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Undergrads Learn the Business of Bioscience
 The business of bioscience is the subject of a 12-week seminar this fall for undergraduate students from Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Morehouse and Spelman. The course brings together both science and business majors with senior execs from pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies. Students meet for class at the Georgia Tech Research Institute to learn how inventions reach the marketplace. The course is sponsored by Georgia Bio and the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, a consortium of Clark Atlanta, Emory, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Morehouse, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman. More >
Collaborating to Speed Discoveries to Patients
 The National Institutes of Health has awarded $31 million to a partnership of Atlanta higher ed, research and health-care institutions to speed discoveries from the lab into treatments for patients. The Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute consortium includes primary partners Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta along with collaborators such as the Georgia Research Alliance and Grady Hospital. The grant will fund better ways to work together to harness the diverse strengths of the partners. "You have a powerhouse of institutions," Barbara Alving of the National Center for Research Resources told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "By linking them up ... they can provide even greater opportunities." More >
Brain Power
 Business to Business magazine features a September cover story on "How Atlanta's Major Universities Strengthen the Economy." It focuses on innovative research, translating research into commerce, MBA programs and community impact. It includes data from ARCHE's economic impact study. Read the article (PDF) >
Spelman Focuses on Informatics
Spelman College has received a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to boost informatics education and research for students. The project will develop an interdisciplinary curriculum in the application of computers and statistics to the management of information. More >
TheoEcology Goes Online
 The Interdenominational Theological Center has launched a Web site for its TheoEcology initiative to position ITC as a resource and a leader in the creation of a "green civilization." TheoEcology blends faith and ecology to create tools and inspiration to fulfill its vision of a "New Eden." Visit the site >
Second Choices: Love the One You're With
You can't always get what you want – but you can find a way to compensate. University of Georgia ecologists and geneticists have given insight on how various species, from Tanzanian cockroaches to house mice, can pass on their genes even in less than ideal circumstances. When animals must choose mates that are not their preference, females and males have ways to compensate that increase the chance their offspring will survive – by laying more eggs, for example. The study even hints that compensation may evolve, an unexpected wrinkle to natural selection. More >
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Photo credits: Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of West Georgia.
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