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July 26th, 2010, 03:07

Gifted education prof, alumni work with schools for Tibetan refugees in India

Bonnie Cramond and alumni Charles Martin and Ted Anders are collaborating with the Tibetan Children’s Village Schools to improve its gifted education program.

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May 19th, 2010, 02:05

UGA researchers find daily ginger consumption eases muscle pain

For people experiencing exercise-induced muscle pain, findings from a new UGA study offer some relief.

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May 4th, 2010, 01:05

Alumnus Evan Glazer leads nation’s top-ranked high school

Principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., inspires his students by spreading a passion for learning

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This research is important because poor and minority children have often not been included in studies of young children’s mathematical learning, Parks said.

April 12th, 2010, 01:04

Parks studies link between formal, informal mathematics learning

Elementary education professor Amy Noelle Parks is completing the first year of a five-year ethnography study of a group of Taliaferro County schoolchildren, funded by a $521,972 National Science Foundation grant

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"In a sporting context black males can be esteemed and glorified, and outside of the arena, [they] are racially profiled and considered menaces to society," Billy Hawkins said.

March 22nd, 2010, 02:03

Kinesiology professor’s research shows black athletes exploited physically, neglected academically

As the wildly popular National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament tips off this week, kinesiology professor Billy Hawkins says fans should consider several numbers that tell a lot about the current structure of intercollegiate athletics. And it is not a pretty picture.

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"Our findings add to the growing body of evidence that physical activities such as walking or weight lifting may turn out to be the best medicine that physicians can prescribe to help their patients feel less anxious," said lead author Matthew Herring, a doctoral student in the department of kinesiology.

February 23rd, 2010, 04:02

Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds

A systematic review of The Effect of Exercise Training on Anxiety Symptoms Among Patients, a study co-authored by Matthew P. Herring, a student in kinesiology, Patrick J. O’Connor and Rodney K. Dishman, professors in kinesiology, is featured in the February 22, 2010, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The study finds that regular exercise can reduce symptoms of anxiety in patients with a chronic illness.

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The 41st Annual Conference on Children's Literature is a celebration of children’s literature and the culmination of the Georgia Book Award programs that involves thousands of Georgia children in reading every year.

February 23rd, 2010, 02:02

UGA hosts 41st annual children’s literature conference, book awards March 19-20

Some of the nation’s top authors and illustrators of children’s books will speak during the 41st Annual Conference on Children’s Literature March 19-20 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens.

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February 10th, 2010, 01:02

Andrews tells legislators more focus needed on middle school to stem dropout rate

Georgia must focus more attention and resources on students in middle school if they hope to stem the tide of its high school dropout rate, one of the highest in the nation, a University of Georgia education professor told state legislators recently. Nearly 40 percent of eventual high school dropouts can be identified in the [...]

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Sylvia Hutchinson is professor emerita of reading education and the institute of higher education.

February 3rd, 2010, 03:02

Hutchinson Scholarship for staff, children of staff established in College of Education

A new endowment has been created in honor of longtime University of Georgia education professor emerita and associate dean Sylvia Hutchinson to fund one of UGA’s first scholarships for staff and children of staff.

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Ezemenari Obasi is an assistant professor in the department of counseling and human development services.

January 11th, 2010, 04:01

Counseling professor studies link between stress, drug-use vulnerability in African Americans

Counseling professor Ezemenari M. Obasi’s research focuses on a possible connection between stress and the risk of drug addiction among rural African Americans.

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