Tag: News Release

Researchers seek vaccine for ‘traveler’s diarrhea’

A joint effort between the University of Georgia and the University of Texas at Austin…
UGA physician tracks tuberculosis using cellphone records

Researchers get $2.6 million NIH grant to understand the local epidemiology of TB in urban Africa.
UGA study shows bacteria change their surface to increase antibiotic resistance

A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Georgia provides insight…
Micronizing ocean plastics threaten sea turtle populations, ocean life cycle

Ingestion of degrading ocean plastics likely poses a substantial risk to the survival of post-hatchling…
Julie Fowlis to perform ‘Music from the Scottish Isles’

Fowlis is known to millions of children and parents around the world for singing the…
Where have all the turtles gone, and why does it matter?

61 percent of the world’s 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, with consequences.
$5M grant to help reduce indoor farming energy costs

One of the steepest barriers to profitable controlled-environment agriculture is the energy cost associated with…
UGA climbs to 13th in U.S. News & World Report rankings

This is the third consecutive year the university has risen in the U.S. News national…
President’s Innovation District Task Force presents recommendations

The report outlines a vision to create a hub on campus to foster collaboration and…
NSF grant to cultivate a diverse, inclusive STEM faculty

UGA partners on $10 million grant to develop bold models that broaden STEM programs.
Researchers are giving tortoises a ‘head start’

Raising the keystone species gopher tortoise in captivity may boost wild populations.
UGA to help guide development of norovirus vaccine

Researchers from Emory University and the University of Georgia have received a five-year, $1.7 million…
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to perform ‘Rach 2’

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns to the Performing Arts Center Sept. 21 with music director…
FACS building being renamed, renovated

The College of Family and Consumer Sciences will rename one of its buildings the Charles…
Museum highlights a pioneering woman photographer

Photographer Doris Ulmann documented rural Southern people, and in a new exhibition attempts to cast…
UGA welcomes record-setting Class of 2022

A commitment to academic excellence defines the University of Georgia’s Class of 2022, a group…
Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso coming to UGA

UGA Presents is bringing ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to Athens Sept. 14 for a 7:30…
Provost search committee named at UGA

A search committee has been appointed to recruit and review candidates to be UGA]s next…
Antibiotics are being overprescribed, and that’s a problem

UGA’s Mark Ebell and collaborators at Georgetown University and the University of Wisconsin have received…
Study finds struggle with infant feeding in disaster

Breastfeeding is widely regarded as the healthy and safe choice for infant feeding, especially during…
Researchers create way to measure human rights

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia is using a new approach to…
Scientists calculate impact of China’s ban on plastic waste imports

While recycling is often touted as the solution to the large-scale production of plastic waste,…
Pulliam family honors patriarch through faculty chair position

To honor his legacy in agricultural education, Dr. Michael and Elaine Pulliam and family have…
UGA promotes renaissance in multi-city partnership

A Georgia mountain community is forging a unique economic development partnership with two Tennessee cities…