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Released: 21-Jul-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Neuroscientists Get $3.2 Million to Study Brain Mechanisms Underlying Sex Differences in Social Stress
Georgia State University

The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) at Georgia State University has received a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the neurochemical mechanisms underlying social stress in males and females.

   
Released: 18-Jul-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Loss of Employer-Based Health Insurance in Early Retirement Affects Mental, Physical Health, Study Finds
Georgia State University

The loss of private health insurance from an employer can lead to poorer mental and physical health as older adults transition to early retirement, according to a study by Georgia State University.

Released: 14-Jul-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Georgia State Receives $515,000 Grant to Continue Student Success Efforts
Georgia State University

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today (July 14) announced Georgia State University as one of seven institutions selected to participate in a three-year project to personalize learning and improve undergraduate education through adoption of adaptive courseware.

Released: 13-Jul-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Differences in CEO Leadership Style, Company Culture Improve Firm Performance, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Chief executive officers (CEOs) should have a different leadership style from an organization’s culture in order to improve a firm’s performance, according to researchers at Georgia State University, Arizona State University, the University of South Australia and Auckland University of Technology.

Released: 5-Jul-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Aviragen Therapeutics Licenses Georgia State Technology to Develop Antiviral Therapies
Georgia State University

The Georgia State University Research Foundation (GSURF) has entered into a licensing and sponsored research agreement with Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc., a Georgia-based pharmaceutical company developing the next generation of antivirals, to develop and commercialize respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication inhibitors.

Released: 23-Jun-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Some Viruses Could Survive on Children’s Toys for Hours and Cause Infection, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Certain viruses, such as influenza, could survive on children’s toys long enough to result in exposures, placing children at risk for getting infectious diseases, according to researchers at Georgia State University.

Released: 22-Jun-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Treatment of Humans and Pigs May Reduce Endemic Tapeworm Infection
Georgia State University

The transmission of Taenia solium, a pork tapeworm species that infects humans and causes late-onset seizures and epilepsy, can be stopped on a population-wide level with mass treatments of both pigs and humans, researchers have shown.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Low-Income Single Moms Show Greater Earnings Mobility Than Men, People with Disabilities, Others
Georgia State University

Single mothers in Georgia who participate in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) experience greater income mobility than males, whites and people with disabilities according to a study by Georgia State University economists.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 1:05 PM EDT
5 Ways Parents Can Help Ward Off the “Summer Slump” and Help Their Kids Retain What They’Ve Learned
Georgia State University

With school out for summer, parents can help their kids mentally engaged and active with these five tips from a literacy and education expert at Georgia State University.

Released: 31-May-2016 10:05 AM EDT
New Class of Protein Could Treat Cancer and Other Diseases, Study Finds
Georgia State University

A protein designed by researchers at Georgia State University can effectively target a cell surface receptor linked to a number of diseases, showing potential as a therapeutic treatment for an array of illnesses, including cancer, according to the research team.

Released: 26-May-2016 11:05 AM EDT
New Intellectual Property Law Certificate Program Announced by Georgia State College of Law
Georgia State University

Georgia State University College of Law is adding a certificate in intellectual property (IP) to its specialty academic programs.

Released: 26-May-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Difficult Decisions Involving Perception Increase Activity in Brain’s Insular Cortex, Study Finds
Georgia State University

As the difficulty of making a decision based on sensory evidence increases, activity in the brain’s insular cortex also increases, according to researchers at Georgia State University.

Released: 26-May-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Momentum Moving in Wrong Direction for June Rate Hike
Georgia State University

Despite last week’s media reports hinting at a June rate hike after the Federal Reserve’s May meeting, expect Janet Yellen and company to wait until March 2017 for an interest rate increase, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Released: 23-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
African-American Girls in Low-Income, High-Crime Neighborhoods Experience Threats and Objectification, Georgia State Study Finds
Georgia State University

African-American girls in high-risk neighborhoods report encounters with aggression and sexual objectification, according to Georgia State University researchers.

