UGA Research News
- National initiative highlights stimulus funds for research November 17, 2009
Members of Congress, university leaders and scientists this week announced the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative that highlights the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- UGA researchers receive stimulus funding to improve health literacy of elderly November 6, 2009
A University of Georgia research project to improve the health literacy skills of Georgia’s elderly and disabled has been funded by federal stimulus monies.
- Georgia’s research universities and partners to tackle state’s childhood obesity epidemic November 5, 2009
Georgia ranks as the third worst in the nation for overweight or obese children. That status has the attention of university researchers; government agencies; and healthcare, public health, philanthropic and community organizations from across Georgia who will convene for a November conference in Atlanta.
- UGA researcher wins stimulus funding for stem cell research that may lead to new therapies November 2, 2009
Stephen Dalton, University of Georgia professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology, has received a $600,000 federal stimulus grant to accelerate research into a type of stem cell that can turn into virtually any cell type.
- New model may help scientists better predict and prevent influenza outbreaks November 2, 2009
A new study by an international team of researchers, led by University of Georgia assistant professor Andrew W. Park, shows the relationship between the evolution of influenza and immunization rates needed to prevent an outbreak in the population.
- UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences receives $1.3 million federal stimulus grant for weatherization and energy education via Cooperative Extension October 22, 2009
A $1.3 million stimulus grant to University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences will help Georgians reduce their energy bills and carbon footprint, and create jobs in Georgia.
- Stimulus grant brings new research projects and jobs to Savannah River Ecology Laboratory October 21, 2009
A $2.6 million federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will bring new jobs to the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, the University of Georgia research facility located near Aiken, S.C.
- New research shows how mobile DNA survives—and thrives—in plants, animals October 21, 2009
Bits of movable DNA called transposable elements or TEs fill up the genomes of plants and animals, but it has remained unclear how a genome can survive a rapid burst of hundreds, even thousands of new TE insertions.
- UGA researchers find potential new use for D-Serine in treating addiction October 7, 2009
Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have found that D-Serine, an amino acid being tested for the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions, may also be useful in treating addiction.
- UGA research funding reaches record high September 29, 2009
UGA research funding reached a record high last year with University of Georgia researchers receiving more than $173 million from external sources.
- Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America September 24, 2009
Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years, a new study by a University of Georgia researcher reveals.