African Americans in Georgia, especially in rural areas, have drastically poorer survival rates from cancer. These disparities are much larger when compared to national data, according to the findings from a study recently published in the journal Cancer by a team of researchers in the University’s College of Public Health. Sara Wagner, an assistant research [...]

A new University study is looking at the availability of healthy food options in low-income neighborhoods. “It’s not just what people know, understand and believe,” said Jung Sun Lee, a University professor and co-author of the study. “Sometimes people aren’t able to practice what they know.” Even if people are educated about food choices, they may not have access [...]

Correction appended.  Americans may require a scandal before voters speak out against influxes of money corrupting political campaigns, said visiting professor Cynthia Tucker in a lecture on Thursday. At the annual Getzen lecture held in the Chapel, Tucker said she fears “that we are in for several more campaign seasons… in which candidates themselves may [...]

Approximately 1.4 billion people suffer from extreme poverty worldwide, living on only $1.50 a day, according to a presentation from the Global Poverty Project, and they are trying to bring that number down to zero. The international advocacy group traveled to campus Wednesday as part of its “1.4 Billion Reasons” tour, encouraging students to help break the poverty [...]

Samantha Joye, the Athletic Association Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University’s Marine department, has received what could be a potentially career making grant. On Feb. 20, it was announced by the University that Joye, along with her colleagues Patricia Medeiros and Christof Meile, have received a $1.3 million grant to study the ecosystem results of [...]

University researchers have discovered a way to heal broken bones faster. Steve Stice, director of the University’s Regenerative Bioscience Center, is one of the researchers working on a project that aims to speed up the bone-healing process. He, along with John Peroni, an associate professor of large animal veterinary medicine, used adult stem cells to create [...]

Every kid wants a pet, be it a dog, a horse or a snake. Jack Horner, Regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University, has always wanted a dinosaur. “There was never a point in my life where I didn’t want to be a paleontologist, and there has never been a point where I didn’t [...]

The University College of Public Health received a five-year, $3 million grant toward a study researching how to improve type 2 diabetes education. The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases are funding the grant. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type, said Mark Wilson, professor and department head of the Department of Health [...]

Panhandling is often a vicious cycle, and University students may be enabling it. As recent efforts by the Athens Downtown Development Authority to change panhandling laws have brought the issue back into the local spotlight, students may remain unaware of their own contributions. Information gathered by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing showed that higher percentages of students give money [...]

University researchers are smarter than the average bacteria. Recent developments in life science have uncovered the Achilles heel of bacteria is that which keeps it safe — its immune system. “We’re studying an immune system that exists in prokaryotes,” said Rebecca Terns who co-authored the research with her husband Michael Terns, both on the faculty in biochemistry and genetics [...]