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Connectivity challenges for Oneida County residents?

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Alison Miller |Maureen Dudley

RHINELANDER, Wis. (WJFW) – Nearly a fifth of Oneida County residents don’t have broadband internet access. Recent changes with the Trump administration have changed the plan for getting them online. BEAD is the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program that allows access to high-speed internet to be expanded through federal funding. The new “Benefit of the Bargain” or BEAD BOB program hopes to reduce costs.
Greater mobile device‐prompted phone pickups are associated with daily parent stress

May 2, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tiffany G. Munzer |Alison Miller |Heidi M. Weeks |Niko Kaciroti

Corresponding Author Tiffany G. Munzer Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Correspondence Tiffany G. Munzer, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls Street, 1027NW, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5406, USA. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing - original draft, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author
Opinion: Leave Maine's science curriculum as it is

Jan 28, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Alison Miller
Opinion: Leave science curriculum as it is

Jan 28, 2024 | pressherald.com | Alison Miller

Should Maine encourage its middle school science teachers to relay misinformation about the connection between evolutionary science and historical atrocities such as the Holocaust to their students? As a Maine science education professor (Miller) and as an evolutionary biologist who has written extensively in the arena of history and social impacts of science (Graves), our answer is emphatically no. That should be the answer of the state as well.
Elevated parent and child hair cortisol moderated the efficacy of a mindful eating intervention

Oct 18, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jiying Ling |Alison Miller |Lorraine B. Robbins |Nanhua Zhang

1 INTRODUCTION Chronic stress, induced by persistent and overwhelming stressors over a long period of time, can negatively affect both physical (e.g., cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity) and mental (e.g., anxiety, depression) well-being (McEwen, 2017). Chronic stress can lead to “fight-or-flight” behavioural responses including unbalanced eating, physical inactivity, excessive smoking or drinking, and sleep disturbance (McEwen, 2008).
Meet the Makers - GaBiz Magazine

Oct 11, 2023 | gabizmagazine.com | Alison Miller

The creative industries represent a combined $29.2 billion in revenue in Georgia, according to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, encompassing not only visual and performing arts, but also advertising, architecture, design, software, video games, publishing, and of course, music, TV, radio, and film. All told, it represents 4.2 percent of the state’s total gross state product. But does that translate into opportunity? Can you really make a living producing art?
A small-town Georgia preacher fills pews by leaving no one out

Aug 19, 2023 | fredericknewspost.com | Alison Miller

HARTWELL, Ga. — At night, the worn sign looks like a beacon in the darkness out front of the modest, red-brick Mt. Hebron Baptist Church. The tired, it reads. The poor. And huddled masses. Welcome home.
Athens Beyond Game Day

Aug 17, 2023 | gardenandgun.com | Alison Miller |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

In 2018, Krista and Jerry Slater, a power couple in Atlanta’s food and beverage world, moved east of the city to Athens, Georgia, to open a handsome neighborhood bistro with a thoughtful wine list. The Expat would set the tone for the trio of sleek establishments the Slaters have opened in town since. “We create concepts where we want to eat,” Jerry, who earned his service stripes at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and the Oakroom at the Seelbach in Louisville, says.
A small-town Georgia preacher fills pews by leaving no one out

Jul 14, 2023 | phillytrib.com | Alison Miller

HARTWELL, Ga. — At night, the worn sign looks like a beacon in the darkness out front of the modest, red-brick Mt. Hebron Baptist Church. The tired, it reads. The poor. And huddled masses. Welcome home.
A small-town Georgia preacher fills pews by leaving no one out

Jul 9, 2023 | sfgate.com | Alison Miller

In this small town in the rural northeast corner of Georgia, it's the kind of message that assures Teri Massey she is loved for being who she is - a message 180 degrees from the one she heard in the Baptist church where she spent her teens into her 40s, where her grandfather, father and brother all held leadership positions.