Atlanta Business Journal
UGA law school unveils portrait honoring first Black graduate
Chester Davenport’s image to hang in school’s iconic rotunda
The University of Georgia School of Law recently unveiled the portrait of its first Black graduate, the late Chester C. Davenport, and the painting will hang in the law school’s iconic rotunda that bears his name. “Today we honor the first,” Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge said at the event. “When future students following in Chester’s footsteps enter these halls for the first time, they [will] forever see Chester’s name. They [will] forever see Chester’s portrait. They [will] forever know that they belong here just like Chester did and just like Chester does now.” In addition to the law school community, members of the Davenport family, including Chester’s daughter, CeCe, attended the unveiling. …Davenport, who died in 2020, graduated from the School of Law in 1966 after remaining its only Black student during his three years at UGA. …Since his passing, Davenport was posthumously awarded the UGA Alumni Association’s oldest and highest honor, the Alumni Merit Award.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State University Career Fair
Photos by Reginald Christian Oct 21, 2022
On Thursday, October 20, Albany State University hosted a career fair for students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Times-Georgian
UWG announces three new scholarship opportunities
By Special To The Times-Georgian
The University of West Georgia recently announced three new scholarship opportunities for incoming freshmen beginning in Fall 2023. The UWG Advantage Scholarship is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for qualifying in-state students at the University of West Georgia. In combination with the HOPE Scholarship, it gives Georgia students the opportunity to earn awards that cover all tuition and required fees. …UWG has created two opportunities — the EDGE Scholarship and the GoWest Scholarship — for students who are out-of-state but live in the U.S. Eligibility and award amounts vary by scholarship and student, and criteria for these scholarships are based on academic performance and residency.
Athens CEO
UGA Career Center Hosts Successful Fall Career Fairs
Clarke Schwabe
The University of Georgia Career Center hosted a record number of students and employers during its annual Fall Career & Internship Fair and Fall Engineering & Computer Science Career & Internship Fair held on Sept. 28 and 29. Over those two days, 526 employers and more than 3,900 students passed through the doors of The Classic Center in downtown Athens where the events were held. The day after the fairs concluded, more than 60 employers hosted individual interviews with 388 students. “The increase in attendance by companies this year signals that the appetite for recruiting UGA students has never been greater,” said Scott Williams, executive director of the UGA Career Center. “We’ve seen uncertainty and upheaval in labor markets, and it’s really exciting to help additional employers actively engage our pipeline of well-prepared students.”
WebMD
New Sensor Tracks Tumors in Real Time
By Natalie Sabin
A first-of-its-kind wearable device could give doctors and researchers the ability to offer better insights into how tumors respond to treatments. Medicine has made huge progress in the fight against cancer. In the past 3 decades, the average person’s risk of dying from cancer in the United States has decreased by 32%, thanks to factors like earlier detection and advances in drug treatment. Still, even with increasing survival rates, cancer remains widespread. According to the American Cancer Society, cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S. And scientists continue to look for ways to turn the tide against cancer. But now, a new tool — a wearable device — can tell in real time how much a tumor is growing or shrinking, sending those results wirelessly to a smartphone for analysis. The device has been proven and is already being used in animal studies. “Our technology is the first bioelectronic device to monitor tumor regression, and the first technology to monitor tumors in real time,” says Alex Abramson, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech and a co-author of a new study of the device.
Food Safety News
Center for Produce Safety funds 14 new research projects
By News Desk
In an effort to help answer the fresh produce industry’s most urgent food safety questions, the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is funding 14 new research projects, valued at more than $3.9 million. These 14 new projects are aimed at answering industry questions about leafy greens production in controlled environments, evaluating and mitigating risk from Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella, and Cyclospora detection. …2022 RFP Grant Recipients: All projects will begin in January 2023 (*except as noted) …*Began in April 2022
Malak Esseili, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Optimizing methods for the detection and quantification of infectious human norovirus from fresh berries using human intestinal enteroids
WGAU Radio
UGA names new chief for Office of Emergency Preparedness
By Tim Bryant
Adam Fouche has been named director of the University of Georgia’s Office of Emergency Preparedness. Fouche has spent the better part of the past twenty years in the University’s campus police department.
From Hayley Major, UGA Media Relations…
After the conclusion of a national search, Adam Fouche has been named director of the University of Georgia’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Insurance and Claims Management, effective Oct. 1. Fouche has served nearly 20 years in the University of Georgia Police Department, most recently as deputy chief. He assumes this new role following the retirement of former Director Steve Harris.
