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Georgia First Lady visits Ga. Southern
http://www.wjcl.com/news/local-news/georgia-first-lady-visits-ga-southern/75631341/story
By dave williams
STATESBORO, GA. (WJCL) Georgia’s First Lady pays a visit to Georgia Southern University. Sandra deal made the school and Statesboro the second stop on her statewide book tour. …”It’s always a pleasure to have First Lady Sandra Deal here on campus,” said Ga. Southern Interim President, Dr. Jean Bartels.
www.valdostatoday.com
VSU Named a Best Value by National Council on Teacher
http://valdostatoday.com/2015/10/vsu-named-a-best-value-by-national-council-on-teacher-quality/
VALDOSTA — The National Council on Teacher Quality has named Valdosta State University’s James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services a Top 5 Best Value in Georgia. This is the first time that a national education policy organization has conducted a comprehensive measure of quality that also factors in affordability, average teacher salary in each state, and the ability to prepare future teachers for the realities of the classroom. VSU was the only comprehensive institution in the University System of Georgia to make the Top 5 Best Value in Georgia list.
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These Georgia schools have the top professors in the U.S.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/education/best-professors-teach-georgia-schools/nnwqS/
Lauren Colley, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not Stanford. Not Yale. Not even Harvard. Rate My Professors determined the best college instructors in the country, and many of the nation’s most prestigious schools failed to make the cut. Rankings are based on student reviews conducted across four categories: clarity, helpfulness, easiness and rater interest (interest level prior to attending the class). University of Georgia and Emory University are ranked No. 8 and No. 13, respectively. Two instructors from Georgia schools also ranked in the “Highest Rated University Professors list”: 16. Binh Tran, Information technology, Georgia Gwinnett College; 23. Karen Dodson, English, University of North Georgia, Gainesville
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Jackson Co. native, UNG grad named Kentucky Commissioner of Education
http://accesswdun.com/article/2015/10/340896/jackson-co-native-ung-grad-named-kentucky-commissioner-of-education
By AccessWDUN staff
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Jackson County native and graduate of the University of North Georgia (UNG) is the new Kentucky Commissioner of Education. Stephen L. Pruitt was named to the post recently by the Kentucky Board of Education. …I am honored to serve as Kentucky’s next commissioner of education and be able to continue that tradition,” Pruitt said after signing the contract. “I am excited to work alongside Kentucky’s educators and education shareholders to support our students, so they can graduate college/career-ready, realize success in their postsecondary endeavors, get good jobs and help Kentucky prosper.” …He earned a bachelor’s degree from North Georgia College and State University (now UNG); a master’s from the University of West Georgia and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Auburn University.
www.middlegeorgiaceo.com
Central Georgia Technical College Receives $3.2M in Federal Grants
http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2015/10/central-georgia-technical-college-receives-32m-federal-grants/
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Central Georgia Technical College is the recipient of over $3.2 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The two separate awards are both the result of grants allocated under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Both grants took effect October 1 for the College’s 2015 fiscal year. “These funds will help the College solidify partnerships with other educational entities to provide pathways to high-paying careers such as engineering and continue efforts toward improving teaching and learning.” …CGTC will utilize the funds in partnership with the Bibb County School System and Fort Valley State University to aid in removing barriers, setting benchmarks, and improving student access to programs in Engineering Technology, which has been identified as a high-demand career field.
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USDA Announces $3 Million in Funding for Critical Agriculture Production Research
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2015/10/0280.xml&contentidonly=true
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced nearly $3 million in grants to address critical issues affecting agriculturally-important plants and animals. The science developed from these grants will provide timely assistance and have an immediate impact for the agriculture community. The awards were made under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s (AFRI) Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE) program, and addresses priority areas of the 2014 Farm Bill.
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UGA awarded $8.2 million grant to improve lives of children and families in Georgia’ child welfare system
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20151007/UGA-awarded-2482-million-grant-to-improve-lives-of-children-and-families-in-Georgia-child-welfare-system.aspx
A team of University of Georgia faculty members, led by a researcher in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has received an $8.2 million grant from the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to improve the lives of children and families in the child welfare system in Georgia.
www.bizjournals.com
Georgia Tech seeks to rebrand its College of Architecture
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/10/06/georgia-tech-seeks-to-rebrand-its-college-of.html
David Allison
Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech is launching a strategic repositioning of its College of Architecture, including a possible name change. “The College of Architecture currently faces several reputational challenges as it seeks to implement its strategic plan that took effect in 2014,” Tech said in a posting on its website on Tuesday. “Student enrollment levels in the undergraduate architecture program need significant improvement. Ratings by the college’s own faculty on academic quality of the college and its research contributions show similar opportunities for improvement.”
www.newswire.com
CellectCell, Inc. Announces Georgia Research Alliance Phase II Funding
http://www.newswire.com/press-release/cellectcell-inc-announces-georgia-research-alliance-phase-ii
CellectCell, Inc., a company that develops novel cell selection and isolation technology, announced today the receipt of Phase II funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA). CellectCell’s initial focus is the commercialization of a disposable cell culture cartridge for academic and commercial research. This product is developed from adhesion strength-based isolation techniques discovered by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and exclusively licensed by CellectCell from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. CellectCell will use the GRA Phase II funding to advance the technology through design & development into scale-up, manufacturing and commercial launch.
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Disappearing Circuits Move From Spy Thrillers to Reality
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/disappearing-circuits-move-from-spy-thrillers-to-reality?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumNanoclastBlog+%28Nanoclast+-+IEEE+Spectrum%29
By Dexter Johnson
Generally speaking, the issue that most electronic circuit research is aimed at is making them smaller yet still functional. It would seem that creating circuits that change over time, or even disappear entirely, is an endeavor that has been largely neglected, outside of a TV spy show from the 1960s that gets periodically rebooted into films. Now researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have taken up the challenge of creating circuits than change over time, and may have come up with a technology that could have some attractive biomedical applications. In research published in the journal Nanoscale, the Georgia Tech researchers deposited carbon atoms onto graphene using a focused electron beam process to create patterns that evolve over time on the graphene.
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Grand Challenges All Around
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/07/big-ideas-oriented-science-exciting-will-recent-initiatives-live-hype
By Colleen Flaherty
Considered an underrated powerhouse by some, Indiana University grabbed the attention of other research universities last month when it announced a $300 million initiative aimed at asking — and answering — some of the world’s biggest questions. In so doing, it joined a growing number of research institutions to launch similar programs centered on big ideas. Beside boosting a university’s public profile, advocates of such “grand challenge” research programs say they help cut down silos across campus and reorient the university mission back toward the public good.