University System News:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: UGA pioneer Mary Frances Early earned her place in history
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Scholar: Her memoir illuminates overlooked chapter in Georgia’s civil rights journey
Mary Frances Early, whose pioneering status as the first Black person to graduate from the University of Georgia was ignored for decades, details her story in a new book about her experience as a graduate student on the newly integrated Athens campus. That story is an important chapter of Georgia’s history, according to Maurice C. Daniels, dean emeritus and professor emeritus of the University of Georgia School of Social Work. In this guest column, Daniels, who helped highlight Early’s achievement, writes about her memoir.
Tifton Gazette
Survey: ABAC Nursing provides value
The nursing program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College provides a quality education at a low cost to students, according to a new survey which rates ABAC as one of the 15 lowest cost nursing programs for international students in the United States. The website is located at https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/study/434567-15-cheapest-nursing-schools-usa-international-students-2021/ . ABAC offers both associate of science in nursing and bachelor of science in nursing programs for future nurses, college officials said in a statement. Once students graduate the ASN program and pass the National Council Licensure Examination, they qualify as registered nurses.
Griffin Daily News
Students take part in agribusiness tour
By Griffin Daily News Staff
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black challenged a group of high school and college students to consider opportunities in the agriculture industry during the group’s visit to Griffin hosted by Newton Crouch Co. The group of students from Georgia and Alabama were part of the Metro Atlanta Urban Youth Agribusiness Tour. During the tour, Steve and John Crouch informed the group of the diversity of jobs available in agriculture, including drafting, engineering and fabrication. Besides visiting Newton Crouch Co., other stops included Cargill, UGA-Griffin Campus and Southern Belle Farms.
Medical Dialogues
Small Amounts Of Carbon Monoxide May Help Protect Vision In Diabetes
By Hina Zahid
An ingested liquid that ultimately delivers a small dose of carbon monoxide to the eye appears to target key factors that damage or destroy vision in both type 1 and 2 diabetes, scientists say. The Medical College of Georgia scientists have early evidence that HBI-002, a low-dose oral compound developed by Hillhurst Biopharmaceuticals and already in early stage trials for sickle cell disease, can safely reduce oxidative stress and inflammation in the retina, both early, major contributors to diabetic retinopathy.
Other News:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Dec. 29)
An updated count of coronavirus deaths and cases reported across the state
CONFIRMED CASES: 1,384,606
CONFIRMED DEATHS: 26,358 | 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.
Albany Herald
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp commits $100 million to fight newest COVID-19 surge
By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia is throwing money and manpower at the latest surge in coronavirus. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that the state will spend $100 million to put up to 1,000 additional health-care workers on the job battling the spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.
Higher Education News:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
When Administrators Make Mistakes
They’re being pushed to deny complexity, ignore ambiguity, and denigrate opposing viewpoints.
By Kimberly A. Yuracko
Hurricanes are blowing over American universities — blustery winds of ideological disagreement, political distrust, and lots of anger over racial injustice and the marginalization of subordinated groups, all fueled and fed by social media. Under such intense pressure, senior administrators are making mistakes. One such storm touched down recently at Yale Law School. Yale is not unique. Storms have touched down in recent years at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Georgetown Law, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Law, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to name just a few. The fact patterns are similar. Something happens — in class, on a final exam, or outside of class — that students find racist or otherwise offensive. Students protest — they demand statements of condemnation, swift action and public accountability. Administrators respond — they condemn, they punish, they disavow — and they do so quickly. Administrators are then pilloried — for overreach, for trampling academic freedom, for moving too quickly, for getting the facts wrong.