Tag: Newsmakers
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Monumental changes
In an essay for Time, James C. Cobb, emeritus professor of history in UGA’s Franklin…
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Make ’em pay
There are some promising signs for the news media still reeling from the shakeup caused…
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The bigger, the better
UGA ecologist Jim Beasley completed a study that found renewed wildlife populations at Chernobyl, the…
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Turn to vinegar
Perhaps vinegar isn’t the best bait for catching flies, as the old saying goes, but…
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Cruz-ing down South
With Southern presidential primaries just around the corner, political prognosticators believe Texas Sen. Ted Cruz…
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Shrinking field
With such a large field of Republican presidential candidates entering the primaries, some have wondered…
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Attitude of gratitude
A recent UGA study found that frequently saying “thank you” is a trait in healthy…
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Bad acts
James C. Cobb, the Spalding Distinguished Professor of History in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts…
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Dangerous dispersants
Samantha Joye’s recent findings that the dispersants used after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may…
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Monkey manners
Squirrel monkeys in a Stanford University lab learned how to eat and drink from cups—a…
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CEO conversations
As David Letterman’s successor, new The Late Show host Stephen Colbert is bringing style and…
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Eye exams
Recent research found that the dietary supplement lutein, when combined with other nutrients, can slow…
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‘First’ defining moment
Inside Higher Ed quoted Institute of Higher Education faculty member Rob Toutkoushian for its article…
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Cat communication
Dr. Sharon Crowell-Davis, a professor of behavior and anatomy in the College of Veterinary Medicine,…
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Kale craze
The New York Daily News quoted Timothy Coolong, an associate professor of horticulture at UGA’s…
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Artificial anxiety
An article in Tech Times weighed the perceived threat to humankind from artificial intelligence as…
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Trash troubles
A recent study found that “90 percent of seabirds have eaten plastic and are likely…
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The far-right stuff
A recent Washington Post article compared presidential candidate Donald Trump’s political popularity to the rise…
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Pulling the lever
Sports Illustrated recently quoted kinesiology professor Thomas Baker in a story about a lawsuit against…
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Big Bird’s new home
Jeffrey P. Jones, director of UGA’s Peabody Awards, was quoted by Marketplace about Sesame Street’s…
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Staff shortage
In a contributing article to The Washington Post, UGA’s Anthony Madonna, an associate professor of…
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Fragile frogs
A recent Tech Times article quoted Michael J. Yabsley, an associate professor of population health…
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Troubled telenovelas
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, an associate professor of public relations in the Grady College, was quoted by…
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Bee backpacks
Researchers have developed a tiny chip that can be attached to the backs of bees…
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