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Atlanta Business Chronicle
Most Admired CEO: Georgia Tech’s Ángel Cabrera on the costs of higher education and trusting your staff
By Douglas Sams – Editor-in-chief, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Welcome to Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2022 class of Most Admired CEOs.
Every year we honor the Atlanta leaders with a vision that propels the performance of their organization and a commitment that strengthens the fabric of the business community.
In the weeks before our Most Admired event on Aug. 18, the Chronicle wants to share reflections on leadership from some of this year’s recipients. Today, we feature Ángel Cabrera, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Three years ago, Cabrera left the president’s role at Georgia Mason University and returned to Atlanta to lead Georgia Tech, one of the country’s top engineering schools and an important resource for state economic development officials aiming to land corporate relocations and expansions. Georgia Tech is the force behind Midtown’s Technology Square, a thriving innovation district at the heart of Atlanta’s technology ecosystem. Answers have been edited for clarity and conciseness.
Atlanta CW69 News
Georgia Gwinnett College’s Project SEED program prepares high school students for STEM careers
By Valencia Jones
A hands-on research program at Georgia Gwinnett College is giving bright young minds a space to grow, while planting the seeds of future success. Some of the next scientists who could develop groundbreaking medicines and cures for diseases can be found in a Georgia Gwinnett College lab this summer. One of them is future psychiatrist Jane Yoo, a rising senior at Peachtree Ridge High School. …A half dozen high schoolers are taking part in the Project SEED program, which targets students from underserved communities. SEED originally stood for “Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged.” The students attend Peachtree Ridge and Shiloh High Schools, along with the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology. They’re also earning money. Each student receives $3,200 for the 8-10 week research program.
The Red & Black
UGA expands Georgia’s STEM program following federal grant increase
Lauren Minnick
A statewide alliance led by the University of Georgia recently received a 2.5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a push to increase participation in STEM fields among students from underrepresented groups. This federal funding expansion will be specifically allocated to the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), a coalition of six public colleges and universities in Georgia established to increase the number of underrepresented students throughout the state who pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields at an undergraduate level or beyond. The LSAMP is led by UGA, and also includes the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University-Perimeter College, Kennesaw State University and two historically black universities, Fort Valley State University and Savannah State University.
The Tifton Gazette
Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation donates to ABAC museum
For the past six years, more than 43,000 elementary school students from all over South Georgia have received an inside look at how agriculture affects their daily lives at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture. “Thanks to a recent gift from the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation, even more young people will receive that kind of insight in days to come,” college officials said in a statement. “Our investment in ABAC’s Destination Ag program is an investment in our future,” Donnie Warren, executive director of the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation, said. “The Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation is proud to help support this program in educating children at an early age and exposing them to agriculture and the working forest. We look forward to seeing what the 2022-2023 school year brings.” Garrett Boone, museum director, said the donation is greatly appreciated and essential in allowing the museum to continue in its commitment to the outreach effort in local schools. “Destination Ag provides an interactive, educational experience for children and all guests focused on modern agriculture and natural resources,” Boone said. “Through a variety of programs taught by ABAC students, guests connect to where their food, fiber and shelter come from – agriculture.
WSB-TV
UGA progressing on new COVID-19 nasal vaccine
University of Georgia scientists are leading the way in developing a brand new COVID-19 vaccine. Researchers at the university are making major progress on a nasal spray vaccine. On Friday, Channel 2 Action News spoke with the lead researcher about this breakthrough, UGA professor of infectious disease Dr. Biao He.
yahoo!news
UGA students study impact of Joro spiders on forest health
Carlton Fletcher, The Albany Herald, Ga.
Priscilla Smith peers into a group of holly bushes on the University of Georgia’s South Campus. Nestled between the leaves, she spies a young Joro spider clinging to its web. With her hand, she gently guides the spider into a plastic container — web and all. Smith, a rising fourth-year student in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is working this summer alongside researchers in the Forest Entomology Laboratory at the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. She’s helping search for answers to a big question: How will the presence of Joro spiders affect overall forest health? The lab is part of a cross-campus collaboration of researchers looking at ways the Joro spiders may affect the larger environment. The Forest Entomology Lab tackles insect-related issues that affect trees, and as the yellow and black spiders take up residence in them — and bushes, and front porches — across the Southeast, they become an issue for landowners.
