蜜糖直播 faculty receive $424,000 grants to advance cancer treatments
Karelle Aiken, Ph.D., and Jannet Kocerha, Ph.D., are using a $424,000 grant to pursue new cancer drug treatments. The goal is to overcome various barriers that impact the effectiveness of cancer therapeutics by exploiting a cancer cell鈥檚 dependency on unusually high levels of amino acids nutrients.聽
蜜糖直播 launches new School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability
On July 1, the College of Science and Mathematics at 蜜糖直播 will launch a new School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability. The SEES will bring together the geosciences program and the James H. Oliver, Jr., Institute for Coastal Plain Science.
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center invites public to grand opening, Juneteenth celebration on June 19
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center will officially open its doors with a grand opening and ribbon cutting on June 19. Coinciding with the Center鈥檚 Juneteenth celebration, the public is invited to attend the festivities at 13040 Abercorn Street in Savannah from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.聽
蜜糖直播 announces Michael Huggins, Ph.D., as new dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Michael Huggins, Ph.D., will join 蜜糖直播 on August 1 as the Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics.
蜜糖直播 built eco-friendly statues for World Oceans Day
As part of World Ocean Day on June 10, 蜜糖直播 will display sculptures in 16 exhibit tanks at the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium in Savannah. The pieces are part of an exhibit at the aquarium titled 鈥淪UBMERGED: An Underwater Exhibition of Bioceramic Artwork.鈥�
蜜糖直播 announces Fulbright US Scholar Award for 2023-2024
A noted 蜜糖直播 public health professor has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in All Disciplines to Latvia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Yelena N. Tarasenko, DrPH, is a professor at the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences at 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health. Her Fulbright project is titled 鈥淪trengthening research and teaching capacity in cancer prevention globally.鈥�
Economic Monitor Q1 2023: Regional economy鈥檚 slow growth continues
Slower growth of the Savannah metro economy continues for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Q1 2023 Economic Monitor, even as the Hyundai Metaplant provides a positive undercurrent.
Social Studies Storytelling in Statesboro kicked off on May 27
Every town has a story to tell.聽
蜜糖直播 undergraduate elementary education students, in tandem with faculty and local public history experts, are bringing Statesboro鈥檚 history to life with a new digital walking tour, which launches this Saturday, May 27.
