05/08/2008

UGA student chosen for Kellogg Fellowship on health disparities
Caree Jackson, a Ph.D. foods and nutrition candidate at the University of Georgia, is one of 15 scholars chosen nationwide for the Kellogg Health Scholars Program. Jackson, who will graduate in August, will focus on community-based participatory research that combines the efforts of those in academia, communities and public health.

04/28/2008

High self-esteem is not always what it’s cracked up to be
It was once thought that more self-esteem necessarily is better self-esteem. There are many kinds, however, and a new study by the University of Georgia researchers found that for those in which it is fragile and shallow it’s no better than having low self-esteem.

04/22/2008

UGA education professor receives UConn alumni research award
University of Georgia education professor Thomas Hébert will receive the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Research Award from the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education in recognition of significant research contributions in gifted education.

04/21/2008

New research identifies first method for rigorous drug treatments for Chagas’ disease
New research just published by scientists at the University of Georgia has identified for the first time a sensitive method for testing and assessing the efficacy of treatments for Chagas’ disease. The study could lead to new treatments for long-term sufferers of a disease that can be fatal.

04/16/2008

Study finds increased fragmentation of TV news audiences along party lines
Television news audiences are divided along party lines like never before, according to a new University of Georgia study that warns the trend may have damaging consequences for political discourse and democracy in America.

03/27/2008

UGA faculty honored for outstanding research and creativity
University of Georgia faculty and graduate students were recognized for outstanding research and creativity at the university’s 29th Annual Research Awards Banquet on March 25. The Creative Research Awards are presented annually to recognize innovative research that has received national and international acclaim.

03/20/2008

J. Michael Pierce named Mudter Professor in Cancer Research in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
J. Michael Pierce, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first George E. and Sarah F. Peters Mudter Professor in Cancer Research.