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New research by TSYS School computer scientist Yi Zhou and his colleagues Hui Sun of Anhui University, Yajie Deng of Northwestern Polytechnical University, and Xiao Qin of Auburn University explains that persistent memory (PM) bridges the latency and cost gap between dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and solid-state drives (SSD). As these researchers add, within the DRAM–PM–SSD hierarchy, deploying key-value-separated key-value stores (KV-separated stores) is imperative for optimizing system longevity and performance. This architecture mitigates SSD write amplification and preserves PM endurance by minimizing writes. According to Zhou et al., existing KV-separated stores in the DRAM-SSD architecture, however, fail to fully exploit this three-tier hierarchy due to three issues. First, LSM-tree indexes incur high read amplification on PM. While learned indexes offer faster reads, they suffer from severe write-read asymmetry that can undermine overall efficiency in write-intensive work...

The Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) reports that the BETTER WORK Jobs for Life class at the Muscogee County Jail in Columbus recently celebrated a graduation, recognizing a group of individuals who have worked through challenges, rebuilt confidence, and are now more equipped to pursue purposeful work. According to the GCO, although the graduates were presented with certificates to celebrate completing the class, what they are taking with them goes far beyond an award. They are taking resources, hope, confidence, and a renewed belief that a different future is possible. This latest effort was led in part by Turner College graduate Kristin Barker , Vice President of Workforce Solutions at GCO. "We have been privileged to partner with the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office for this class. Getting to know our graduates, learning about them and hearing their stories was such a blessing," Barker stated. Barker earned a BBA in marketing from the Turner College in 1990. She follow...

With the start of fall semester last week, the Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Areum Jo to its faculty as a part-time instructor of economics. Jo, who is currently a Language Coach (Korean) in CSU's Department of Society, Culture and Languages, is teaching an online section of ECON 1101, Economics of Financial Literacy, this fall. That class currently enrolls 45 students. Turner Business welcomes Jo to the Turner College faculty. In disappointing news, the Turner College is no longer allowed to attach monetary stipends to its annual faculty and staff awards. This decision was apparently delivered by CSU's central administration after the 2026 Turner College awards selections that were announced back in May, resulting in the absence of the financial stipends for those 2026 award winners. In the past, a $500 stipend, which was already quite a relatively small amount for awards such as these, was attached to awards for teaching, research, service, online teaching, ...

New research by Turner College economist Frank Mixon and Spencer Eli Kagan of the University of California – Berkeley examining surfers' responses to the decision by California governmental authorities to close multiple access ramps connected to the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) for months after containment of the 2025 Pacific Palisades fires, which resulted in the loss of access to some of southern California’s high-quality surf breaks, is now set for publication in a 2027 issue of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology . As indicated in our 27-March-2026 post about this study , Mixon and Kagan point out that in response to beach closures, many Los Angeles area surfers migrated to open breaks, thus increasing congestion at these surf breaks. The added congestion caused by the migration tested the social norms that traditionally govern surf break utilization. Thus, as Mixon and Kagan argue, the migration of surfers in response to the California wildfires serves as somewhat ...

Columbus State University contributed over $322 million to the regional economy in fiscal year 2025, marking nearly a 7% rise from the previous year, as detailed in a new economic impact report by Jeffrey Humphreys, Director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. “As a leading state university in Georgia, we are dedicated to helping make the Chattahoochee Valley a thriving and economically prosperous community,” stated Stuart Rayfield, President of CSU. “Our students and their success are central to this mission. As they study, graduate and make their homes in the area, they drive local innovation and prosperity.” CSU’s FY25 economic impact of $321.9 million sets a new high for the university and contributes to the University System of Georgia’s record $25.1 billion annual economic impact — an 8.9% rise compared to last year. The university's influence on its seven-county West Georgia service area — Chattahoochee, Harris, M...

CSU Provost Dustin Anderson updated the CSU community this morning on the administrative job searches that are planned or currently ongoing. As he noted, CSU is currently planning for searches for Dean positions in two colleges and looks forward to identifying exceptional leaders who will help advance the university's mission and support the success of our students, faculty, and staff. "I am grateful to Wanda Ebright, who will chair the search for the College of Letters and Sciences Dean, and Margie Yates, who will chair the search for the Turner College Dean. Their leadership and commitment will be invaluable as we work to attract outstanding candidates for these important roles. We are looking forward to hearing your feedback on the kinds of leaders we're looking for in these colleges," Anderson stated. He also broke news by announcing plans for a search for a new Executive Director of Emergent Technology. "Last August, we began a year-long analysis of the futu...