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• Balancing Trade and Security (Spring 2009)
  UGA’s The Center for International Trade and Security work to keep “dual-use” of technologies away from conspirators while ensuring their application to benign commercial interests.
• Animal Health is a Global Endeavor (Fall 2008)
  Scientific collaboration between countries, whether they are on friendly terms or not, is critical to each nation’s economy and the health and safety of its people.
• Training Black Belt Journalists to Help Save Lives (Spring 2008)
  Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism Patricia Thomas discusses how to improve health news coverage in poor regions.
• New Creationist Museum a Window into Popular Belief (Winter 2008)
  Historian Ed Larson writes about the spread of creationism worldwide.
• Violence, Like Other Public Health Threats, Is Preventable (Fall 2007)
  Violence is as much a public health issue as obesity and cardiovascular disease,and like these diseases, it is best addressed through prevention.
• A Program for Universities That Means Business (Spring 2007)
  Georgia’s universities are transforming discoveries into new technology companies that provide social and economic benefits to the state.
• Owning Up to Poverty in America (Winter 2007)
  Despite a lack of focus in the public arena, poverty remains a crippling national problem.
• Why the Arts Matter in Education (Fall 2006)
  What do they offer students and why are they important? What are the implications for arts teacher preparations at UGA?
• Peace, Not Security (Summer 2006)
  In order to deliver a “new world order” to future generations, we must realize and accept the shortcomings of a security regime and value the wisdom of a peace paradigm.
• Global Warming: What to Do About the Changing Climate (Fall/Winter 2005)
  The signs of global warming are all around us.
• Plagiarism (Summer 2005)
  To avoid this journalistic felony, educators must teach how to do journalism the right way.
• Mobile Media's Growing Pains (Spring 2004)
  UGA's New Media Institute director examines how new uses for WiFi, or Wireless Fidelity, is changing the wireless world.
• Research Universities Should Nudge National Policy (Fall 2003)
  Academia has a responsibility to participate in the national security dialogue.
• Preparing for Terrorism (Summer 2002)
  Americans can take a lesson from the ineffective emergency responses to the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
• Nobody Pays for Criticism (Summer 2001)
  How should art and humanities compete for their share of the research funding pie? Betty Jean Craige offers insight.
• The GMO Controversy and the Ivory Tower (Winter 2000)
  Two UGA researchers urge scientists to take a more vocal role and follow in the "activist scientist" footsteps of Albert Einstein.
• Research at the Extremes (Spring 2000)
  To what extreme will researchers go in pursuit of science? Two UGA scientists tell of risks traveling to opposite ends of the Earth.
• Of Mice, Men and Medical Achievement (Summer 1999)
  Today's science has come a long but necessary way from yesterday's research techniques of using animals for biomedical study.
• The Scholar's Audience (Fall 1998)
  Conrad Fink is unequivocal about a scholar's moral obligation to share facts, insights and reflections.
• Finding a Voice for Science (Spring 1998)
  Society needs more scientists and writers with a talent for elucidating  the wonders, intricacies and controversies of science.
• Celebrating Three Decades from the Editor (Winter 1997)
  Although the magazine's appearance has changed quite a bit in the past three decades, our mission remains the same: to give you a glimpse into the intriguing world of UGA research labs, studios and field stations.
• The Global Face of Agriculture (Winter 1997)
  A big challenge for the next millennium will be feeding the world's population. Ed Kanemasu makes a case for an international research cooperation.
• Cloning: Thoughts Evoked by the New Ewe (Summer 1997)
  Dolly, the sheep, raises many questions for scientists and the public.
• Positioning University Research (Spring 1996)
  How will budget changes from Capitol Hill affect university research? Vice President Joe Key shares his viewpoint on the future of research funding.
• Southern History in Black and White (Winter 1995)
  In Portraits in Black and White, historian John Inscoe explores the complex, emotional and deeply personal  aspects of Southern race relations.
• The Family--Society's Smallest Democracy (Summer 1994)
  Sharon Y. Nickols, dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, points out the need for more family-oriented research.
• How a University Grows (Fall 1993)
  Ecologist Eugene Odum finds parallels between the growth of ecosystems and academic institutions.
• Research Planning and the Challenge of Change (Spring 1993)
  Dean Alphonse Buccino recently returned from a year-long stint in Washington, examines the promise of change and the potential for research in the '90s.
• Heroes in the Lab (Fall 1992)
  Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Deborah Blum makes a case for why researchers who use animals must tell the rest of us about the good work they do.