Released: 17-May-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Racial and Ethnic Differences Found in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment, According to Researchers
Georgia State University

Non-Hispanic blacks are almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but they’re significantly less likely to receive medication for treatment, according to researchers.

Released: 11-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Unveil New, Detailed Images of DNA Transcription
Georgia State University

An unprecedented molecular view of the critical early events in gene expression, a process essential for all life, has been provided by researchers at Georgia State University, the University of California at Berkeley and Northwestern University.

Released: 11-May-2016 9:05 AM EDT
LGBT Institute and Georgia State University Launch Research Partnership
Georgia State University

The LGBT Institute at the Center for Civil and Human Rights and Georgia State University have launched a partnership to link researchers with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates to tell the stories of LGBT persons in the South, home to more LGBT adults than other U.S. regions.

Released: 11-May-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Georgia State University to Create College of the Arts
Georgia State University

Dr. Wade Weast has been named the founding dean of Georgia State University’s College of the Arts, a new academic unit that will focus on education in arts and related media, promote creativity and respond to the changing needs of artists, on- and off-campus.

Released: 10-May-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Georgia State University to Offer Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Health
Georgia State University

Georgia State University will offer a new bachelor of science degree in public health with an emphasis on urban and global health issues.

Released: 9-May-2016 11:05 AM EDT
E-Cigarettes Not Meeting Potential as “Disruptive Technology,” Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science Study Shows
Georgia State University

Most smokers who have tried electronic cigarettes have rejected them as less satisfying than regular cigarettes, reducing their potential to be a “disruptive technology” that could help a significant number of smokers to quit, according to a recent study by a team of researchers at the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) at Georgia State University.

Released: 5-May-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Coca-Cola Patents Head to Discuss Intellectual Property Strategy at May 11 Hot Topic Luncheon at Georgia State University
Georgia State University

Susanne Hollinger, head of patents at The Coca-Cola Co., will be the keynote speaker for Georgia State University College of Law’s 12th annual IP Hot Topics Luncheon at noon, Wednesday, May 11 at the Knowles Conference Center, 85 Park Place.

Released: 3-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Gates Foundation Chief Executive Officer to DeliverKeynote Address at Georgia State Commencement
Georgia State University

Sue Desmond-Hellmann, chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will call on the Class of 2016 to stretch the limits of human possibility in her keynote address at Georgia State University’s spring commencement on Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m. in the Georgia Dome.

2-May-2016 12:30 PM EDT
More Than 3,300 Youth Are Homeless in Metro Atlanta, Project by Georgia State Univ. And Partners Finds
Georgia State University

Georgia State University and its partners counted homeless and runaway youth ages 14 to 25 living in shelters, on the streets or in other precarious situations, in a project that is the first comprehensive, accurate count and assessment of the number of homeless youth in the Atlanta metro area.

28-Apr-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Georgia State University Researchers, Partners to Share Results of Atlanta Homeless Youth Count Project, May 3
Georgia State University

Georgia State University and partner institutions have completed a comprehensive count and assessment of the number of homeless youth in Atlanta and its immediate environs.

Released: 26-Apr-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Minimally Invasive Colitis Screening Using Infrared Technology Could Offer Fast, Simple Test for Disease, Study Finds
Georgia State University

A minimally invasive screening for ulcerative colitis, a debilitating gastrointestinal tract disorder, using emerging infrared technology could be a rapid and cost-effective method for detecting disease that eliminates the need for biopsies and intrusive testing of the human body, according to researchers at Georgia State University.

Released: 25-Apr-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Socially Meaningful Sounds Can Change Ear, Improve Hearing, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Hearing socially meaningful sounds can change the ear and enable it to better detect those sounds, according to researchers at Georgia State University who studied the phenomenon in green treefrogs.

   
Released: 19-Apr-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Transgender College Students at Higher Risk for Suicide Attempts After Denial of Access to Bathrooms, Appropriate Housing, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Transgender university and college students are at a significantly higher risk for suicide attempts when their campus experience includes denial of access to bathrooms and gender-appropriate campus housing, according to researchers at Georgia State University.



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