Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb on track to hire a watchdog
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/dekalb-on-track-to-hire-a-watchdog/npDx8/
DeKalb is moving closer to hiring a watchdog over the county government’s finances. Five county residents have been appointed to serve on an oversight committee that will review candidates to serve as an independent internal auditor. …The committee was selected by Oct. 31, as required by HB599:
Harmel Deanne Codi, the Senate’s nominee, has worked as a senior financial officer in the DeKalb Community Development Department and as an auditor for GE Finance.
Gena Major, May’s nominee, is the director of continuous improvement for the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority.
Monica Miles, the House’s nominee, is the president of MH Miles Company, a certified public accounting firm with offices in Georgia, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Belinda Pedroso, a commission nominee, is the senior auditor for the University System of Georgia’s Office of Internal Audit and Compliance.
Harold Smith Jr., a commission nominee, is a retired auditor for the Georgia Department of Labor and Lucent Technologies.
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Clayton News Daily
Saving the Eastern Box Turtle
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2015/oct/30/saving-the-eastern-box-turtle/
Eastern box turtles have a new heroine on their side, thanks to a passionate biology professor at Clayton State University. The species has seen a recent dramatic decline. But Diane Day has made it her mission the past three years to help find a way to increase Eastern box turtle numbers, and she has been researching, tracking and protecting the animals and their nests on a stretch of land in Fayetteville.
Savannah Business Journal
Skidaway Institute scientist explores deep-sea hydrothermal vents
https://savannahbusinessjournal.com/index.php/news-categories/education-career-development/5270-oct-30-skidaway-institute-scientist-explores-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents.html
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins joined a team of researchers to determine how hydrothermal vents influence ocean carbon storage. The results of their study were recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Hydrothermal vents are hotspots of activity on the otherwise dark, cold ocean floor. Since their discovery, scientists have been intrigued by these deep ocean ecosystems, studying their potential role in the evolution of life and their influence upon today’s ocean.
Phys.org
Entering the strange world of ultra-cold chemistry
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-strange-world-ultra-cold-chemistry.html
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to study the unusual chemical and physical properties of atoms and molecules at ultra-cold temperatures approaching absolute zero – the temperature at which all thermal activity stops. Developing and employing advanced computational methodologies, they will explore the formation of novel types of molecular aggregates at these extreme conditions, where quantum mechanical principles govern and dramatically alter the ways that atoms and molecules interact. The work could help provide a better understanding of the reaction processes underlying strongly correlated atoms and molecular quantum systems in conditions unlike those seen in conventional chemistry.
Valdosta Daily Times
VSU presents Science Saturday
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/vsu-presents-science-saturday/article_da34d136-5cff-5196-966a-a3a4b4e9efc5.html
The College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Chemistry at Valdosta State University recently presented Science Saturday: Chemistry Colors Our World in the Hugh C. Bailey Science Center.
WXIA
Residents near Turner Field want ‘live, work, play’ development in its place
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/2015/11/03/turner-field-redevelopment-residents-braves/75076796/
By Jon Shirek
It’s clear that people who live in the Atlanta neighborhoods around Turner Field do not want what they characterize as that economic desert, that no-man’s-land, any more. But many are still not sure if the decision makers will listen to what they do want for that prime location. …Many said they are not convinced that Atlanta’s Mayor Reed, one of the key decision makers on this issue, hasn’t already made up his mind for a Georgia State University plan to expand the university south, from downtown, onto the Turner Field properties, which is not what most of the residents at Monday night’s hearing want.
Higher Education News:
www.insidehighered.com
Wisconsin Tenure Wars: Part Two
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/03/u-wisconsin-madison-approves-faculty-backed-tenure-policy?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=c51186387d-DNU20151103&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-c51186387d-197515277
By Colleen Flaherty
Faculty members within the University of Wisconsin System lost a key battle when Governor Scott Walker and fellow Republicans in the Legislature removed tenure protections from state law. But professors are trying to preserve something like tenure as they know it through campus-specific policies. And while some say the war’s already been lost — since it’s unclear if a campus- or even system-specific policy can supersede the new, much more narrow legal definition of tenure in Wisconsin — faculty advocates kept fighting Monday at the Madison campus before the Faculty Senate and Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
www.insidehighered.com
New Rules, Except for Fraternities
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/03/u-kansas-rejects-rule-change-would-prevent-fraternities-recruiting-high-schoolers?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=c51186387d-DNU20151103&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-c51186387d-197515277
By Jake New
After more than a year of research and consideration, the University of Kansas announced in September that it was adopting 22 of the 27 recommendations suggested by a sexual assault prevention task force created by the university’s chancellor. Among the exceptions? Those related to the university’s fraternities. The recommendations the university adopted included revising definitions of sexual harassment and sexual assault, creating a prevention and education research center, and implementing several prevention programs for all first-year students. The task force also suggested that the university make changes to how fraternities and sororities recruit and house new members.