revolutionizing biomedical research, on Friday, March 21. |
| May. 1 2007 |
UGA assistant professor wins 2007 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement AwardJan Mrázek, an assistant professor of microbiology and bioinformatics at the University of Georgia, has been selected by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities to receive a 2007 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. |