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Released: 21-Sep-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Georgia State Gets $8.9 Million GrantFrom U.S. Department of Education
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The U.S. Department of Education today (Sept. 21) awarded Georgia State University, in partnership with the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a grant of $8.9 million as part of the department’s First in the World program to drive innovation and keep higher education within reach for all Americans.

Released: 16-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
New Oral Drug Effective Treatment for Ulcerative Colitis, Researchers Say
Georgia State University

A novel, one-step method to treat ulcerative colitis with an oral drug consisting of microparticles and natural herbal molecules that target the colon shows promise as an effective therapy, according to researchers from the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and Southwest University in China.

Released: 14-Sep-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Solo Grandparents Raising Grandchildren at Greater Risk Than Parents for Serious Health Problems
Georgia State University

Single grandparents raising grandchildren are more vulnerable to poor physical and mental health than are single parents, according to a study recently published in current gerontology and geriatrics research.

   
Released: 14-Sep-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Drug Resistance in Cancer Patients Linked To Oxygen-Bearing Molecules in Body, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Increased levels of certain chemically reactive, oxygen-containing molecules in the body can cause patients to become resistant to cancer drugs such as chemotherapy, according to researchers at Georgia State University.

Released: 9-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Georgia State Named Fifth LeadingInnovative University in Nation
Georgia State University

U.S. News and World Report magazine has recognized Georgia State University as one of the most innovative institutions in the nation and a national leader in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.

Released: 8-Sep-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Emerging Technologies and New Educational Models Focus of STEAM Conference Sept. 11-12 at Georgia State
Georgia State University

Georgia State University will present emerging technologies and the newest teaching and learning models at its STEAM3 Conference (science, technology, engineering, arts and math “cubed”) on Sept. 11-12.

Released: 2-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Child Development Expert, Policy Researcher Brian Barger Joins Faculty at Georgia State University
Georgia State University

Dr. Brian Barger, an expert in autism and other childhood developmental disabilities, has joined Georgia State University’s School of Public Health as a research assistant professor.

Released: 31-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Georgia State Astronomers to Debate Mysteries of Dark Matter
Georgia State University

Astronomers at Georgia State University will debate leading scientific theories about dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries of the universe, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 in Speakers Auditorium at Georgia State’s Student Center East, 55 Gilmer St.

Released: 27-Aug-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Four-Day School Week Can Improve Academic Performance, Study Finds
Georgia State University

Shortening the school week to four days has a positive impact on elementary school students’ academic performance in mathematics, according to researchers at Georgia State University and Montana State University.

Released: 27-Aug-2015 10:00 AM EDT
Consumer Demand, Investment Pickup Will Trump Market Turbulence, Economic Forecast Says
Georgia State University

With China’s economy stalled and the European economy limping, gross domestic product (GDP) growth in coming quarters is predicated on healthy domestic consumer demand and the return of investment spending despite recent stock market turmoil, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Released: 26-Aug-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Georgia State Enrolls Highest-Achieving,Largest, Most Diverse Freshman Class
Georgia State University

Georgia State University has set records this fall for the size, diversity and quality of its freshman class.

Released: 25-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Environmental Health Expert, Innovator Stuart Shalat Joins Georgia State Public Health Faculty
Georgia State University

Dr. Stuart Shalat, an expert on pollution and its effect on children’s health, has joined the School of Public Health at Georgia State University as a professor and director of the Division of Environmental Health.

18-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Want A Better Relationship And A Better Sex Life? Men Should Take More Child Care Responsibilities, Study Finds
Georgia State University

If men take up more of the child-care duties, splitting them equally with their female partners, heterosexual couples have more satisfaction with their relationships and their sex lives, according to new research by Georgia State University sociologists.

Released: 17-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
IRS Rules To Protect Patients from Health Care Financial Burdens Are Inadequate and Need Legal Reform, Law Professor Says
Georgia State University

Recently issued new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules for tax-exempt, typically nonprofit, hospitals designed to help protect patients from health care financial burdens are inadequate and need further legal reform, Georgia State University Law Professor Erin C. Fuse Brown says.

Released: 11-Aug-2015 1:05 PM EDT
School Of Public Health To Help Fulton County With Tobacco Studies
Georgia State University

The School of Public Health at Georgia State University has agreed to help the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness conduct research on the prevalence of smoking and attitudes toward second-hand smoke in Fulton, the most populous county in Georgia.

Released: 11-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
A Record-Breaking Year for Georgia State Research
Georgia State University

Annual research awards of $101 milion received in fiscal year 2015 at Georgia State University exceeded the $100 million milestone for the first time in the university’s history.

Released: 3-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Vaccine With Virus-Like Nanoparticles Effective Treatment For RSV, Study Finds
Georgia State University

A vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles, or microscopic, genetically engineered particles, is an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to researchers at Georgia State University.

Released: 20-Jul-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Georgia State Study Finds State Regulations Linked to Late Cancer Diagnoses
Georgia State University

States’ regulations of health insurance and practitioners significantly influence when patients receive colorectal or breast cancer diagnoses, especially among people younger than the Medicare-eligible age of 65, according to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Released: 15-Jul-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Researcher Gets $1.48 Million to Study Disease That Causes Blindness in AIDS Patients
Georgia State University

Dr. Richard Dix, professor in the Department of Biology at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.48 million federal grant to study an eye disease that causes vision loss and blindness in HIV-immunosuppressed patients who do not have access to antiretroviral therapy or don’t respond to the therapy.

