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Cicely Tyson receives Peabody Career Achievement Award
Legendary actress changed perceptions of African Americans in television and film.
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UGA leadership program equips public health leaders
The online program has been valuable education for COVID-19 response.
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Extension sees high demand for digital delivery
Online programs are receiving overwhelming response from the public.
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Cameras reveal possible uptick in urban wildlife
As humans stayed home, early research hints at increased animal movement.
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Operation optics
Mable Fok uses the science of light to make communication technologies better.
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General Assembly recognizes UGA’s TifTuf bermudagrass
The Georgia-grown turfgrass is being used around the world.
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Study reveals birth defects caused by flame retardant
Research focuses on man’s exposure prior to contraception.
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Coordinating efforts to protect medical professionals
College of Education alumni producing face shields for health care workers.
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CCRC researchers focusing on COVID-19
UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center is tackling the pandemic.
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Health communications in a crisis
In a public health crisis, it’s critically important that public health recommendations come from trusted…
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UGA offers COVID-19 resources throughout Georgia
Programs in place to help businesses, governments, communities and youths.
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‘Buddy Calls’ help older adults in Athens cope
UGA’s Medical Partnership students are helping relieve loneliness.
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Researchers say sustainability requires lower energy use
We have to ‘do less with less’ to keep the Earth healthy.
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Grad student ‘brings’ pets to group homes
Pets Together project helps ease isolation during this time of quarantine.
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Researchers discover clues to the opioid epidemic
UGA health economist headed several key studies in Georgia.
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Students create solutions for COVID-19 challenges
Winners address hygiene challenges facing Athens’ unsheltered population.
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Two historians win Lillian Smith Book Awards
Their accounts of critical civil rights factors earn nod from UGA Libraries.
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Project to introduce middle schoolers to AI
Researchers aim to prepare students for a world driven by artificial intelligence.
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Faculty member deploys with the CDC to fight COVID-19
He volunteered to check arriving airline passengers for symptoms.
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Collection of poems speaks to grief of infertility
Through a Small Ghost by Chelsea Dingman explores the difficulties of parenting and child loss…
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Map helps people locate COVID-19 resources
Youth volunteers launch live map visualizing community resources.
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Franklin College professor featured in CNBC article on reducing screen time
W. Keith Campbell, a professor in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, part of the…
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Bridging the health care gap
Bernadette Heckman is tackling one of the most complicated aspects of the health care industry:…
