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Mercer Models March Madness
A Mercer professor's statistical model brings method to March Madness with 93.7 percent accuracy in predicting who makes the tournament. Another model predicts who wins – and which teams are likely to be upset in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. More >
"Grady's Anatomy" Follows Emory, MSM Residents
 Grady Memorial Hospital residents from Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University have caught the attention of CNN, which followed them for a behind-the-scenes look at their lives on and off duty. "Special Investigations Unit: Grady's Anatomy," will air on CNN March 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EDT. A fourth of all Georgia doctors have trained at Grady through Emory and MSM residency programs. More >
Atlanta Med Students Match for Residencies
 Last week, 35 students graduating from Atlanta's two med schools learned that they would rotate through Grady during their residencies. On "Match Day," in one suspenseful moment, 44 medical students at Morehouse School of Medicine and more than 100 at Emory tore open envelopes to discover where they will train as residents when they graduate this spring. (Students at Mercer's medical school in Macon and Medical College of Georgia in Augusta also participated in Match Day.)
ITC Breaks the Silence on AIDS
African-American church leaders come together today at Interdenominational Theological Center to discuss HIV/AIDS in a two-day conference co-sponsored by the CDC. HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects African Americans, who represent 13 percent of the U.S. population but nearly half of people living with HIV/AIDS. The disease is the leading cause of death among African-American women age 25 to 34. "The time is now to provide leadership for the African-American church to move beyond an ineffectual state of silence," says ITC President Michael A. Battle. "It is time to teach and preach about HIV/AIDS prevention and better access to health care for people living with HIV/AIDS."
University Research
Nuclear Attack, Satellites and a Soft Landing
Discoveries making the news in recent days from ARCHE campuses:
- University of Georgia's Center for Mass Destruction highlights the inability of our current medical system to handle a nuclear attack and suggests interventions that could save tens of thousands of lives in cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. More >
- Georgia Tech researchers use solar power in a protoype engine that allows satellites to launch with 40 percent less fuel, opening the door for deep space missions and more payload in orbit. More >
- Georgia State's Economic Forecasting Center finds the U.S. economy in the early stages of a soft landing, with several risk factors that could turn conditions from good to bad. More >
Maupin Installed at Morehouse School of Medicine 
John E. Maupin Jr. will be inaugurated as Morehouse School of Medicine's fifth president on Friday. The celebration begins today with a seminar on the Science of Disease. Maupin took the reins at MSM last July, after serving as president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He was executive vice president and chief operating officer at MSM from 1989 to 1994. Morehouse School of Medicine recruits and trains minority and other students as physicians, biomedical scientists and public health professionals committed to the primary health needs of the underserved. More >
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Photo credits: Emory University, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine, University of West Georgia.
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