Category: Public Service & Outreach
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On the Bulldog Beat: Art & Nature
The newest tree at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia needs no water or sunlight.…
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Strengthening the high school-to-college pipeline
Upward Bound Program supports underrepresented Athens-area students.
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UGA helps build mentoring opportunities across Georgia
As an affiliate of a national partnership, the program helps youths prosper.
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Athens ice cream shop keeps scooping with SBDC’s help
Shop local on Nov. 27 to support Small Business Saturday.
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Grant to help communities boost economic development
It will help rural areas develop a strategy for economic recovery.
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Diversity plan expands Road Dawgs Program
University of Georgia tour of high schools across the state increases its diversity efforts.
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Expo showcases cutting-edge agricultural advances
Sunbelt Agricultural Expo features UGA’s role as an industry partner.
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Mobile kitchen trailer a boon for Campus Kitchen
It will help student-run hunger relief program ‘meet people where they are.’
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Clarke County students visit UGA, explore Grady College
UGA grows partnerships with the Clarke County School District.
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Engineering students explore coastal housing challenges
The project will explore new prototypes for affordable, storm-resilient housing options.
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Helping businesses adopt social innovation practices
UGA student consultants work with Georgia companies earning B Corp certification.
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Rural communities rebuild healthy habits
UGA Extension and partners improve quality of life through obesity prevention.
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Eugene Patterson: Journalism icon, war hero, champion for civil rights
A journalist and editor who risked his life and career to stand up for justice.
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Program helps rural students acclimate to life at UGA
The ALL Georgia program serves more than 3,000 students.
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To keep forests sustainable, education for women is key
New study finds gaps in programs that connect women with their land.
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UGA program equips women for leadership roles
Program graduates are more civically engaged, involved as community leaders.
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Even More Alumni Breweries
Here is an extended list of alumni brewers.
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Encouraging Words
The best mentorship stories are told by the participants themselves.
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Rural hospital now thriving as others close
In 2015, Pulaski County’s hospital faced bankruptcy. Then UGA stepped in.
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UGA joins partnership to spur compatible economic development around Fort Benning
Undeveloped military buffer land has recreation, economic development potential.
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Georgia Commitment Scholarships get $1M match
UGA Foundation funds will encourage further investment in the successful program.
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UGA vaccinates thousands of ACC residents
Medical partnership’s mobile clinic focuses on underserved communities.
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Using community science to illuminate firefly habitats in metro Atlanta
About 1500 people signed up for the project.