Morning AgClips
UGA Southeast REC to host Midville Field Day
Annual event is an open house tour of current research projects, August 10
The University of Georgia Southeast Research and Education Center(SEREC) will host its annual field day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The annual event is an open house tour of current research projects taking place at the center where College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty will highlight the work they are doing in cotton, peanuts, soybeans, corn, small grains and cover crops. …Established in 1951 as the Southeast Georgia Branch Experiment Station, the facility’s mission was to research agricultural practices on a management scale large enough to accurately assess costs and returns for various commodities that could be adapted to the local soils and dry climate of the upper Coastal Plain region. Today, the 720-acre facility has over 60 ongoing research projects, with an emphasis on the efficient use of water.
KLTV
Annual Football Women’s Clinic held at Georgia Southern University
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Georgia Southern head football coach Clay Helton and wife Angela spoke to the Ladies of Eagles Nation at the Annual Georgia Southern Football Women’s Clinic.
Times-Georgian
UWG Athletic Foundation names new directors, executive officers
By Julie Lineback Uwg Athletics
The University of West Georgia Athletic Foundation Board of Directors announced today the addition of two new members and new leadership. Joining the board are Ryan Earnest ‘90 and Tracy McDaniel ‘98. New leadership includes John Copeland ‘97, chair; Rebecca Smith ‘96 ‘20, past chair; William Esslinger Jr. ‘93, treasurer and Audit and Finance Committee chair; and Christopher Shuler ‘85, secretary. “We are thrilled to welcome these two new members to our Board of Directors as we continue to dedicate ourselves to the curation of a first-choice university,” said Dr. Meredith Brunen, CEO of UWG’s foundations and vice president for university advancement.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cops: West Georgia professor kills student at Carrollton parking deck
By Matt Bruce, Rosana Hughes
A community and its college campus were reeling Sunday after a deadly argument the day before that claimed the life of a student and led to a professor being charged with murder. Carrollton police said security guards kicked out Richard Sigman, 47, from Leopoldo’s Pizza Napoletana on Adamson Square early Saturday when they noticed he was armed with a gun. Sigman walked to a parking deck across the street from the pizzeria and fired several gunshots into a parked vehicle, investigators said. The Carrollton man struck 18-year-old Anna Jones, who was inside the vehicle, according to authorities. She later died at a hospital.
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The True Cost of Federal Student Loans
The Education Department said the federal student loan program is generating billions in income for the federal government. A new report from the GAO shows that it is causing billions in lost revenue due to flaws in budget estimates.
By Meghan Brink
The Education Department projected that student loans would generate $114 billion in income over the last 25 years. However, a new report shows that federal student loans have actually cost the government $197 billion, a $311 billion difference. The findings come from a Government Accountability Office report released today that undermines a narrative from the department that the federal student loan program is generating income. The study, analyzing data on student loans between 1994 and 2021, found that the Education Department greatly underestimated how changes to loan programs and borrower behavior have impacted the federal student loan balance. Recent changes to the loan program since the start of 2022 that were not included in the study, like the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) waiver and multiple group discharges of federal student loan debt, will drive the cost higher. Additionally, if President Biden moves to cancel some outstanding student debt, the cost would rise as well.
Inside Higher Ed
Senate Republicans Launch Investigation of the NSF
Meghan Brink
Republican senators launched an investigation into the National Science Foundation last week, raising concerns about the agency’s budget process and how it reviews and awards grant money. Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky sent a letter to the NSF Friday asking for information related to the agency’s budget plan, grants and awards. They expressed concern that the NSF, which received $8.8 billion in federal funding for fiscal year 2022 and is expected to receive billions more in this year’s budget appropriations process, is wasting money by funding “studies of questionable value.” “While not all of these studies are obvious wastes of taxpayer dollars, many still raise major concerns about the importance of your agency’s mission,” said the senators.