Author: Sam Fahmy
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Smoke screen
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn’t been…
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UGA study finds alarming rate of drinking and driving among rural middle schoolers
Warnings that alcohol and driving don’t mix are generally targeted at adults or high school…
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UGA researchers one step closer to cancer vaccine
When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them…
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UGA study: Youth exposed to smokeless tobacco ads despite settlement
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn’t been…
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Community shares support, concerns about proposed bio and agro-defense facility site
Local officials and area residents gathered on campus Sept. 20 to express their support for…
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Study finds surge in director pay following landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
A UGA study finds that the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rule changes…
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Filtering the message
Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light…
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Fiber fighters
A new UGA study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and…
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Bluebird enthusiasts, scientists to gather at UGA
More than 150 researchers and amateur birders will gather at the University of Georgia on…
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Power play
Despite overwhelming military superiority, the world’s most powerful nations failed to achieve their objectives in…
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$2.1 million grant will be used to help detect cancer early
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team…
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UGA researchers set sigts on early detection of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team…
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UGA study finds common component of fruits, vegetables kills prostate cancer cells
A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in…
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Study finds contaminated water reaching Florida’s offshore keys
A new University of Georgia study finds that sewage-contaminated groundwater is reaching the offshore reefs…
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UGA study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light…
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The cost of violence
The most comprehensive study of its kind has found that violence costs the U.S. $70…
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Two scientists awarded Guggenheim fellowships
UGA scientists Andrew Paterson and Pejman Rohani have been awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…
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UGA study finds surge in director pay following landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
A new University of Georgia study finds that the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and…
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UGA scientists awarded Guggenheim fellowships
University of Georgia scientists Andrew Paterson and Pejman Rohani have been awarded John Simon Guggenheim…
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UGA study finds that weaker nations prevail in 39 percent of military conflicts
Despite overwhelming military superiority, the world’s most powerful nations failed to achieve their objectives in…
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UGA study finds that violence costs nation $70 billion annually
Phaedra Corso, lead author of study and associate professor of health policy at the University…
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Chipping away at fuel costs
A team of UGA researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips.
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UGA study reveals function of ubiquitous yet poorly understood microorganisms
A new study led by University of Georgia researchers and announced on Wednesday at the…
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Great expectations
Marketing is often filled with hype and superlatives—“the greatest,” “the best” and even “heavenly”—but a…
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