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Researchers find visionary uses for ordinary plants

Using plants for alternative energy sources, toxic cleanups and dietary supplements can be profitable and promising. University researchers and the St. Simons Island-based Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research are partnering in a multitude of projects with one similar goal: to solve real-world problems using natural solutions. "It’s a vision," Dorin Schumacher, the company’s president and [...]

U.S.-China standoff likely to continue

Political image will lock the United States and China in a stalemate over the release of an American surveillance plane and its 24 crew members, two University Asian policy experts say. ‘There’s a long history of Chinese humiliation from other countries,’ geography professor Chor-Pang Lo said Thursday. ‘They feel they shouldn’t be humiliated anymore.’ President [...]

Adams lobbies for stem cell research funding

The future of stem cell research could reside in a petition signed by among others, University President Michael Adams. A letter was sent earlier this week to Tommy Thompson, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, was signed by 111 other college presidents and chancellors. In the letter, stem cell technology is called ‘one of [...]

Researchers hope to prevent spread of mad cow disease

There is a ‘distinct possibility’ mad cow disease could spread to the United States, according to a University veterinary pathologist. Dr. Corrie Brown said Wednesday’s Vermont seizure of 233 sheep feared to have mad cow — bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) — was a needed precaution to prevent a potential outbreak. A second flock of 126 [...]

Weeds hold cures for many ailments

Devil’s guts. Frogwort. Stinkwort. Mugwort. Crab grass. You pull them, step on them and poison them. Many consider them a nuisance. They’re weeds. But one University anthropology student says they’re not so bad. In fact, after six years of research with the Highland Maya in Mexico, John Stepp has concluded that many common weeds have [...]

Grady dean prospect has yet to accept post

The top candidate for dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has not accepted the position yet, despite three trips to Athens this year. John Soloski, director of the University of Iowa’s journalism department, had lunch with Provost Karen Holbrook Thursday to discuss his options for employment. He flew into Atlanta Wednesday [...]

Budget cuts could slash ag research

Proposed government downsizing could affect specialized research in the agriculture college, University officials say. Jerry Cherry, associate dean for research at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said part of President George W. Bush’s budget includes cutting some federal funding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA, in turn, funds various agricultural research [...]

Student petitions for small classes

Fed up with "ballooned" lecture halls, a Terry College student is submitting a petition in hopes of lowering the number of people in the classroom.   One thousand and thirty students have already signed it. Scott Alexander, a senior from Hartsville, S.C., told The Red & Black that when 2,000 students sign the petition, he [...]

Scientist studies new method to fight E.coli

A University scientist is raising bacterial warfare to a new level in his fight against E. coli contamination. The Food & Drug Administration currently is reviewing the viability of a method to reduce human illness from the bacteria — developed by Michael Doyle, director of the University’s Center for Food Safety and Quality Enhancement. The [...]

High-tech snooping by police unconstitutional

Recent high-tech snooping by drug enforcement officers infringes the right to privacy of American citizens, a University law professor says. Donald E. Wilkes Jr., a professor of criminal procedure, said the country’s war on drugs is misguided and a ‘catastrophic failure.’ ‘We spend billions and billions (of dollars) on law enforcement — sending people to [...]

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