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www.savannahnow.com
UPDATE: GBI says Savannah State University student murder an isolated incident, killer at large
http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-08-27/savannah-state-university-student-dies-thursday-night-shooting-on-campus
By Savannah Morning News
UPDATE: From GBI Agent Catherine Sapp: GBI Statesboro Regional Office was requested by the Savannah State University Police Department to investigate the shooting death of SSU student Christopher Starks, 22. Preliminary information indicates Starks was reportedly involved in an altercation inside the Student Union where he was shot. The shooting appears to be an isolated incident. Starks was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in Savannah. The investigation is ongoing and the shooter has not been identified at this time.
www.insidehighered.com
Shootings and Threats on Campuses
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/08/28/shootings-and-threats-campuses
Wednesday and Thursday saw several shootings — one resulting in a student death — and other security incidents on campuses. Here is a round-up of local press reports:
Savannah State University announced today that a student died at a local hospital to which he was taken after being shot in an altercation at the student union. The university has delayed classes this morning until 10 a.m. and has grief counselors on site.
www.11alive.com
Georgia Tech fraternity under investigation
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/education/2015/08/27/georgia-tech-fraternity-under-investigation/71273878/
J.D. Capelouto, Boston University, for USA TODAY College
(USA TODAY) — The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at The Georgia Institute of Technology is under investigation after allegedly shouting racial slurs at a black female student. The student says that on Aug. 11 she was getting into her car after work at around 6:45 p.m. when she saw three white members of the fraternity leaning out of a window, shouting and using racial epithets. “I was by myself. I was intimidated. The strongest feeling was that I wasn’t safe.” The student, a senior business administration major, tweeted about her experience on Twitter. “A lot of other people responded (at Georgia Tech) saying, ‘The same thing happened to me,’” she says. “People started to share their stories (and) it became evident that it was a trend on our campus.”
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Ga. teen rests after plague scare
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-08-27/ga-teen-rests-after-plague-scare
By Andy Miller
Georgia Health News
The first Georgia patient ever diagnosed with the plague is recovering at home after a week in a Thomasville hospital. Hannah Lindquist, 18, probably was bitten by an infected flea while hiking with her family in Yosemite National Park in California, her father, Ben, told GHN on Wednesday. Hannah, under doctors’ orders, will take a semester off from Valdosta State University, where she is a sophomore majoring in biology and pre-med, said Ben Lindquist, an attorney in Thomasville.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Civil suit will proceed against GRU officers
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2015-08-27/civil-suit-will-proceed-against-gru-officers
By Sandy Hodson
Staff Writer
A civil lawsuit filed by an Augusta man hit with 50,000 volts of electricity during a traffic stop by a Georgia Regents University police officer has survived its first challenge in U.S. District Court. In an order filed Aug. 21, U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall dismissed a number of claims against the school and police officers, but the claims on eight grounds survived the school’s defense team’s motion to dismiss.
www.bizjournals.com
Georgia Tech’s Peterson is in the business of ‘creating the next’
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/08/28/georgia-tech-s-peterson-is-in-the-business-of.html
H.M. Cauley
Contributing Writer
There are few positions in which a leader sees the future of the organization staring back every day. For G.P. “Bud” Peterson, president of Georgia Tech, that future is omnipresent in the diverse student body known for drawing the best and brightest from the state and beyond.
www.businesswire.com
MHG CEO Pereira Announces Series of Funding to University of Georgia Labs
World’s Largest Producer of PHA Contributes Funding to Increase R&D Capacity for their Biopolymers
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150818005964/en/MHG-CEO-Pereira-Announces-Series-Funding-University#.Vd8nOflVhuC
BAINBRIDGE, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MHG’s CEO, Paul Pereira, announced the company has contributed a series of funding to the distinguished labs of Dr. Jason Locklin, Dr. Mark Eiteman and Dr. Jenna Jambeck at the University of Georgia. These contributions will support several projects among the three labs, which will increase MHG’s research and development (R&D) capabilities for Nodax™ PHA and other sustainable biopolymers. “The University of Georgia possesses professors with very unique skills and abilities that are extremely beneficial to our company,” said Paul Pereira. “Our support promotes collaborations that will allow MHG to increase R&D capacity, identify future employees and keep us moving forward in the industry as well as remain at the forefront of sustainability and renewability.”