The Georgia Virtue
University Police Arrest Two Following Car Break-Ins And Theft
Using surveillance camera footage, Georgia Southern Police have identified and arrested two men accused of breaking into a car and stealing a laptop. Amaan Malik Jones, 18, of Licolntown, Ga., and Dontavon Da’Shaun Norman, 18, of Statesboro, have both been charged with one count each of entering auto and theft by taking (articles from vehicle). Neither are Georgia Southern University students. The incident occurred on the evening of Oct.13, when a student reported that his wallet, backpack and laptop had been stolen from his vehicle in the Southern Pines residence hall parking lot.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State University Purple Table Talk for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Photos by Reginald Christian
On Thursday, October 20th, the Purple Table Talk guest speakers are April Jackson-Hunter and Rebecca Marshall. To show your support, wear purple on Thursday for Domestic Violence Awareness. On Thursday, October 20, Albany State University hosted a Purple Table Talk with guest speakers were April Jackson-Hunter and Rebecca Marshall for Domestic Violence Awareness month.
The West Georgian
UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA’S QUEER STUDENT ALLIANCE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS ON CAMPUS
By Anna Roberts
West Georgia’s Queer Student Alliance (QSA) celebrated its 50th Anniversary on Oct.13. Founded in the fall of 1972 by Dr. Ara Dostourian, the Queer Student Alliance is an organization for LGBTQ+ students and allies. They serve as a social club and a safe space that encourages and promotes activism, along with promoting solidarity on campus and in the surrounding region. “To me, it is a safe space that fosters unity and works towards a better, friendlier West Georgia,” said Grayson Boyd, President of the Queer Student Alliance. “I’ve gotten emails from incoming freshmen wanting to know the safety of campus and if there are resources available for them. We might not know every gay person on campus, but we try to make sure every gay person knows of us and knows that they have a welcoming space with us.” Throughout the year, QSA holds regular weekly meetings, Valentine’s box drive and an annual Drag Show, their largest event. Leading up to their big 50th celebration, QSA celebrated Pride Week with a fun event each day on campus beginning on Oct. 7. They gave out free ice cream, held a unity panel and hosted Safe Zone training. Their 50th birthday bash was held on campus on Oct. 13 and was open to students, alumni, faculty and the community. QSA ended the week with a family-friendly Pride event hosted at 4am Coffee Roasters Cafe & Bar on Oct. 14.
WJCL
‘It’s going to be incredibly difficult:’ Criminal justice professor discusses Quinton Simon search
The toddler has been missing for more than two weeks. He is presumed to be dead.
Brooke Butler, Anchor/Reporter
Investigators are still searching a Chatham County landfill for the remains of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. The toddler has been missing for more than two weeks. His mother, Leilani Simon, has been named the prime suspect in his disappearance and presumed death. The FBI told reporters on Tuesday the search for Simon’s remains will not be quick, not be easy and the outcome is uncertain. Investigators have created an area at the landfill called a “search deck.” We’re told officers are moving through debris placed on the deck for any evidence. Once that debris is cleared, it is removed and replaced with another section of material. While the FBI said they have identified a specific area of the landfill to search and no new trash is coming into that area, a criminal justice professor at Georgia Southern University told WJCL the search will still be difficult. “I think it’s going to be an incredibly difficult search, unfortunately,” said Chad Posick, the interim department chair of Georgia Southern’s Criminal Justice & Criminology Department. “The area itself is massive, so there’s a lot of ground to cover and that’s all complicated by the fact there is garbage and trash they are going to have to go around and underneath and, of course, that speeds up the decaying process.” He said on top of the sheer amount of waste investigators have to go through, they’re also likely having to be careful with the items they’re handling.
Buckhead
Buckhead’s Sarah Smith Elementary School Celebrates 70th Anniversary
John Ruch
North Buckhead’s Sarah Smith Elementary School is celebrating its 70th school year. The anniversary will be celebrated at the school’s annual Fall Festival Oct. 20 and at a 1970s-themed party in the spring for past and present parents of students. Part of the Atlanta Public Schools system, the school opened at 370 Old Ivy Road in 1952, the same year Buckhead was annexed into Atlanta. It opened as Marion Smith Elementary, named for an attorney who served as chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Marion Smith also was the son of Hoke Smith, a powerful political figure who served as Georgia governor, a U.S. Senator and Atlanta Board of Education president and published the Atlanta Journal newspaper.
