The sudden shift to online instruction at the University of Georgia hasn’t slowed students’ progress toward graduation. Data from spring 2020 show that grade point averages and withdrawal rates were comparable with previous years. Preliminary data show record summer enrollment, as well.
05.26.2020
UGA Offers COVID-19 Resources Throughout Georgia
From helping local governments navigate their changing financials to providing online assistance to small businesses in applying for federal loans to providing meals for food insecure Georgians, University of Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach is working throughout the state to help communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
04.15.2020
Pharmacists Separate COVID Fact from Fiction
As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continue to climb, health care professionals are desperately searching for new treatments to fight the disease. In the most serious cases, they’re often turning to off-label use of a variety of drugs to try and stop disease progression.
04.14.2020
UGA Provides Meals for Health Care Workers
Healthy food for health care workers. That’s a new initiative for the University of Georgia’s Campus Kitchen program, which has expanded its operations during the COVID-19 crisis to provide nutritious snacks and quick meals for employees at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.
03.31.2020
UGA Campus Kitchen Keeps Food on the Table
On a rainy Monday morning in March, staff at the UGA State Botanical Garden of Georgia are in the children’s garden harvesting bushels of kale, collards, parsley and beets they no longer need for educational programs this spring. They are vigilant in maintaining a safe distance from one another, even outside in the rain.
03.02.2020
UGA Again Ranks in the Top 5 for New Products to Market
Research at the University of Georgia led to 50 new products being introduced to the market in fiscal year 2018, ranking UGA No. 2 among all U.S. universities and colleges for this important metric. This is the sixth year in a row that UGA has ranked among the Top 5 universities—including a No. 1 ranking for FY2017. This ranking is based on annual survey data from AUTM, a nonprofit organization that tracks technology transfer activity in higher education.
02.19.2020
UGA’s Innovation District Takes Shape
America’s rise to become an economic powerhouse coincided with its leadership in turning scientific discoveries into new technologies. In recent decades, however, the application of scientific knowledge into new solutions has lagged, at least in part, because of a disconnect between academic discoveries and industry development, according to a 2019 report from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The University of Georgia is aiming to help close the gap between academic discoveries and real-world solutions through its Innovation District initiative.
01.30.2020
The Delta Air Lines Foundation Commits $5M to UGA Innovation District, Engineering
The University of Georgia will take a major step forward in its Innovation District initiative and enhance the College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million gift from The Delta Air Lines Foundation.
01.08.2020
Breaking Down Barriers in Our Backyard
This fall, the Clarke County School District opened northeast Georgia’s first school-based health center (SBHC) on Athens’ east side.
