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News Articles: UGA

Post Doc research scientist David Cotten of the Center for Geospatial Research, Senior computer science and astrophysics major Caleb Adams, Professor of Geography Deepak Mishra, and senior mechanical engineering major Megan Le Corre are working together along with a team of students and professors in a collaborative effort to design, build, and deploy (with the help of NASA) a cube satellite. Adams is holding a 3D printer model of the CubeSat,

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UGA Satellite Set To Launch Thursday

An Antares rocket scheduled for launch Thursday night from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will carry a small research satellite developed by students at the University of Georgia.

September 30, 2020
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By:
  • Dave Williams
A group of University of Georgia freshmen play basketball behind the high rise dormitories on Baxter Street a few days before the start of the fall 2020 term.

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  • Health

Lack Of Contact Tracing At UGA Poses Threat To Students

The University of Georgia trained contact tracers in the summer. Why aren't they at work on campus now?

September 10, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
UGA students at Tate Student Center on August 15, 2020

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  • Education

COVID Figures Spike At UGA Again As 1,400 Students Infected

The University of Georgia saw a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases for the second week in a row.

September 10, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
Students in UGA Tate Student Center on August 15, 2020

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  • Education

University System Of Georgia: No Definitive COVID-19 Threshold For Moving Classes Online

With class back in session at the University of Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic, the University System of Georgia says it still has not established an infection threshold that would force all classes online.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Josephine Bennett
Caleb Adams (left) and Graham Gable are two of the founders of UGA's Small Satellite Research Lab.

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UGA To Launch Tissue-Box Sized Satellite

The first launch is scheduled for late 2019 for one of two cube satellites made by the Small Satellite Research Laboratory at the University of Georgia....

August 17, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott,
  • Jake Troyer,
  • and 1 more
Georgia football legend Herschel Walker shares his thoughts on racial unrest in the U.S. after the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery.

UGA Football Legend Herschel Walker On Racial Unrest In US

Former University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker has a message for protesters, politicians and everyone else who reacted negatively after...

June 08, 2020
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  • Ben Abrams
The NCAA council reportedly voted this week to allow some college athletes to train at school facilities, starting June 1st.

College Athletes Could Return To Campus On June 1

Some college athletes will be able to return to campus next month. According to Yahoo Sports, the NCAA council voted on Wednesday to allow football...

May 21, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Gantt
Wolf's pit bull Rosalynn Carter was the inspiration for her to start Pets Together.

UGA Grad Student Shares Pets With Group Homes Virtually

Kim Wolf cannot see her grandmother in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After canceling a trip to Maryland to see her, Wolf sought another way...

May 21, 2020
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  • Ben Abrams
University of Georgia plans to resume in-person instruction during the fall 2020 semester.

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  • Education

UGA Plans For Fall 2020 In-Person Return To Campus

University of Georgia students could physically return to campus this fall. The school’s president, Jere Morehead, outlined steps to reopening in an...

April 29, 2020
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor
Heat could be a key player in disinfecting facial masks.

UGA Professor: Heat Can Be Used To Disinfect Facial Masks

Heat could be a key player in the fight against COVID-19.

April 27, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
UGA alumni Dan Higgins and Alissa Eckert designed the visual depiction of coronavirus, pictured above.

UGA Alumni Are Creators Behind Coronavirus Illustration

Many have seen the familiar image by now: a grey, porous sphere with ominous red and orange barbs sticking out. This 3D depiction of coronavirus was...

April 23, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Mill Creek Head Baseball Coach Doug Jones advises players duringa game.

Student Baseball In The Time of Coronavirus

Coach Doug Jones was mowing and trimming the Mill Creek High School baseball field when he got the bad news. His son Beau called to tell him Gov. Brian...

April 03, 2020
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  • Matt Stewart
Students walk by the historic arches at the University of Georgia for what might be the last time in weeks due to COVID-19.

Georgia College Students Finish Semester Online

University seniors say they are concerned about their last few months of classes after the University System of Georgia mandated online instruction by...

March 17, 2020
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By:
  • Skylar Nicholson and
  • Hannah Goodin
Researchers at UGA will work with local governments to find out why rural incarceration rates are rising and look for solutions.

UGA Researchers Seek To Reduce Rural Jailing Rates

Researchers at the University of Georgia have secured a $235,000 grant to find out why more people in rural parts of the state are going to jail.

February 03, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
Mary Frances Early was the first black student to graduate from the University of Georgia in 1962.

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Mary Frances Early, UGA's First Black Graduate, On Her Long Road To Recognition

Next month, the University of Georgia's College of Education will bear the name of a trailblazer. Mary Frances Early was the first black student to...

January 08, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
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