Albany Herald
Albany State University faculty member to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’
By Carlton Fletcher
Albany State University alumnus and biology professor John Williams will fulfill a lifelong dream by appearing as a contestant on the popular TV game show “Jeopardy!”. The show will air Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the local CBS affiliate. Becoming a contestant is competitive: Williams called the process “grueling but fun.” The professor had to pass two tests and perform a mock version of the game with an interview to earn a slot on the popular program.
SaportaReport
Georgia Research Alliance names three new Augusta University eminent scholars
By Maria Saporta
For the first time in its history, the Georgia Research Alliance is bringing three new scholars to one of its member institutions – Augusta University. The three new eminent scholars will anchor Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia’s research in age-related diseases. Susan Shows, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance, explained at a board meeting Thursday that Georgia is the 8th most populous state but ranks 6th among states with elderly populations. The new hires also included the “first husband-wife team” of recruited GRA eminent scholars, Shows added.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph one of three new Rowen Foundation board members
From Staff Reports
The Rowen Foundation announced on Monday the addition of three new board members, including Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph. Joseph is joined on the board by University of Georgia Provost S. Jack Hu and Georgia Institute of Technology Vice President of Institute Relations Bert Reeves. Rowen is the 2,000-acre innovation community that is coming to the Dacula area.
Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State engineering college earns national recognition for diversity efforts
The Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University has been recognized for its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion by the American Society for Engineering Education. After a competitive application process, SPCEET is one of nine U.S. colleges recognized this year under ASEE’s Diversity Recognition Program. The bronze-level recognition, currently the ASEE’s highest honor, is awarded for a three-year term to colleges with a high degree of focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Tifton Gazette
An Evening for ABAC: Scholarship event observes 50 years
Celebrating 50 years of providing scholarship opportunities for students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, An Evening for ABAC will take place Feb. 26. Lynda Fisher, ABAC alumni director and coordinator for the event, said the ABAC Foundation’s annual student scholarship fundraising gala will include a silent auction, a virtual auction beginning Feb. 23, cocktails, a fabulous dinner and a dynamite entertainment package featuring Farewell Angelina. The black-tie affair begins at 6 p.m. at the Tifton Campus Conference Center.
Science Magazine
Dr. Qin Wang will lead new Program for Alzheimer’s Therapeutics Discovery at MCG
Dr. Qin Wang, an expert in molecular neuropharmacology and signaling research exploring how cell surface receptor signaling regulates healthy brain function and contributes to neurological and psychiatric disorders, has been named the inaugural director of the Program for Alzheimer’s Therapeutics Discovery at the Medical College of Georgia.
Georgia Bio
Ley, Hedrick to lead new MCG Center for Immunology
Renowned immunologists and vascular biologists Drs. Klaus Ley and Catherine “Lynn” Hedrick from California’s La Jolla Institute for Immunology have been named co-directors of the new Center for Immunology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, an initiative which will dramatically expand research to better harness the power of the immune system to prevent and treat disease.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State Student Employment Spring Job Fair
Coosa Valley News
PROM DRESS DRIVE FOR YOUNG GIRLS IN NEED
Posted by Staff Reports
Now through February 12th, Love Travels Beyond, Inc. is collecting prom dresses for young girls in need. Donate your gently used prom dress by dropping it off at one of these four locations: …The Belles of the Ball event to give away the dresses will be held on February 19 at the University of West Georgia.
Savannah CEO
Georgia Southern’s Henderson Library Selected to Host Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibit
Georgia Southern University’s Zach S. Henderson Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The touring library exhibition — based on the special exhibition of the same name at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. — began travelling to U.S. libraries in 2020 and will continue through 2022.
Savannah Morning News
Tybee organizers fear Lazaretto Bridge renovations could endanger unmarked burial site
The bridge that leads into Tybee Island could be sitting next to unmarked graves. Local historians want them identified before construction for a new bridge begins.
Nancy Guan
As plans for the reconstruction of the Lazaretto Creek Bridge move forward, concerns about preserving the surrounding history gain urgency. Local historians and grassroots organizers say that a possible nearby burial site could be disrupted once construction begins. In the late 18th century, the area along the Lazaretto Creek was used as a quarantine station for enslaved Africans brought to the Georgia coast. According to historical records, a hospital was erected for the enslaved and “those who died were buried in unmarked graves nearby.” …Kara Sweeney, a lecturer of anthropology at Georgia Southern University and review board member for the Georgia National Register of Historic Places, joined the Lazaretto coalition as a concerned member of the community. Sweeney said local organizing can be pivotal when it comes to preservation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
High school students soon won’t need pencils any longer for the SAT
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
College Board announces college admissions tests will shift online in 2024
Remember the days when high school students showed up to take the SAT with a clutch of freshly sharpened No. 2 pencils? Those days are coming to an end. The long-standing pencil and paper college admissions exam will shift online in 2024 when students will take the SAT on computers or tablets. (International students will see their tests move online a year earlier, in 2023.) However, students must still sit for the exams in a school or in a test center with a proctor present. They can’t take them at home. …While the University System of Georgia briefly waived the ACT/SAT requirement during the pandemic, it reinstated it and current high school seniors must submit standardized-test scores for fall admissions.
Augusta Chronicle
Do ‘Topics in Shakespeare’ and ‘Rural Demography’ teach privilege? Legislators ask again
Abraham Kenmore
State legislators have once again asked for information on whether and how University System of Georgia professors are teaching about privilege and oppression. Last year, Rep. Emory Dunahoo, R-Gillsville, had asked all colleges to answer three questions on the subject. On Thursday afternoon, Teresa MacCartney, the acting chancellor of the University System of Georgia, sent the request out to the presidents and provosts of USG to update their answers to these questions, following an inquiry from Rep. David Knight, R-Griffin, chairman of the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee. The three questions are:
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Jan. 24)
An updated count of coronavirus deaths and cases reported across the state
CONFIRMED CASES: 1,765,900
CONFIRMED DEATHS: 27,116 | This figure does not include additional cases that the DPH reports as suspected COVID-19-related deaths. County is determined by the patient’s residence, when known, not by where they were treated.
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Inside Higher Ed
Postcollege Earnings Depend on the College Attended
Some colleges yield higher earnings than others for low-income students, a new report found.
By Sara Weissman
Going to college financially benefits low-income students, but less so than peers who are not low income, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. And the return on investment—the amount earned over time minus the full cost of attending college—can vary significantly for low-income students based on the kinds of institutions they attend. The report, released today, noted that the average return on investment for low-income students is $756,000 over 40 years, lower than the average return of $822,000 for all students. The report findings include students who graduated and those who left college before graduating.