Georgia Recorder
Poll finds most Georgia voters favor casinos, online sports betting support comes up short
By: Ray Glier
In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the spigot to the $165 billion U.S. sports betting industry by allowing states to legalize online sports gambling as legislatures pressed for ways to close budget gaps. Revenue from taxes from online betting has flowed into the treasuries of 22 states, including Georgia’s neighbor Tennessee, which has made approximately $80 million in sports betting tax revenue since November 2020. There has not been so much as a drip into the Georgia treasury from sports betting. Is it time to legalize online gambling in Georgia and get in on the bonanza? Many think it is. According to a statewide poll released this month, 45.6% of likely voters surveyed favored making online betting on professional sports legal in the state and 42.6% opposed with 11.8 answering “don’t know.” …The Georgia Recorder is one of more than 100 news outlets that are part of the Georgia News Collaborative that commissioned this poll from the School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center at the University of Georgia. The statewide poll surveyed 1,030 likely voters and contains a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. Legalizing gambling—beyond the state lottery—would require amending the state constitution. Two-thirds of each legislative chamber would have to vote to put it on the 2023 ballot. Charles Hodges, one of the poll respondents who is a professor of finance at the Richards College of Business at the University of West Georgia, says it makes little sense for the state to ignore the revenue when plenty of residents already find ways to gamble on college and professional games across state lines.
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Inside Higher Ed
Nearly 22 million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened.
By Katherine Knott
The Biden administration is encouraging borrowers to keep applying for student loan forgiveness despite a temporary stay issued by a federal appeals court Friday night that blocked the administration from discharging any debt. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which granted the request for an emergency stay from six Republican-led states, will hear the challenge on an expedited timeline with briefs due today and tomorrow. In a video posted to Twitter, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the legal challenges to the student debt–relief plan are “baseless” and that the administration was not deterred. He also defended the plan in an op-ed published over the weekend in USA Today, noting that the stay doesn’t prevent the administration from reviewing applications for forgiveness.
Inside Higher Ed
Report: Small Rise in Tuition Rates
A new report from the College Board finds tuition holding steady, with minimal increases. But given rampant inflation, experts wonder how long institutions can keep prices down.
By Josh Moody
College tuition and fees increased at a historically low rate for a third straight year, according to a new report out today from the College Board, which finds that tuition actually decreased during the 2022–23 academic year when adjusted for the runaway inflation that hit the U.S. economy. Average annual tuition and fees—before adjusting for inflation—ticked up by 1.8 percent for in-state students at public four-year institutions, 1.6 percent for students at public two-year colleges and 3.5 percent for those at private nonprofit four-year colleges, according to the report, “Trends in Student Pricing and Financial Aid.” Taking inflation into account, the average tuition and fees “declined in all three sectors,” the report said—though some individual institutions did significantly increase tuition due to inflation.
Inside Higher Ed
Most Americans Want Race Out of Admissions Decisions
By Scott Jaschik
Most Americans support the Supreme Court moving to stop colleges from considering race and ethnicity in admissions decisions, according to a national poll by The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. The poll was of 1,238 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Every racial and ethnic group except for African Americans had the same perspective.
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges for the first time have a real alternative, and so far the new approach is getting strong reviews. But predicting yield is anyone’s guess.
By Scott Jaschik
Last year was in many ways the kickoff of direct admissions in the United States. The company Concourse set up a system for students to be considered by 10 colleges in the Chicago area, all colleges with strong track records at admitting and graduating low-income students, many of whom are minority students as well. The students create profiles of themselves with their grades and what they want to study, but the students don’t actually apply to a college. The colleges reach out to students they want to admit. More than 650 students were offered spots in college last year, with generous scholarships. The colleges were not among the elites of higher education, and that was not the program’s intent. This year, Concourse has 125 colleges around various cities in the United States making admission offers, said Joe Morrison, the CEO. “And there are many more in the onboarding pipeline, which is growing rapidly,” he said.
Cybersecurity Dive
Cyber defense is not IT’s job alone, CISA CTO says
While tech executives must provide critical tools and procedures to lower cyber risk, the whole organization is responsible for fending off attackers.
Roberto Torres, Editor
IT leaders must equip their businesses with the necessary tools to operate safely in an expanding cyberthreat landscape, but the responsibility should not solely fall on IT, CISA CTO Brian Gattoni said Tuesday at the Gartner IT Symposium 2022. “It’s not your job alone,” said Gattoni. “It’s every individual person’s collective responsibility to be a good citizen in cyber to protect the enterprise. If you are touching IT, if you’re touching data, if you are doing something for your company around electronics: you have a responsibility with cyber.”
Cybersecurity Dive
National cybersecurity strategy to debut within months, White House official says
The Biden administration’s strategy will have extensive collaboration with the private sector, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis says.
David Jones, Reporter
Dive Brief:
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said the Biden administration’s long-anticipated national cybersecurity strategy could be ready as early as late November but may take a couple of additional months for final completion. Inglis, speaking at the mWISE conference in Washington D.C. Wednesday, said the strategy would focus heavily on international cybersecurity issues as well as workforce development concerns, a major issue for the information security industry. Officials have made considerable outreach to the private sector in terms of developing the strategy, with two-thirds of about 300 engagements being made with private industry officials.