Released: 7-Jul-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Study Identifies Brain Abnormalities in People with Schizophrenia
Georgia State University

Structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia, providing insight into how the condition may develop and respond to treatment, have been identified in an internationally collaborative study led by a Georgia State University scientist.

Released: 1-Jul-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Institute for Biomedical Sciences Researcher Gets $1.6 Million to Develop Anti-Inflammatory Drug
Georgia State University

Dr. Jian-Dong Li, a professor and director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Inflammation and Immunity, has received a five-year, $1.6 million federal grant to develop novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics against middle-ear infections.

Released: 23-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Robinson Professor Daniel Bauer Awarded Prize For Best Research Paper in Actuarial Sciences
Georgia State University

Daniel Bauer, associate professor of risk management and insurance at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has been awarded the Bob Alting von Geusau Memorial Prize for the best paper published in the ASTIN Bulletin during 2012 and 2013, based on research topics related to the Financial Risks and ERM Section of the International Actuarial Association.

Released: 23-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Patient-Initiated Workplace Violence Affects Counselors, Treatment and Outcomes
Georgia State University

More than four out of five counselors who treat patients for substance abuse have experienced some form of patient-initiated workplace violence according to the first national study to examine the issue, led by Georgia State University Professor Brian E. Bride.

Released: 22-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Smoking Allowed In Growing Number Of Restaurants, Bars In Georgia, School of Public Health Research Finds
Georgia State University

Despite the passage of Georgia’s Smokefree Air Act in 2005, the number of restaurants and bars that allow smoking has doubled in recent years, according to researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health.

Released: 17-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
UPS Chief Executive Officer Re-ElectedChairman of World Affairs Council of Atlanta
Georgia State University

David Abney, chief executive officer of UPS, was re-elected chairman of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta at the Council’s June 15 board meeting.

Released: 16-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
A Better Way To Evaluate Conservation Policies Found by Georgia State Researchers
Georgia State University

Protected forested areas in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia and Thailand have prevented the release of more than 1,000 million additional tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, an economic service provided by nature worth at least $5 billion, according to new research by Georgia State University economist Paul Ferraro with alumnus Merlin M. Hanauer and colleagues.

Released: 16-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Georgia State University Library Awarded Grant To Digitize Accounts of Deadly Labor Strike
Georgia State University

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission has awarded the Georgia State University Library a $121,418 grant to digitize and transcribe more than 200 hours of recorded interviews from the production of “The Uprising of ’34,” the 1995 documentary on the General Textile Strike of 1934.

Released: 15-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Researchers Discover New Enzyme, Link to Iron in Vitamin A Synthesis
Georgia State University

A research team's discovery of new information about how plants synthesize carotenoids, precursors for vitamin A that are essential for plant development and survival, and human health, could help scientists increase the levels of provitamin A in food crops and reduce global vitamin A deficiency.

Released: 8-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Chimpanzees May Know When They Are Right and Move to Prove It
Georgia State University

Chimpanzees are capable of metacognition, or thinking about one’s own thinking, and can adjust their behavior accordingly, researchers at Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College, Wofford College and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York have discovered.

Released: 4-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Study Links Delay of Gratification To How Brain Structures Are Connected
Georgia State University

The ability to delay gratification in chimpanzees is linked to how specific structures of the brain are connected and communicate with each other, according to researchers at Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University.

Released: 3-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Amazon, Google and New Intellectual Property Strategies To Be June 10 Luncheon Hot Topic at Georgia State University
Georgia State University

Wes Anson, accomplished author, international intellectual property (IP) valuation and licensing expert and chair of CONSOR, an intellectual asset consulting firm, will be the keynote speaker for Georgia State University College of Law’s 11th annual IP Hot Topics Luncheon at noon, Wednesday, June 10, at the Georgia State Student Center, 44 Courtland St. SE.

Released: 21-May-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Anti-Stroke Drug Effective Treatment for Middle-Ear Infections, Researchers Say
Georgia State University

An existing anti-stroke drug is an effective treatment for middle-ear infections, showing the ability to suppress mucus overproduction, improve bacterial clearance and reduce hearing loss, according to researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Rochester.

20-May-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Dhawan Expects Economy to Bounce Back in Second Quarter
Georgia State University

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a paltry 0.2 percent for the first quarter of 2015, but Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business doesn’t think the factors that drove this stagnation are here to stay.

Released: 14-May-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Georgia State Research Paves Way for Early Detection of Liver Cancer
Georgia State University

Led by Georgia State University, researchers have developed the first robust and noninvasive detection of early stage liver cancer and liver metastases, in addition to other liver diseases, such as cirrhosis and liver fibrosis.

Released: 11-May-2015 11:05 AM EDT
New Research Finds “Coolness” Motivates Young Suburban Drug Dealers Who Quit to Avoid Problems
Georgia State University

Young, white suburban drug dealers and stereotypical urban dealers are motivated to sell drugs for the same reason – to be “cool,” but when suburban dealers are exposed to extreme violence or serious legal consequences they are more likely to quit, according to a new book by criminologists at Georgia State University.

Released: 11-May-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Toddlers Understand Sound They Make Influences Others, Research Shows
Georgia State University

Confirming what many parents already know, researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Washington have discovered that toddlers, especially those with siblings, understand how the sounds they make affect people around them.

Released: 28-Apr-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Georgia State Names Partner Cities for Tobacco Control Project
Georgia State University

Georgia State University’s School of Public Health has named five major municipalities in China that will partner with the school on efforts to improve policies and programs to reduce smoking in a nation that produces more tobacco and has more smokers than any other in the world.



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