Noted and Quoted, Summer 2024

As campus winds into fall semester, Franklin College faculty have been working all summer – sharing, expertise, informed opinion and new research findings in media around the world.

From cosmic rays to hurricanes to workaholism, a sample of the stories we saw this summer:

John Knox, professor geography and associate director of the atmospheric sciences program, comments on how Project 2025 would impact the National Weather Service – AJC

Dawdling Debby’s Savannah stay follows trend of slow, increasingly wet tropical storms – Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean, quoted by the Savannah Morning News

Fish oil might help keep cholesterol in check – research led by Kaixiong Ye, associate professor of genetics, reported in U.S. News & World Report, Earth.com

Georgia agencies prepare to help farmers deal with potential crop loss from Tropical Storm Debby – Pam Knox, affiliate faculty in the atmospheric sciences program, quoted by – ANF

Looming threat for U.S. as active part of hurricane season begins – Marshall Shepherd writing at Forbes

AI revolutionizes exoplanet discovery uncovering new worlds – research led by Cassandra Hall, assistant professor of computational astrophysics, noted at EnterpriseAI  

Can you get a brain-eating amoeba from tap water? Dennis Kyle , Professor of Infectious Diseases and Cellular Biology, GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery, quoted by Live Science

The price of being a workaholic – Malissa Clark, associate profess of psychology, quoted in Becker’s Hospital Review

“Twisters” explained by a meteorologist: terms, science and more – Marshall Shepherd writing at Forbes

UGA expert says Athens’ heat island does more than block storms — It threatens lives – John Knox interviewed on WUGA

The work of the surgeon general: Why social media warning labels will fail – Stephen Mihm, professor of history and Associate Dean, writing in the Star-Tribune

Celebrate those who work smarter, not longer (Malissa Clark) – Forbes India

Cosmic rays shed light on stone age timelines – Brita Lorentzen, assistant professor of anthropology, quoted in Eos

Ghosting is an inescapable part of dating. Is it ever OK? Richard Slatcher, Gail M. Williamson Distinguished Professor in the department of psychology, quoted in the New York Times

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus – research co-authored by Brita Lorentzen reported by Reuters

Cool Blow Street in downtown Charleston got its name from a strange breeze – Marshall Shepherd quoted in the Post and Courier

 

Image: (Olga Salt/Shutterstock) via Enterprise AI