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News Articles: University of Georgia

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Georgia public colleges ban TikTok on school-owned devices

The University System of Georgia is banning the use of TikTok, WeChat and Telegram on computers and phones owned by any of its 26 universities and colleges.

December 22, 2022
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  • Associated Press
 Yang Yang, a 25-year-old male giant panda at Zoo Atlanta entered his dayroom habitat on December 20, 2022, to find two identical boxes painted with team logos, and made his pick.

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Zoo Atlanta giant panda picks 2022 Peach Bowl winner

A giant panda at Zoo Atlanta has predicted the winner of the 2022 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

December 20, 2022
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  • Allexa Ceballos
Supporters of Georgia's transgender and non-binary community stroll through the city's Midtown district during Gay Pride Festival's Transgender Rights March in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

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3 sue to strike Georgia ban on transgender care for workers

Two state employees and a public school media clerk are suing the state of Georgia. They say in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the state employee health plan is illegally discriminating by refusing to pay for gender transition-related health care.

December 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Conservation groups filed suit Tuesday, Nov. 15, against a U.S. government agency challenging its decision to allow a mining project to move forward without federal permits near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge.

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Interior secretary: 'Unacceptable' to mine near famed swamp

A member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet is urging Georgia officials to deny permits for a proposed mine near the edge of the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that the mining project poses "unacceptable risks" to the swamp's fragile ecosystem.

December 08, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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UGA and Dalan Animal Health partner to develop the first honeybee vaccine

The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has partnered with Dalan Animal Health to advance the world’s first honeybee vaccine.

November 04, 2022
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  • Ambria Burton

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  • Obituaries

Remembering legendary UGA football coach Vince Dooley

Former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, who led the University of Georgia to six SEC Championships and a national title, has died at the age of 90 at his home in Athens. 

October 28, 2022
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Students in the Medicinal Plants course identify plants. Courtesy of Cora Keber.

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UGA certificate program aims to foster interest in native plants

“I see the next generation and our current generation being empowered by the information that they’re getting."

Courses in the State Botanical Garden of Georgia’s certificate in native plants focuses on the ecological impact of native plants.

September 02, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
A juvenile lake sturgeon collected in the Coosa River

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Prehistoric fish may spawn in Georgia: 1st time in 50 years

Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature eggs — an indication that the prehistoric fish may be reproducing in Georgia for the first time in a half-century. Polluted water and markets for caviar and fish meat had wiped the species out of the Coosa River in the 1970s.

August 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press and
  • Orlando Montoya
A view of southeast Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore. In the foreground. Spanish moss is hanging down from the branches of a live oak tree. In the background, a salt marsh can be seen, including a creek and wild grass.

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  • Environment

An insurance policy for coastal Georgia's salt marshes? Conservationists are considering it

The Nature Conservancy and the University of Georgia are examining whether insurance could shore up threatened salt marshes.

August 12, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Sanford Stadium

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Sanford Stadium slated for $68.5 million in improvements

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to make a series of improvements to the south side of Sanford Stadium.

August 10, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Emilee Gilbert, owner of Qualusi Vineyards in Acworth, Georgia, pours a glass of merlot July 10, 2022.

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After two years of pandemic, Georgia wineries thriving

Georgia wineries’ growth boosted by those seeking outdoor gatherings during the pandemic. Many in the industry would like to see it expand into south Georgia.

July 27, 2022
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  • Alex Guevara
First lady Jill Biden in Athens

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First Lady visits Athens summer learning program, plugs Biden administration COVID relief aid

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona stopped by the University of Georgia, where students from nearby Barnett Shoals Elementary School are getting some extra lessons this summer.

July 22, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
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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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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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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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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  • Jess Mador
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