Noted and Quoted, January 2016

The New Year is off to a great start with opinion by and reporting on the expertise of Franklin College faculty members and alumni. A sample:

The Paris climate agreement. Marshall Shepherd, director of UGA’s atmospheric sciences program, and a regular contributor to Forbes.com, reflects “on this global step towards good stewardship of the planet.” Shepherd also discussed the agreement Sunday during an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation.

'Let's Let That Are Not Yet: Inferno,' a new book of poetry by professor of creative writing and English Ed Pavlić, was reviewed by Publisher's Weekly and The New York Times. Pavlić's book, 'Who Can Afford to Improvise? : James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners,' was also reviewed in the Los Angeles Times.

UGA alumnus Taylor Dibbert (AB ‘05) provides his “Brief Reflections on the University of Georgia” in a Huffington Post op-ed in which he writes, “I had the privilege of attending the University of Georgia. And, from 2001 to 2005, that was the perfect place for me.”

The polar vortex is rocking, so why such warm weather in the east? – Palm Beach Post article quotes Marshall Shepherd

Confronting the future of New Orleans’ Confederate past, writes  James Cobb in Time.com. “The urge to hide the most painful reminders of the past is understandable, but what are the effects of doing do?” said Cobb, Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus.

8 undeniable signs you've fallen for a narcissist – Huffington Post article quotes Keith Campbell, professor of psychology

Microbeads banned, but plastic remains a threat to oceans – GPB.org interviews marine sciences professor Jay Brandes of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography)

December looked a lot like global warming with record-setting rain – Athens Banner-Herald articles quote Marshall Shepherd

Four New Year’s resolutions meteorologists hope the public makes, writes Marshall Shepherd in Forbes.com.

Black gill deadly to shrimp crop, research suggests – Charleston Post and Courier article quotes Marc Frischer, a marine science microbiologist with UGA’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

2016 is a leap year. Why do we have them? – Forbes.com column by Marshall Shepherd

Work by Dodd photography professor Marni Shindelman featured in The Guardian

Researchers to map sand deposits off St. Simons, Sea Island and Jekyll – Florida Times-Union article quotes Clark Alexander, a scientist at UGA’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Could we have the first named Atlantic tropical system of 2016 in January? Marshall Shepherd, at Forbes.com, says the chances of something forming are in the 10 to 30 percent range.

Donald Trump mostly wrong that ‘we get practically nothing’ from South Korea for U.S. Troop presence – AJC’s PolitiFact article quotes UGA historian William Stueck

A study by meteorologist Marshall Shepherd that explored heat risks in connection with bounce houses is featured in a report by Inside Science.

Marshall Shepherd examines the low percentage of minorities in the fields of science. “Minorities may be left out of the 21st century job market if these trends are not reversed,” writes Shepherd in Forbes.com.

UGA researchers discover how trypanosome parasites communicate with each other, reports Phys.org and ScienceCodex.com. Study's senior author is Stephen Hajduk, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Does the vineyard’s dirt really affect the taste of what’s in your glass? – Washington Post article quotes UGA-trained geologist Lucie Morton

Image: from Shindelman's Geolocation series. "I’m a half empty kind of person if you didn’t know. Indianapolis Airport 2013"