By Amanda Respess Dr. Arnab Sengupta, assistant professor of cell and molecular biology, has been named a 2026 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, placing him among only 24 chemistry, physics and astronomy scholars across the United States and Canada to earn this distinction. Sengupta is the first Georgia College & State University professor to earn the award, which includes a $120,000 grant to fund future research. Sengupta studies messenger RNA (mRNA)...
Dr. Ashok Hegde’s talk for TEDxGeorgiaCollege was named a TED “Editor’s Pick.” Less than 1% of TEDx talks earn that designation, but Hegde is quick to point out that his successful TEDx experience “did not happen in a vacuum.” It takes a dedicated team to produce a TED speaker’s moment on the stage, sharing their ideas and expertise with the audience. Here is a behind the scenes look at TEDxGeorgiaCollege in Dr. Hegde’s own words. My successful TEDx talk was possible because of the...
By Ian Wesselhoff Dr. Ashok Hegde’s TEDx Talk, “How to use your brain’s prediction engine to work smarter,” was highlighted by TED as an “Editor’s Pick,” promoting it on TED’s official website and adding it to a playlist of other Editor’s Picks on the TEDx Talks YouTube channel. Of the nearly 300,000 TEDx Talks published, only about 600 – less than 1% – have ever been listed as Editor’s Picks, a distinction for the most important contributions toward TED’s “ideas worth spreading.” Hegde,...
Come, join the STEM club at Allen's Market (across from the downtown parking garage) for a talk about math and politics, facilitated by Dr. Rachel Epstein. The event is happening Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 p.m. You don't want to miss it!
Come, join the STEM club at Allen's Market (across from the downtown parking garage) for a talk about math and politics, facilitated by Dr. Rachel Epstein. The event is happening Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 p.m. You don't want to miss it!
By Ian Wesselhoff The MURACE program at Georgia College & State University awarded seven biology faculty-student pairings $5,000 each to facilitate undergraduate research over this past summer. After a full summer’s worth of work, the students presented their research projects Nov. 8 at the Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference in Oxford, Georgia, to an audience of students, faculty and experts from across the state. The grant money was originally meant to support just two faculty...
Two, second-year MS Biology graduate students received awards for excellence at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting last week in San Antonio, Texas. Megan Martin received an Outstanding Poster Presentation award in the Environmental and Engineering Division, while Muzila Nchimunya was awarded a Geology and Health Scientific Division’s Research Award (one of two they gave out this year). Both students, mentored by Dr. Sam Mutiti, traveled to Zambia this past summer to conduct...
Join us at Allen's Market (across from the downtown parking garage) on Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion on vaccine safety, facilitated by Dr. Bob Allen with special guests from the community.
Join us at Allen's Market (across from the downtown parking garage) on Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion on vaccine safety, facilitated by Dr. Bob Allen with special guests from the community.
The William Harvey Address series brings distinguished physicians to the Georgia College & State University campus to talk to students, faculty and members of the public regarding important topics in medicine.This year, the speaker is Dr. Mark Quinn, a radiation oncologist who works at the Cowles Clinic at Lake Oconee.The topic is: Precision Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
