University System News USG NEWS: www.ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/a-push-to-remind-israelis-that-georgia-exists/ngQ4J/ A push to remind Israelis that Georgia exists By Greg Bluestein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CAESAREA, Israel — Countertop manufacturer Caesarstone decided its next manufacturing plant needed to be outside the woody hills of northern Israel and closer to overseas customers. It picked a far-flung site for its new […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.macon.com http://www.macon.com/2014/06/22/3163202/midstate-colleges-conscious-of.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1 Midstate colleges conscious of student loan crisis BY ANDRES DAVID LOPEZ Amanda Carroll has been able to work hard and pay for her college tuition at Middle Georgia State College without taking on any debt. Still, the 26-year-old from Macon knows there are graduates across the country worried […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.savannahnow.com http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2014-06-19/georgia-prepared-be-player-when-drone-industry-takes#.U6QuEygRseU Georgia is prepared to be a player when the drone industry takes off By WALTER C. JONES ATLANTA — Georgia universities and companies are revving their engines and prepared to soar the moment the Federal Aviation Administration approves the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles although other practical […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.macon.com http://www.macon.com/2014/06/18/3156203/georgia-tech-gives-hand-up-to.html?sp=/99/148/198/ Georgia Tech gives hand up to midstate industry BY WAYNE CRENSHAW WARNER ROBINS — Georgia Tech’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership does for industries what the University of Georgia Extension Service does for farmers. Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson is on a tour of Georgia industries the college has helped, […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2014-06-16/georgia-tech-president-visits-augusta-part-summer-tour Georgia Tech president visits Augusta as part of summer tour By Sean Gruber Staff Writer Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. Peterson began his annual summer tour of Georgia in Augusta on Monday, meeting with local industrial and media representatives to discuss how Georgia Tech influences economic and […]

USG RESEARCH Researchers discover new method to reduce disease-causing inflammation http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-method-disease-causing-inflammation.html MedicalXPress June 1y6, 2014 By James Hataway Researchers at the University of Georgia report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that an enzyme known as Tumor Progression Locus 2, or Tpl2, plays a key role in directing and regulating several important components of the […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.accessnorthga.com http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=276025 Merger of NGCSU, GSC foundations finalized By Staff DAHLONEGA – As of July 1, the University of North Georgia (UNG) will reach another milestone in the consolidation of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville State College when its two philanthropic foundations merge. The result will be […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.wabe.org http://wabe.org/post/state-archives-re-open-public-five-days-week State Archives to Re-Open to Public Five Days a Week By LISA GEORGE Just two years ago, the Georgia Archives building was in danger of closing to the public because of budget cuts, but it will soon be open to the public five days a week. …The Archives […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/suit-seeking-in-state-tuition-for-those-without-le/ngH2R/ Suit seeking in-state tuition for those without legal status dismissed By Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Fulton County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking in-state college tuition in Georgia for immigrants who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children. In an order issued Monday, […]

USG NEWS: www.wrgarome.com http://wrgarome.com/common/page.php?feed=1&id=20961&is_corp=1 Green Named President of Georgia Highlands College ATLANTA – Dr. Donald J. Green, vice president for Extended and International Operations, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. has been named as the next president of Georgia Highlands College in Rome by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Green […]