Abhyuday Mandal's research study with Suraj Sharma of the department of textiles, merchandising, and interiors was featured in an article for UGA Today! The study, "Protein-based bioplastics and their antibacterial potential," is available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.41931/abstract.

To view the article, following the link below:
http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/recipe-for-antibacterial-plastic-plastic-plus-egg-whites-0315/

The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia (UGA) has an opening for a one-year limited-term position at the Assistant Professor level, starting Aug. 14, 2015.  A PhD in Statistics, or a closely related field, is required.  The Department offers a vibrant research environment, with emphases in theoretical statistics, Big Data (genomics and neuroimaging), statistics education, and statistical consulting.  Teaching load for the year is six semester-long courses, three each term.

The department is pleased to announce the promotions of several of our faculty members. Our warmest congratulations to Kim Gilbert, for her promotion to Senior Lecturer; to Jennifer Kaplan, for her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure; to Kim Love-Myers, for her promotion to Senior Academic Professional; and to Ping Ma, for his promotion to Full Professor.  We are proud of our colleagues and their accomplishments and wish them all continued success in the years to come. 

DNA methylation has been newly discovered as a key controller in gene transcription too. Aberrant DNA methylation changes can cause a number of human diseases such as developmental diseases (ICF syndrome, Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes etc), ag- ing related diseases (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease), heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases. Moreover, large amount of evidence implicated that DNA methylation is a key player in cancer development. Dr.

It was announced Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the SAS Analytics 2014 Conference that the UGA Statistical Consulting Center’s 2014 SAS Analytics Shootout team has won first place in the competition.

Congratulations again to all involved!

Christine Franklin was featured on this month's Georgia Magazine Back Page!  To view, following the link below:

http://issuu.com/ugamagazine/docs/gm_sept14/58?e=3075908/9097707