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Eric JohnsonWhile the ABC television show “How to Get Away with Murder” may have racked up an impressive audience during its first season last year, Dr. Kim Davies’ Sociology of Murder class does a pretty good job of packing them in as well. “Last time...
Nick GarrettHello again from Baylor University! Week six in the REU program has been a real test. This week, I faced some more frustrating lab results and have had to put my best problem-solving skills to work. Outside the lab, I have enjoyed the Baylor student...
Toni BakerThe current recommended minimum daily dose of vitamin D is not sufficient to restore healthy vitamin D levels in overweight or obese blacks, researchers report. Rather, daily intake of more than three times the recommended minimum is needed to...
Did you know that Martinez, Georgia, was named after a wealthy Cuban refugee? If not, you’re not alone, but a recent grant bestowed to the Georgia Regents University libraries is looking to change that. In June, GRU’s Reese and Greenblatt libraries...
On Monday, June 29, students from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS) Summer Scholars Program capped off their six weeks of work by presenting their research to a group of interested onlookers in the JSAC Ballroom before a...
Hello from Baylor University! I just completed week four of what has already been an amazing research experience at the Baylor University REU program in chemistry. This week was filled with cool research and a few extra things to spice up the...
Danielle HarrisIn April, the Hull College of Business Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) returned to positive growth after last month’s blip. The LEI increased 0.8% from March. The index has increased 6.1% from April 2014. I have been calculating the...
In an apparent effort to help themselves, inflamed kidney cells produce one of the same inflammation-suppressing enzymes fetuses use to survive, researchers report. Inflammation is a major culprit in most kidney disease – from rare conditions, such...
StaffGreetings from Waco, Texas, at Baylor University for week two in the REU chemistry program. Week one in the program was a great experience, and week two has been just as amazing. I conducted a lot of experiments, learned new instrumentation, and...
One mouse with weak bones appears to have a strong metabolism, even on a high-fat diet, scientists report. While weaker bones are clearly not a good thing, scientists suspect that, somewhere in the conversation between the genetically engineered...
A star-shaped brain cell called an astrocyte appears to help keep blood pressure and blood flow inside the brain on a healthy, even keel, scientists report. Like a health-care worker keeping tabs on a patient’s blood pressure, the finger-like...
At the Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, an analysis by the GRU Urology team was chosen for highlighting by CancerTherapyAdvisor.com. This study showed that non-married patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to...
Written by contributing writer Hayden Self, a graduate student in the MD-MBA program at Georgia Regents University. In March, the Hull College of Business Augusta LEI decreased at a rate of 0.32% from February. It signals the first decrease in the...
AUGUSTA, Ga.- John Sutherland, Chair of the Department of Physics at East Carolina University, has been named the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for Georgia Regents University’s College of Science and Mathematics effective July 1...
Haley HughesThe United States’ honey bee population has been in steep decline over the last decade or more, and a special addition to Georgia Regents University is teaching students how to be part of the solution . In April, Facilities Management Maintenance...
Scientists have found an explanation for the century-old observation that if you end up with just one kidney, the lone organ gets bigger. When a single kidney is removed because of injury or for transplantation, the remaining kidney can rapidly get...
When Dr. Michael Stefanek, Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences, was starting his career, a study came out in The Lancet that looked at the benefit of support groups in cancer survival. Despite the fact that there were flaws in the...
Body builders have it right: vitamin E does help build strong muscles, and scientists appear to have figured out one important way it does it. Vitamin E has long known as a powerful antioxidant, and now scientists have shown that without it, the...
Hull College of Business (HCOB) students John Bourassa and Nilda Treska have successfully completed the Internal Audit Internship program as of May 2015. During the spring semester, they logged a combined total of nearly 200 hours, and contributed...
The gene and hormone soup that enables women to breastfeed their newborns also can be a recipe for breast cancer, particularly when the first pregnancy is after age 30. Researchers have now found that the gene DNMT1 is essential to maintaining...