Franklin College faculty appeared in a wide variety of media over the month of January:
New method to classify schizophrenia symptoms should improve care - assistant professor of psychology Gregory Strauss quoted by Psych Central
Scientists could engineer a spicy tomato. Is it worth it? Research by professor of plant biology Esther van der Knaap reported in Popular Science, Tahlequah Daily Press
Hurricane forecasts could suffer from government shutdown – Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor Marshall Shepherd quoted at the Daytona Beach News-Journal, The Palm Beach Post
DNAnexus powers research and analysis of maize genomes to fuel improvements in the world’s most important grain – articles at CBS8, Business Wire focus on research from the laboratory of Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology Kelly Dawe
New life for old walls – project lead by professor of art Joseph Norman featured in Garden & Gun
UGA to host NIH Compound ID Development Core – UGA Today features new project led by GRA eminent scholar Arthur Edison
Stephen Mihm: State of Union should go away forever – associate professor of history Stephen Mihm writing in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, The Eagle, Omaha World-Herald, Chicago Tribune
National View: State of the Union in state of disarray—empty moment of political theater can go away forever – op-ed by Stephen Mihm in the Duluth News Tribune
Cartoonist and UGA marine sciences professor Samantha Joye join to create series on ocean conservation – R&B
9 science geeks you need to know – Marshall Shepherd included in list of notables at Grist
Crafting takes a dark turn in the age of climate crisis – marine sciences research professional Joan Sheldon featured at Fast Company
UGA receives $2 million grant from National Institutes of Health – R&Breports on new support for mass spectrometry equipment for researchers in biological sciences
How wearing business suits makes cities warmer and causes thermostat gender bias – Marshall Shepherd writing at Forbes
Georgia’s minimum wage is still $5.15. That’s not unusual in the south (B. Phinizy Spalding Professor of History Emeritus James Cobb quoted by WABE
Why climate change would have alarmed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Marshall Shepherd writing at Forbes
Extreme weather is now routine – assistant professor of marine sciences Catherine Edwards quoted by the Ocala Star Banner
UGA climbs 12 spots in new rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral Science R&D, which highlights the top university recipients of research dollars in the social and behavioral sciences – Athens CEO, WGAU
Four faculty members, including Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology Kelly Dawe, have been named University of Georgia Athletic Association Professors in recognition of their extraordinary records of scholarship, instruction and outreach.
UGA archaeology lab adds some elbow room for ancient artifacts – ABH
Here are four weather concepts that confuse people – including the Polar Vortex – Marshall Shepherd at Forbes
The UGA Founders Day lecture will be hosted on January 28 at the UGA Chapel where associate professor emerita of theatre and film studies Freda Scott Giles will present the lecture, “W.E.B. Du Bois: Dramatist” – week’s schedule at the Red & Black
Image: State of the Union address on Capitol Hill on Jan. 30, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty-AFP)