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Learning by serving

Community service is not a new concept. Neither is the idea of learning by doing.
Crude corral

Catastrophes like the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the Alaskan coast only contribute a…
Pictures and 1,000 words

When Denise Logan read an article in the Athens Banner-Herald about the need for more…
Making adaptations

Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one University of Georgia researcher believes they might also…
Saving species

When Hazel Wetzstein holds a tiny Georgia plume plant, she’s not just tending a future…
Building bodies, boosting brains

Many people claim to get their best ideas while on the elliptical machine, doing laps…
Alien Invasion

What began as a breakfast-table discussion between two UGA professors has led to a grant,…
Borrowers and Lenders

A bit more than half a century ago, a musical called West Side Story opened…
Gene-ius

There’s a moment in a scientist’s life—at least in the movies—when a virtual light bulb…
Treating post-traumatic stress first helps children overcome grief

Post traumatic stress disorder is commonly thought to affect victims of major trauma and those…
UGA researchers help papaya take genetic spotlight

UGA researchers are not looking to pull sweet fruit from the papaya tree branches. They’re…
Reproducing black flies helps research effort

When it comes to black flies, most people would prefer them destroyed.
Camera reveals new organism in Georgia well

His drinking water smelled like old bait-shrimp, and the Putnam County homeowner wanted Keith Fielder,…
UGA technology dramatically increases ethanol yield

University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the…
Spices may protect against consequences of high blood sugar

Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests…
A lack of knowledge

Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less…
UGA leads effort to swat down major vegetable disease

In the Southeast, thrips are tomato and pepper farmers’ No. 1 enemy.
UGA researcher studying sunflower potential

By unlocking its genetic secrets, University of Georgia researcher Steve Knapp wants to make the…
Study links primary care shortage with salary disparities

The nation’s shortage of primary care physicians has been linked to a host of poor…
Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism

A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook…
UGA given $4.1 million for bee research

Almost half the bee colonies in the United States died last winter.
Profitable organic farming

Research at the Agroecology Laboratory at the UGA Odum School of Ecology has led to…
Study: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries

Even occasional cigarette smoking can impair the functioning of your arteries, according to a new…
Female sex offenders: Most were victims first

A UGA study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of women…