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Berry College in Rome, Ga., held its spring commencement ceremony on May 10, 2025. (Berry College/ Facebook)

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  • News

Congrats Class of 2025! A look through Georgia's commencement ceremonies

It's graduation season! Georgia colleges and universities will hold commencement ceremonies to celebrate and honor the Class of 2025. 

May 19, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
Georgia State University's School of Public Health hosted it's third Public Health Research Day on April 17, 2025.

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  • Health

Research at Georgia universities has already taken a hit. What could be lost?

Institutions across the spectrum for research expenditures are scaling back and reassessing to prepare for cuts by the federal government.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
TBD

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  • Law

Federal judge in Georgia grants temporary restraining order to protect international student visas

Lawyers representing 133 plaintiffs suing for a right to due process are asking the court to grant a temporary restraining order to restore protections for international students studying in the U.S.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • and 2 more
A man in a lab coat and medical mask peers at a lit medical monitor in a darkened room.

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  • Politics

How uncertainty over federal health funding and data is affecting Georgia researchers

Georgia’s statewide public health conference has been canceled, and researchers are navigating disruptions in federal data accessibility and funding.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
 Out-of-state students living in Emory University’s dorms need to register at the addresses of individual buildings according to the secretary of state’s office, despite information provided by the school’s Emory Voter Initiative. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Dorm life poses challenges to Georgia college students aiming to vote in November election

What seemed like one of the only inconsequential choices in a consequential election could potentially cost young voters their ballots. 

October 02, 2024
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  • Chaya Tong

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  • Health Care

Widely available antibiotic now recommended to prevent STIs, says Atlanta-based CDC

When taken up to three days after having sex, the antibiotic doxycycline has been shown to prevent syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in about two-thirds of users. 

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Economy

Georgia Today: More MARTA stations; Ossoff questions USPS delays; Preventing heat-related injuries 

On the Monday, March 25 edition of Georgia Today: Atlanta plans to build new MARTA stations; Sen. Jon Ossoff wants answers to the USPS delays; Emory and Georgia Tech are teaming up to help prevent heat-related injuries 

March 25, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
You will be born into a loving home

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  • Children's Health

Maternal vaccines already help protect infants against flu. New shots may also reduce risks of RSV

In August, the FDA approved the first vaccine for pregnant people that protects newborns against infections from respiratory syncytial virus, one of the leading causes of hospitalizations among infants and young children. 

September 13, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Many objects, like this bottle, have been unearthed in Elizabeth Burns’ lead-contaminated Atlanta yard.

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  • News

Lead contamination surfaces in affluent Atlanta neighborhood

The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program — often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.

May 05, 2023
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  • Andy Miller
FILE - President Jimmy Carter with Jorge R. Videla, President of Argentina, at a meeting at the White House in Washington on Sept. 9, 1977.

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  • History

Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives

As Jimmy Carter rests in hospice care at his home in Georgia, The Associated Press reached out to former political prisoners who credit him with saving their lives. Carter is known around the world for trying to put human rights at the center of America's foreign policy.

May 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce, right, testifies in favor of a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care on Feb. 16, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Broce has said that the insurer managing care for Georgia's foster children is denying too many requests for mental health care.

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  • News

Georgia Medicaid insurer denied psychotherapy for thousands

A newspaper finds that the insurance company that manages medical care for many Georgia children has denied or partially denied more than 6,500 requests for psychotherapy between 2019 and mid-2022.

April 11, 2023
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  • Associated Press
OraQuick test

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  • Health

Emory initiative will mail one million HIV tests nationwide, for free

“We're not going to end the HIV epidemic until we make testing for HIV convenient and routine,” said Patrick Sullivan, lead infectious disease specialist for the Emory initiative. 

 

September 27, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Amy Bryant coaches the Emory University women’s tennis team.

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  • Sports

Serena is not the only woman evolving away from tennis. Meet Emory's Amy Bryant

After 23 years, Amy Bryant, women's tennis coach at Emory University in Atlanta, is retiring.  Bryant is the first woman in NCAA history to win the national team championship as a coach and a player.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
More than 1,000 people age 50 or older took one of four versions of the SAGE test.

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  • Health

Is reversing early-stage Alzheimer’s disease possible? A new study finds it may be

Rather than treating patients in clinical trials with a specific drug, doctors are taking a more personalized approach by attempting to understand root causes of and the best treatments for diseases affecting cognitive decline, such as Alzheimer’s. 

July 11, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Emory University Will Team Up with the VA for a Specialized Nursing Education

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  • Education

Emory expands aid to help students pay tuition without loans

Emory University has announced that it will increase its financial aid for students from low-income households and eliminate its need-based loan program. The university said in a statement Monday that the push to help more students graduate debt-free will begin next school year.

February 01, 2022
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