www.benzinga.com
James Alfred Cochran Rising Star Scholarship Fund Established
http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/08/p5798596/james-alfred-cochran-rising-star-scholarship-fund-established
Friends of late businessman and pillar of the West Georgia community James Alfred “Al” Cochran recently established a scholarship in his memory. The James Alfred “Al” Cochran Rising Star Scholarship will provide financial support for University of West Georgia students who are majoring in accounting.
www.onlineathens.com
Correll Hall, new $35 million business school addition, now open for students
http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-08-28/correll-hall-new-35-million-business-school-addition-now-open-students
By LEE SHEARER
A formal dedication is three weeks away, but students and staff at Correll Hall, the University of Georgia’s newest academic building, have already begun quietly occupying the building, and students say they like what they’ve found in the high-tech, light-filled first phase of the UGA Terry College of Business’s new campus near the intersection of Baxter and Lumpkin streets.
www.landarchs.com
10 Great Places to Study Landscape Architecture in the USA
http://landarchs.com/10-great-places-study-landscape-architecture-usa/
A guide to places in the USA, which are world renowned centres to study landscape architecture. 1. University of Georgia
www.chron.com
50 fittest U.S. colleges in 2015 unveiled
Which Texas schools are buff enough to make the cut?
http://www.chron.com/about/article/50-fittest-schools-in-the-U-S-revealed-6469739.php
By Joy Sewing
For the third year, The Active Times, an active and adventure lifestyle site, has compiled a list of the 50 Fittest Colleges in America in 2015. Of the 26 states that made the list, 8. University of Georgia;. 48. Georgia Institute of Technology
www.artsculture.blog.ajc.com
C4 Atlanta teams with Ga. Tech in free tech-oriented meetups for creatives
http://artsculture.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/27/c4-atlanta-harnessing-technology-for-the-arts/
Bo Emerson
Inspiration is important but technical knowhow is also helpful when you’re pursuing a career in the arts. C4 Atlanta, a non-profit arts service organization, is teaming with the Office of the Arts at Georgia Tech to help aspiring creators use the most advanced tools available in their creative and entrepreneurial lives. The two groups are hosting TechsmARTs, a meetup/discussion group which will bring artists together with arts professionals, gallery owners and educators to help jump-start their creative careers.
www.ajc.com
Delta partnering with universities
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/delta-partnering-with-universities/nnR6D/
Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta Air Lines is making an early run at developing its next batch of frequent fliers, partnering with universities to put its name in front of students. Atlanta-based Delta said it has developed new partnerships with Duke University, University of Florida, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and University of Wisconsin. It already has partnerships with Georgia Tech, University of Georgia,
www.onlineathens.com
State ACT scores up, Oconee schools among state’s highest
http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-08-28/state-act-scores-oconee-schools-among-states-highest
By LEE SHEARER
Georgia students posted the top average score on the ACT college readiness test among Southeastern states this year, the Georgia Department of Education announced this week. One area school system, Oconee County, had one of the top averages in Georgia. …Their top choice for the colleges they wanted the scores sent to was the University of Georgia, followed by Kennesaw State University, Georgia Southern University and Georgia State University.
Higher Education News:
www.chronicle.com
Minimum-Wage Work Alone Won’t Get You Through College
http://chronicle.com/article/Minimum-Wage-Work-Alone/232675/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
By Sandhya Kambhampati and Meredith Myers
Politicians and pundits love to talk about the character-building experience of working your way through college. But how realistic is that ideal? As one way of answering that question, here’s a thought experiment: Let’s say you’re planning to attend your state’s best-known public university (at the in-state rate, naturally) and you’re hoping a minimum-wage job will cover the cost. How long would you have to work at that job to recoup a year’s worth of tuition and fees? We’ve created a tool to show you.
www.miamiherald.com
FIU unveils its new Tech Station
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/technology/article32486670.html
BY NANCY DAHLBERG
With a ribbon-cutting and an open house with executives from South Florida’s largest technology companies and promising startups, Florida International University inaugurated its $3 million Tech Station on Wednesday. The new 8,000-square-foot College of Engineering and Computing facility, 16 months in the making, includes high-tech classrooms, team rooms, advisory centers for mentoring, research and computer labs, a maker garage, event spaces for community events, workshops and hackathons, brightly colored co-working areas and a café. The classrooms, where big data, cybersecurity, cloud computing and other subjects will be taught, include mobile desks and in-the-round instruction, and they are complemented with smaller team rooms decked out with 70-inch screens where four people can hook up their laptops and collaborate on projects, said Steve Luis, director of technology and business relations for the School of Computing and Information Sciences.