News Archive - 2016

This Sunday, June 19th, will mark 151 years ago that the U.S. Army took possession of Galveston Island and began a battle against slavery in Texas. It was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect, and two months after Appomattox, and yet on this date the U.S. Army took possession of Galveston Island, a barrier island just off the coast of Texas, and began a late, long-lasting war against slavery. While the battle was…

  The research raises many questions but ultimately has provided another clue that may help further research and help people with social disorders such as autism. "Methylation is a dynamic process, and level of methylation can change over the course of a person's lifetime," he said. "But it may be possible to alter the level of methylation with some type of medication that could help people who have abnormalities in social cognition."…

  Many of these programs are affiliated with UGA. Just take a look at this list of grant awardees and you will quickly see just how well our local community entities work hand in hand towards similar goals. Whether it's sustainability, education for the arts or any other number of projects that benefit the Athens community at large, we are lucky to live in a community that values these partnerships and continues to use them to better…

Her research provides some perspective on how media and our use of words affects our ability to understand one another, the world around us and even ourselves. As we continue on through this election season, how we use our words and how we understand each other seems more important than ever. Recently featured in a Wabash College podcast, she also had the honor of giving the Brigance Forum Lecture on campus there this Spring. Her lecture there…

UGA is truly global. With international residential centers, faculty research all over the world and international partnerships, the UGA community is present across the globe. Many of our students are, right now, in far away destinations studying and learning about everything from anthropology and art to music and politics. Many of our professors are stationed in far away destinations conducting research on a myriad of topics. Want to know just…

Geneticist Jian-Fu Chen's project to understand why neural tube defects, the second most common birth defect in humans, occur recently gained new support from the National Institutes of Health: The neural tube becomes the brain and spinal cord in a developing embryo. The defect occurs when a neural plate folds into a tube during an embryo's development, explained Chen, who works in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences' genetics…

Amazing student Whitney Ingram continues to rise to new heights of greatness. The Double Dawg from Stone Mountain will soon become the first African American woman to earn her Ph.D in physics at UGA: “My love of science at a young age came from arts and crafts books, where you could build small projects,” Ingram told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That passion stayed with her through college, where she eventually earned her bachelor’s degree…

Among the many aspects of communication between couples - from sharing aspirations, hopes and dreams to paying the bills and planning visits to the in-laws - the nature of how we talk to each other rises to particular importance. And while discussions of all kinds shape the interactions with our significant others, factors determining our relative happiness and quite often, the very sustainability of the relationship, can go beyond the success…

The violence continues, debates are stirred, scholarly discourse ensues, and a significant amount of research exists that outlines the history of and theories about the use of deadly force, per the Chronicle of Higher Ed: Those who favor the threat hypothesis contend that, for a vast number of reasons — including poverty, lack of upward mobility and opportunity, and a history of oppression — African-Americans are more likely to be involved in…

The hottest new area of scientific investigation, moving forward thanks to the work of UGA faculty and graduate students, is featured in the current issue of UGA Research magazine: a recently developed gene-editing tool commonly known by the acronym CRISPR, which makes it possible to snip out and replace segments of DNA inside the cells of living organisms with extraordinary precision. The technology is only about three years old, but it’s both…