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Very big news out of cellular biology and the Striepen lab in the fight against a parasite known as a major cause of suffering throughout the developing world:

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed new tools to study and genetically manipulate cryptosporidium, a… Read Article

Analogies can be highly effective expressions of a point that seems to go missing and/or is very difficult to understand - take the point, for example, that the Earth's resources are indeed exhaustible and need to be conserved, protected, enhanced and replenished:

"You can think of the… Read Article

Our California-based alums, and we have a lot of them, are in the spotlight this week as the university holds alumni events in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Today, it's LA:

Alumni, friends and parents are invited to join President Morehead and others including faculty and staff from… Read Article

An interesting new study highlighted on the CHE blog, Wired Campus, expands on the expanding reality of the impacts of social media on informed discussions within and beyond the classroom:

In a paper released on Monday, Christine Greenhow, an assistant professor of education at Michigan… Read Article

Whatever the curent state of the art on presenting/denying/affirming the realities and consequences of a changing global climate, UGA and Franklin College scholars have long been a trustworthy source of expertise on the subject. And it is a complex subject, which is why it calls for scholarship… Read Article