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A study led by College of Education kinesiology researcher Rod Dishman linking declining fitness to sleep complaints has been reported in a variety of news and health-related media including: MedicalXpress.com. and Science World Report.

​Sally Zepeda, a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, was one of five education experts interviewed about the development of young teachers in an October 7 *Education Week* blog titled, "Classroom Q&A with Larry Ferlazzo."

A University of Georgia College of Education graduate has been nationally honored for his creation of a Mississippi State University Extension Service youth initiative aimed at preparing communities in Mississippi for disasters.

Dorothy Charles, a graduate student in the College of Education's Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, has received the University of Georgia Black Faculty and Staff Organization's Founder's Award Scholarship.

A web-based tool designed to teach critical thinking skills to veterinary students, created by a multidisciplinary team of University of Georgia faculty led by College of Education faculty member Ike Choi, has won a second prestigious national award.

​A new study from the University of Georgia finds a link between a person's fitness level—specifically cardiorespiratory fitness—and sleeping ability. Led by Rodney Dishman, a professor of kinesiology in the College of Education, the study featured in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise analyzed data collected over 35 years.

​We know a lot about the way adults read — technology, although primitive at times, has tracked the eyes of experienced readers for years. Children, on the other hand, have been difficult to study. Until now.

Bud Cooper, a clinical associate professor in kinesiology, is quoted about his heat research that led to changes in Georgia High School Football Association's rules to protect players from heat stroke in an October 5 story on Seacoastonline.com.

UGA Distinguished Research Professor Peter Smagorinsky questions the effectiveness of Georgia's new teacher assessment tool, the Student Growth Model in an October 6 *Atlanta Journal Constitution* op-ed essay.

Ashley Johnson Harrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, is part of a research team that has "adapted diagnostic instruments for autism spectrum disorder to the health care environment in Tanzania," reports Sept. 30 story on *LatinosHealth.com.*