May 24, 2013
Twenty-six University of Georgia faculty projects designed to improve teaching were recently funded through grants provided by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Each of the Summer 2013 Innovative Instruction Faculty Grants provides $5,000 for faculty to improve teaching and...
May 15, 2013
Safety advocates have been holding out hope that the unprecedented criminal prosecution of a University of California professor, Patrick G. Harran, might finally persuade researchers to take laboratory safety more seriously.
But the federally chartered National Research Council isn't waiting to find out.
The council, an independent provider of scientific advice, plans on Wednesday to...
March 15, 2013
Students who date in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use than their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
“Romantic relationships are a hallmark of adolescence, but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the...
February 14, 2013
Roadway safety for all citizens is an important goal at the Georgia Department of Transportation. The department employs numerous programs to advance safety for all modes of transportation. Last year, fatalities in motor vehicle crashes rose just slightly, while those involving pedestrians and bicyclists experienced a larger increase over the previous year. The department is not satisfied with...
January 25, 2013
A prominent bioethicist is offering a controversial fix for America's obesity epidemic: "fat-shaming."
Daniel Callahan, senior research scholar and president emeritus of the Hastings Center, makes the suggestion in a new article, "Obesity: Chasing an Elusive Epidemic."
Callahan likens what he calls his "edgier strategy" to anti-smoking campaigns of recent decades.
"As a smoker...
January 18, 2013
Nearly a third of those dating in middle and high school report abusive relationships, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. The dating violence, which the researchers first measured in sixth grade, is a cycle that increases over time.
UGA professor Pamela Orpinas led the recent study, available in an early online edition of Journal of Youth and Adolescence, revealing...
November 13, 2012
UGA has signed a formal international cooperative agreement with Chang-Gung University of Science and Technology (CGUST), which has played a central role in helping to host the College of Public Health’s Taiwan Study Abroad program.
Dr. Su-I Hou, associate professor of Health Promotion and Behavior and the Director of CPH’s Taiwan Study Abroad program, helped facilitate the agreement...
October 30, 2012
Four University of Georgia faculty members—Karen Cornell, Marsha Davis, Jeffrey Dean and Susan Thomas—will gain expertise in academic leadership as Administrative Fellows for 2012-2013.
The Administrative Fellows program at UGA is part of a broader Academic Leadership Development Program of SECU, the academic initiative of the Southeastern Conference. The program seeks to identify...
October 29, 2012
A new study from the University of Georgia College of Public Health shows that adolescents follow three distinct trajectories of psychological dating violence perpetration and victimization: low, increasing, and high. Behaviors that control, intimidate, or put down the partner may precede physical violence and have the potential to have long-term negative consequences.
As part of...
September 21, 2012
UGA hosted a showing of HBO’s “The Weight of the Nation” in an effort to bring an awareness of the nation’s obesity epidemic to Athens, Ga.
Georgia citizens are struggling, along with others around the nation, to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Yet, Georgia seems to be having an especially difficult time. It’s one of only seven states that has doubled its rate of obesity in the past 15...
