By Clarke Schwabe Project approved by Board of Regents and supported by a Woodruff Foundation grant The University of Georgia will soon begin a comprehensive renovation of one of its most historic buildings on North Campus, the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building. The $30… Full story
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UGA breaks ground on new Poultry Science Complex
By Maria Lameiras The University of Georgia broke ground Monday on the site of a new, technologically advanced Poultry Science Complex in Athens. The project will dramatically increase capacity for instruction, research and collaboration supporting Georgia’s multibillion-dollar poultry industry, the largest sector… Full story
Infectious Disease Fellow from the Army War College Made the Most of a Year at UGA
Colonel Jolanda L. J. Walker wraps up a year-long senior service college fellowship at UGA By: Reaganne Coile While on campus during the 2020-2021 academic year, the University of Georgia’s Senior Service College Fellow from the Army War College made… Full story
Karen Burg Named Vice President for Research at UGA
She brings ‘exemplary record of leadership experience’ to research enterprise by Sam Fahmy Karen J.L. Burg, a noted researcher in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with an outstanding record of academic leadership, has been named vice president for research at the University… Full story
Dr. Henry Young, Sarah Jones Awarded USDA Grant to Improve Health in Rural Georgia
In a unique collaboration between faculty and staff, the College of Pharmacy has received a USDA grant totaling almost $1 million to develop a Distant Learning and Telemedicine Program for underserved populations in rural Georgia. Dr. Henry N. Young, Kroger Associate Professor… Full story
UGA Hosts National Rural Student Success UnConference
by Khristina Gallagher, Rachel Pharr Georgia steers the conversation on rural student success in higher education University of Georgia’s inaugural Redefining Rural Students’ Success and Wellbeing: An unConference on Practice, Research, and Innovation, held March 19-20, was its first national convening to discuss rural… Full story
Inaugural Isakson Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar Named
by Michael Terrazas Anumantha Kanthasamy, an internationally renowned researcher of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, has been appointed as the first John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Parkinson’s Research. He will join UGA in… Full story
UGA Top Institution for Service to Student Veterans
by Don Reagin UGA’s Barco named top advisor by national student veteran advocacy group The University of Georgia has been named the top tier one research institution in the nation in Victory Media’s Military Friendly Schools 2021 rankings. The designation recognizes the university… Full story
AU/UGA Medical Students to Help Deliver Vaccines
by Lindsey Derrick Medical Partnership mobile clinic to turn efforts to vaccinating those in need Medical students at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership will begin helping administer the COVID-19 vaccine this week through an arrangement with the Clarke County Board… Full story
Medical Partnership Increases Student Enrollment
The expansion will help address physician shortages in Georgia The Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership located in Athens is helping to address Georgia’s critical shortage of physicians by expanding its class size. The expansion, which will grow the class size… Full story