Noted and Quoted, November – December 2024

From comment and opinion to groundbreaking work on reviving heritage crops and fighting disease, Franklin faculty expertise informs and leads by a continual presence in media around the globe. A sampling of the numerous stories over the previous few weeks:

We knew lead pipes were bad 140 years ago – Stephen Mihm, professor of history and associate dean, writing in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

UGA researcher links broken corn chromosomes to cancer – research led by Kelly Dawe, professor of plant biology, reported by UGA Today

High levels of omega-3, omega-6 may protect against cancer - research by Kaixong Ye, associate professor of genetics and graduate student Yuchen Zhang, reported by UGA Today, Science Daily, Drugs.com, ABH

Between the hedges and between the genomes – research and instruction project led by James Leebens-Mack, professor Plant biology, and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Arthur Edison, featured by UGA Today, WSB-TV, ABH

Taste of history: UGA Heritage Apple Orchard now bearing fruit – orchard owner by Stephen Mihm featured by Rockdale Citizen, AJC

University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia team on developing sustainable bioplastics – research by Professor Sergiy Minko, Nanostructured Materials Lab, Department of Chemistry, announced in Biofuels Digest

UGA’s graduate film program makes The Wrap’s top 50 list – Rough Draft Atlanta

These foods could lower your cancer risk, study reveals – research by Kaixiong Ye and Yuchen Zhang reported at Newsweek, Men’s Health

Late-season tropical threat taking shape in the Caribbean, forecasts show – Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Associate professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences and associate dean, quoted by ABC News

How R.E.M. created alternative music – The New Yorker

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks – research co-led by Victor Thompson, Distinguished Research Professor and Director, Georgia Museum of Natural History, reported at Science Daily

A new window into the early evolution of flowering plants – research led by Jim Leebens-Mack reported at Earth.com

Novel quantum computing algorithm enhances single-cell analysis – research led by Ping Ma, Distinguished Research Professor of Statistics, reported at Phys.org

2024 likely the warmest year on record — why it matters to you – Marshall Shepherd writing at Forbes

Image: UGA Heritage Apple Orchard. Photo by Michael Terrazas