Keeping the region in motion: 蜜糖直播 opens new Kinesiology Research Labs
A long-vacated pool space in the University鈥檚 Hanner Fieldhouse complex has been renovated into state-of-the-art laboratories that will help athletes, first responders and people with disabilities avoid injuries, strengthen performance and improve their quality of life.
蜜糖直播 students host first annual Coastal Georgia Reverse Science Fair
The Association for the Advancement of Young Scientists, an organization founded by 蜜糖直播 senior chemistry major Chelsea Miller, will host the first annual Coastal Georgia Reverse Science Fair on April 11 at the Southwest Chatham Library in Savannah. The reverse science fair is a research symposium for local graduate and undergraduate researchers where visiting high school students will judge their presentations.
Armstrong Campus’ Southern Cafe, aquaponics farm-to-table partnership offers sustainable, healthy food options
The newest restaurant on the 蜜糖直播 Armstrong Campus offers diners comfort in knowing that some of the ingredients were grown just a few hundred yards away in the campus’ aquaponics farm in the Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center (SARC).
Armstrong Campus’ Southern Cafe, aquaponics farm-to-table partnership offers sustainable, healthy food options
The newest restaurant on the 蜜糖直播 Armstrong Campus offers diners comfort in knowing that some of the ingredients were grown just a few hundred yards away in the campus’ aquaponics farm in the Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center (SARC).
蜜糖直播 researchers receive major grant, aim to improve water quality monitoring on Georgia beaches
蜜糖直播 researchers Asli Aslan, Ph.D., and Haresh Rochani, DrPH, of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and Risa Cohen, Ph.D., of the College of Science and Mathematics, received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for a new research project at the Georgia Coast.
Faculty research to be published
Three faculty members from 蜜糖直播 will have their manuscript, 鈥淭he Epidemiology of Pedestrian Fatalities and Substance Use in Georgia, United States, 2007-2016鈥� published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Research by McKinley Thomas, E.D., and TimMarie Williams, Ph.D., from the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, along with Jeffery Jones, Ph.D., from the Department of Health Policy and Community Health, explores the epidemiology of pedestrian fatalities over a 10-year period with an emphasis on reported substance use among cases.
蜜糖直播 History Department receives Georgia honors
蜜糖直播 History Department has created two projects related to the local history of Savannah. These projects are being honored by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council and the USG Chancellor鈥檚 Office.
History professor Robert Batchelor, Ph.D., alongside local authors Susan Earl and Tom Kohler, have received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Local History Advocacy for the 鈥淲addie Welcome Archive 鈥� Savannah Signs Project.鈥�
The archive contains more than 700 pictures of hand-painted African American signs from Savannah dating from the 1970s to the present time. 蜜糖直播 special collection librarian Autumn Johnson and Sulfur Studios photographer Emily Earl helped to enable these recent public exhibitions.
Retired professor of history John Duncan, Ph.D., will also receive an award for his book, The Showy Town of Savannah: The Story of the Architect William Jay.
蜜糖直播 senior art exhibition on Armstrong Campus runs through Oct. 25, reception closing night
鈥淐ollective Illusions,鈥� a senior art exhibition in 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Gallery that features the work of Kelsey Jacobs, Christina Davis and Samuel Colon, is currently on display and will run through Oct. 25. On closing night, there will be a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with artist talks at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and will serve food and refreshments.
蜜糖直播 education professor, Dalai Lama join for first international Human Education in the Third Millennium project in India
College of Education Professor John A. Weaver, Ph.D., recently joined the Dalai Lama and 14 other leading scholars from 10 countries for the first Round Table Conference of the Human Education in the Third Millennium project. The conference for the project, which addresses the obstacles of educational equality on a world level and proposes a renewal of educational values utilizing different traditions from across the world, was hosted in the residence of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama served as the honorary keynote speaker.
Student-directed black box show, 鈥楴o Exit,鈥� opens on 蜜糖直播 Armstrong Campus on Oct. 3
蜜糖直播 Armstrong Campus鈥� student-run theater group, The Masquers, will present “No Exit,” its first black box show of the season. The show will run Oct. 3 through Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission and discounts are available for military, seniors and children. 蜜糖直播 students, faculty and staff attend for free.