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News Articles: University of Georgia

Gregory Matarazzo takes a break from cycling as the temperatures hovered over 100 degrees in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

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  • Weather

Heat wave keeps Midwest and South in its sticky grip

People are flocking to pools, beaches and cooling centers in a swath of the Midwest and South spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes, as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond.

June 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Henry Ssendagire, a Ugandan master's student working with CAES virologist Mike Deom, investigates aphids that carry viruses causing groundnut rosette disease, a serious peanut disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • News

Georgia's Peanut Innovation Lab works to feed a continent

A program to alleviate hunger by helping farmers in developing countries grow more peanuts is nearing the end of its funding.

May 12, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Former Gov. Sonny Perdue

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  • News

Georgia Today: How Sonny Perdue's ascent to chancellor went from implausible to inevitable

Students and faculty members around the state are reacting to news that Republican former governor Sonny Perdue may soon head up Georgia’s public university system. This week, officials on the Board of Regents announced Perdue is the sole finalist for the top job of chancellor. Opponents of the choice say Perdue's appointment would jeopardize academic freedom across the system’s 26 campuses.

February 18, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
UGA researcher Issmat Kassem, pictured to the right of research professional Miranda Barr, has discovered a gene that causes bacteria to be resistant to antibiotics in Georgia sewer water.

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  • Global Health

A gene found in Georgia sewer water makes bacteria resistant to the 'last resort' antibiotic

When germs learn to defeat drugs meant to kill them, infections are hard if not impossible to treat.

Scientists say finding the MCR-9 gene in the first sample tested in Georgia sewer water means research, health care and government agencies should seek solutions now to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

January 18, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett celebrates after winning the college football national championship against Alabama Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Indianapolis. Stetson was named offensive MVP in the Bulldog's 33-18 win over Alabama.

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  • News

Georgia Today: A UGA student journalist reflects on witnessing the Bulldogs’ win over Alabama

Athens, Ga., is preparing for a parade this weekend to honor the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The team’s big win Jan. 10 against Alabama’s Crimson Tide handed the Bulldogs their first national title since 1981. Hear how the Bulldogs made Georgia football history.
 

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Georgia QB Stetson Bennett kisses college football Championship trophy

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  • Sports

Georgia snaps 41-year title drought with 33-18 win over Alabama

Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, vanquishing rival Alabama 33-18 to win the Bulldogs' first college football title since the 1980 season. 

January 11, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A child fist bumps a statue in Indianapolis, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Alabama plays Georgia in the NCAA college football championship game on Monday.

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  • Sports

Deep South college football bragging rights at stake in Georgia-Alabama national championship

The Georgia Bulldogs play the Alabama Crimson Tide in the NCAA college football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday at 8 p.m. GPB's Jon Nelson interviewed sports anchor Cody Chaffins and Claire Simms, WAGA-TV reporter, ahead of the game.

January 10, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Dean Ayers, Terry College of Business UGA

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  • Business

Economist sees full recovery for Georgia next year

Georgia’s economy will bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic next year, despite inflation and the latest COVID-19 variant, the dean of the business school at the University of Georgia predicted Monday.

December 14, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
A seated man fills out a form in a waiting room.

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  • Health

Researchers suggest severe COVID-19 infection could reduce male fertility

A new study from the University of Georgia explores the potential impact of the virus on male fertility.

December 09, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Protesters at Georgia State demand a mask mandate on campus to stop COVID-19 spread on campus.

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  • News

Faculty At Georgia State, Other Colleges And Universities Protest COVID-19 Policy

This year’s statewide campaign phrase for the United Campus Workers of Georgia is “Stop the Spread.” It’s part of the group's mission to address the University System of Georgia’s relaxed COVID-19 policies — and members at Georgia State University held a protest Monday.

August 31, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews
An illustration of a photo of books being torn.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Education, Race And Academic Freedom As Ga. Seeks Chancellor, Hannah-Jones Tenured

Thursday on Political Rewind: As the Peach State seeks a new permanent chancellor for its public universities and colleges, leaders of North Carolina's public university system found themselves embroiled in a national debate over race, journalism and academic freedom. In Georgia, former Gov. Sonny Perdue seeks the top position in the state's university system.

July 01, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Grant Image

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  • Education

Debate Rages On Georgia Campuses Over Vaccine Mandates

As thousands of students plan to return this fall, the debate over vaccine mandates rages across Georgia campuses.

June 23, 2021
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  • Kyra Posey
Hattie Thomas Whitehead in the courtyard of Creswell Hall on the University of Georgia campus, mere feet from where the shotgun house she was raised in once stood. Thomas Whitehead and others with connections to the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a mind of reparations for the neighborhood's erasure.

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  • History

Reparations For 'Terrorism,' 'White Supremacy' In Athens Mark A Georgia First

Former residents of the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a kind of reparations for the erasure of the neighborhood in the urban renewal period.

April 14, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
UGA vs U. of Florida football photo

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  • Sports

Georgia Among Wave Of Coronavirus Postponements in College Football This Week

No. 12 Georgia's game at Missouri is the latest of the Southeastern Conference games to be postponed this week due to COVID-19. 

November 11, 2020
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  • Associated Press
UGA and Merial win the Phoenix Award for their collaberation in animal health care and human health care innovations.

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  • Education

Facing Backlash, UGA Reverses Course, Announces Basketball Arena As New Voting Site

Facing an uproar from students, professors and alum, the University of Georgia on Thursday reversed course and announced it would allow in-person early voting on campus for the upcoming election.

September 17, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash
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