Month: May 2020
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UGA commits to student support and wellness
Multiple platforms and programs focus on supporting students.
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Researchers say sustainability requires lower energy use
We have to ‘do less with less’ to keep the Earth healthy.
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Grad student ‘brings’ pets to group homes
Pets Together project helps ease isolation during this time of quarantine.
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Researchers discover clues to the opioid epidemic
UGA health economist headed several key studies in Georgia.
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Students create solutions for COVID-19 challenges
Winners address hygiene challenges facing Athens’ unsheltered population.
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Two historians win Lillian Smith Book Awards
Their accounts of critical civil rights factors earn nod from UGA Libraries.
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Early intervention is cure for pigs and crop damage
Wild pigs cause millions of dollars of damage to agriculture industry.
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Project to introduce middle schoolers to AI
Researchers aim to prepare students for a world driven by artificial intelligence.
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UGA CURO students share research online
The annual CURO Symposium was presented virtually this year.
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UGA to host human trafficking conference
The international forum extends the science of human trafficking prevalence.
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UGA remembers those who passed away in last year
Annual candlelight memorial to be rescheduled for next spring.
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Webinars offered free to Georgia communities
The series is designed to help plan for COVID-19 recovery.
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Museum connects with Google Arts & Culture
Highlights of the Georgia Museum of Art’s collection going virtual.
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Parking registration
Registration for the first and largest round of parking permits for the 2020-2021 academic year…
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Workshops focus on online learning resources
UGA Online is now offering four unique workshops to provide faculty with the resources they…
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Volunteer opportunities for Athens-Clarke County
Organizations and nonprofits in Athens are in need of volunteers, now more than ever. As…
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EITS shares information regarding Zoom
EITS is sharing important information regarding accessing Zoom using UGA Single Sign-On and upcoming plans…
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Faculty member deploys with the CDC to fight COVID-19
He volunteered to check arriving airline passengers for symptoms.
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Collection of poems speaks to grief of infertility
Through a Small Ghost by Chelsea Dingman explores the difficulties of parenting and child loss…
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Columns publication break
Columns will not be published May 25 because of Memorial Day. Regular publication will resume June 1.…
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Staff Council elects officers for 2020-2021 academic year
At its May 6 meeting, the Staff Council elected officers for the coming year. The elected…
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Map helps people locate COVID-19 resources
Youth volunteers launch live map visualizing community resources.
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Franklin College professor featured in CNBC article on reducing screen time
W. Keith Campbell, a professor in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, part of the…
