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… Laura Dean, an associate professor in the College of Education, who was recently elected president of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. …Thomas R. Dunn, a lecturer in rhetorical studies in the Franklin College’s Department of Communication Studies, who was chosen to receive the 2011 Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award from the National Communication Association. … Brian A. Glaser, a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, who has been named chair of the Strategic Planning Revision Task Force of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education, a division of the American Counseling Association.
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… Nancy McDuff, associate vice president for admissions and enrollment management, who is the incoming chair of the Association of Chief Admission Officers of Public Universities. … Paul Roman, a Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Regents Professor, who NANCY MCDUFF received a MERIT award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, to extend his research on adoption of innovations in private alcohol and drug treatment centers.
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…. College of Education counseling students An-Taria Curry, Becca Baretheson and Rachel Sloan, who received the 2011 National Recreation and Park Association’s America’s Backyard Campaign Award for their parks and recreation marketing plan. … Carrie Futch, a post-doctoral researcher with the College of Public Health, who was selected from an international array of applicants for a two-year fellowship in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at the CDC in Atlanta. … Micah Lewis, a doctoral candidate in biological and agricultural engineering, who received the 2011 George Washington Carver Award from the National Peanut Board for his research on peanuts.
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Grant for rabies vaccine study A $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable the College of Veterinary Medicine to collaborate with other institutions to test a rabies virus vaccine that could be administered after the disease sets in. Now people who have been bitten must seek immediate treatment if they suspect they have been exposed to rabies, but this vaccine could offer an interventional cure for those who have already contracted rabies and have symptoms of the disease.
West Nile less a threat in cities? A study from UGA’s Odom School of Ecology shows that the West Nile Virus spreads more slowly into highly developed areas that are not as hospitable to the wildlife that carries and transmits the disease. Until now the virus was thought to travel at a steady or increasing rate, but using a mathematical model showing a link between the land cover patterns of New York City and the spread of the virus, researchers found that outbreaks slowed before reaching the edge of New York City. The team’s findings, published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, show a pattern of deceleration that has not been described before and could help public health officials more efficiently target disease control efforts. West Nile virus, one of the most widespread vector-borne diseases in North America, first appeared in New York City in 1999. It is carried by birds and transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. It can cause symptoms ranging in severity from a mild fever to encephalitis and meningitis and has caused more than 1,200 fatalities in the U.S. since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.