With more than 7,000 members in its beta version, a new job-site launched in September is seeking to reach the University Career Center — among other career centers like those at Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University — to spread the word to recent graduates. Jobbook, the new company, aims to reach recent graduates looking [...]
The University has named a new associate chief information officer and project coordinator of the new information system. Larry Malota, who previously served as the associate director for enterprise information systems at Texas A&M, will officially begin his work on Feb. 1, according to a University press release. “Throughout his career at Texas A&M University, Larry has [...]
After 20 years of OASIS, a new student information system is expected to be in use by 2014. The new SunGard Banner student and financial aid system is expected to be completely updated by June 2015 and will cost the University about $15 million, a small portion of that being paid by an additional $6 [...]
Two University researchers have made a discovery that could pave the way to expanded sources of renewable energy. Debra Mohnen, a faculty member in the University’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, and Melani Atmodjo, a postgraduate scholar in the Center, have broken new ground in research on how plant cell walls are formed. The researchers have [...]
Michelle Carney knows maps. Carney, director of the University’s Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, has taught community asset mapping for more than 12 years and is now creating interactive web-based maps for three Georgia counties. “I see it as a resource to know what they have,” Carney said. “It’s a resource to make decisions as a [...]
Numerous reports have indicated that many major music labels will discontinue the manufacture of Compact Discs by the end of 2012. Although some limited editions may still be made, most labels are concentrating their efforts on mp3 and streaming options for their new releases. The Red and Black asked students how they felt about the [...]
The cure for Alzheimer’s may be found inside a mouse’s brain. A group of students and professors from the University are attempting to understand the function of Hirano bodies in the brain to learn more about their associations with diseases like Alzhiemer’s. Marcus Fechheimer, Josiah Meigs Professor of cellular biology at the University, has been [...]
Students, professors and families from around Athens started their weekend early Thursday with a night of stargazing. The University’s physics and astronomy department hosted its observatory open house on a Thursday this month, instead of the usual Friday. The switch was done in anticipation of limited parking Friday night for Saturday’s game, as well as [...]
If a petition on Change.org succeeds, pages on Facebook encouraging sexual violence will disappear. The petition, called “Demand Facebook Remove Pages That Promote Sexual Violence,” is seeking 200,000 signatures to tell the social media leader to remove questionable pages. The petition says Facebook “could and should do more to stop them from popping up in [...]
Dwight Perry’s desire to help others began at Chick-fil-A and has taken him to The CW Television Network. Perry, who graduated from the University in December 2010, founded his company Perry International in June 2011 to teach impact development, which says that everything a person does affects someone else. The psychology graduate from Albany goes [...]
