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Released: 30-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Media Coverage in Kosovo
University of Georgia

The Professor of Newspaper Strategy and Management and director of UGA's Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies, a former foreign correspondent and vice president of the Associated Press, responded to news coverage of NATO's current bombing campaign in the Balkans.

Released: 3-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Solving out-of-Field Teacher Problems in Public Schools
University of Georgia

New research by a University of Georgia sociologist focuses on the problem of out-of-field teaching -- teachers assigned to teach subjects for which they have little education or training. He found that the most common assumptions about the causes of the problem are largely untrue and that proposed solutions may, in fact, cause more harm than good.

Released: 11-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Acid Rain Threatens Future Productivity of Forests
University of Georgia

A new study suggests that the damaging effects of acid rain appear far sooner than scientists knew and threaten the future productivity of forests by quietly dissolving their food reserves in the soil.

12-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Agreement for Major Research at Argonne National Laboratory
University of Georgia

A consortium of Southeastern universities, coordinated by researchers from the University of Georgia, today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago.

Released: 19-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Atlanta Is an "Urban Heat Island"
University of Georgia

UGA researchers have determined that the environmental changes in cities like Atlanta, where trees are replaced by asphault and concrete, are turning into "urban heat islands," where the temperature is higher than surrounding areas and it creates its own weather patterns and thunderstorms.

27-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
UGA Research Finds Southeast Was Probably Warmer, Wetter 5,000 Years Ago
University of Georgia

Until recently, some scientists suggested that the Middle Holocene period in the Southeast was marked by a warm, dry climate somewhat like that of the Upper Midwest. Recent studies by a University of Georgia geographer and his graduate students, however, have found that the climate was, in fact, warm and wet.

Released: 16-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Counties with Casino Gambling Experience Increased Crime Over Time
University of Georgia

Nearing the June 18 release date for the final report of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, a new, non-sponsored university study concludes that counties with casino gambling have an 8 percent higher crime rate on average than counties without casinos. The study found that higher crime rates donít occur immediately, but typically begin emerging in the third year after a casino opens in a community.

   
Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Coral Bleaching, Heat Damage to Photosynthesis Engine
University of Georgia

A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia confirms heat causes coral reef damage. Higher temperatures aren't necessarily damaging the reef-building corals directly but instead are degrading the ability of symbiotic algae to convert light into energy.

10-Aug-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Salt Marsh Plants at Higher Latitudes more Palatable
University of Georgia

Research by the University of Georgia's Marine Institute strongly suggests that salt marsh plants nearer the equator are less palatable to herbivores than ones considerably farther away, the first time such a preference has been conclusively demonstrated.

Released: 6-Aug-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Annual Survey Shows Continued Success in Job Market for Journalism and Mass Communication Graduates
University of Georgia

Journalism and mass communication graduates continue to face an improved job market -- higher employment rates and increased salaries -- according to the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Graduates released by the University of Georgia.


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