Category: Georgia Impact
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Startup mentor urges purpose-driven businesses
David Salyers, UGA’s startup mentor in residence, delivered the Signature Lecture “Startup Your Future!” on…
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Partnership offers REAL Skills to high schoolers
The Great Promise Partnership serves communities across Georgia.
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Student-run juvenile court judges first-time offenders
Teenage students get a real introduction to the legal system.
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‘Orange Bulldog’ makes for great Halloween pumpkin
This disease-resistant pumpkin was perfected over the years by a UGA scientist.
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Ocean Sciences Instructional Center dedicated at Skidaway
An old barn now serves as a modern classroom and laboratory building.
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UGA partners with Google Books for digital access
About 120,000 of the Libraries’ 4.5 million volumes will be digitized.
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College of Education to be named in honor of Mary Frances Early
Regents approve name change to recognize UGA’s first African American graduate.
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Get ready for Turkeypalooza 2019!
To participate, organizations should register by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
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Pointers for startups from UGA’s new innovation mentor
Starting a business is tough. Startup mentor David Salyers has some advice.
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Medical Partnership expands class size by 50 percent
The move is part of a strategy to address Georgia’s critical shortage of physicians.
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Library partners on Latino, Hispanic history project
It will preserve records and oral histories with elected officials and business leaders.
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Farm Tour highlights value of UGA to Georgia agriculture
President Morehead, state officials visited agribusinesses in Southeast Georgia.
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Atlanta Public Schools and UGA forge new partnership
It benefits Atlanta students and offers professional development for APS counselors.
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Ecology research students give back to Athens
They came for the academics but became part of the community.
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One year later, dam removal already reveals benefits
The White Dam removal has been very beneficial for water-based recreation.
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Scientists assess storage value in ecosystems
Coastal salt marsh and seagrass ecosystems protect communities, act as carbon reservoir.
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NIH awards up to $130M to develop universal flu vaccine
UGA to lead effort aimed at protecting vulnerable populations.
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Marine sciences professor tracks environmental changes down the coast
When Hurricane Irma slammed the Georgia coast in 2017, the University of Georgia Marine Institute…
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Marion Bradford revolutionized research
UGA alumnus has one of the most cited research papers on record.
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Women and Girls conference to focus on community
It encourages research and advocacy by, for and about women and girls in Georgia.
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Margaux Charbonnet Murray: Complex Caregiver
UGA alumna helps families navigate the challenges of treating severely ill children.
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Working Like a Dawg
UGA’s Double Dawgs program puts students on the fast track to better jobs.
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Chandler Sharp: Force of Nature
UGA alumnus has taken part in conservation efforts around the globe.
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Researcher studying fungus that affects humans
She seeks to identify factors that contribute to its resistance in agriculture.
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