Author: Alan Flurry
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Does studying abroad delay graduation?
Research shows students who study abroad graduate faster than their peers.
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UGA collaboration weaves story of Indigenous environmental relationships in a new book
The book results from two projects supported by the Global Environment Facility and UNDP Small…
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New biking map of Athens eases the ride around town
It was created by UGA’s Community Mapping Lab and BikeAthens.
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Coping with schizophrenia, when emotions can be too much
New research shows emotion regulation much harder for those with the illness.
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UGA wins Best Delegation Award at 2021 Regional Model African Union
A delegation of seven students and scholars represented UGA at the 24th annual Southeast Model…
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Book grapples with Andean cloud forests’ socioecological classification
Authors Fausto Sarmiento and Elena V. Sarmiento frame mountain conservation within convergent mountain science in…
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Gift promotes Institute for Native American Studies
The gift will bring graduate students from across the U.S. to study at UGA.
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UGA research project to develop new parenting assessment
New tool to better take into account race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status.
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Geologists propose theory about a famous asteroid
The troughs on Vesta have long been a topic of scientific speculation.
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UGA geneticist receives NIH award to pursue precision medicine
The nearly $2 million, five-year award will support efforts to characterize gene-environment interactions, or genetic…
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Why people snub their friends with their phone
Mental health conditions and certain personality traits play a role in “phubbing.”
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Lee Roy B. Giles Encouragement Award recipient named
This year’s award winners are Lla Lyn Anderson and Sha’Mira Covington.
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Saunt wins 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
‘Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory’ took the…
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Visualizing brain activity, researching humor as emotion
Humor actually ‘involves a lot of pretty advanced mental functioning.’
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UGA Arts Lab awards initial graduate student fellowships
Two UGA graduate students have been awarded fellowships through the university’s recently established Arts Lab…
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Sensors eliminate sparking risk in hydrogen vehicles
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles – electric cars without the plug – made safer.
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UGA’s Hahamovitch awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
She will explore guest worker programs and human trafficking in a global context.
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Rozario receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
The grant supports early-career investigators of exceptional creativity who propose high-risk, high-reward research projects.
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Saunt awarded 2021 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy
His book, ‘Unworthy Republic, The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory,’…
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Kannan receives $2M NIH MIRA award
Kannan will use the award to map relationships connecting sequence and function in gene families.
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Mountains as socio-ecological landscapes
Fausto Sarmiento, professor of geography, authored a new study seeking to explain mountains as socio-ecological…
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‘Virtues of taking a risk’ helps shape a young scholar
UGA Distinguished Professor pays tribute to one of his inspirations.
