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Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

UGA professors use computer simulations to make obesity lessons come alive in the classroom. Read More

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Reacting to the past

Building the New Learning Environment (Learn)

When two African-American students integrated UGA a half a century ago, no one dreamed that one day a class would re-enact the event and its social context. That’s exactly what happened in Barbara McCaskill’s English and African American Studies 4880 class this semester as students…

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Early detection of gastric cancer

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Early detection of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test, according to new UGA research.

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UGA research offers new hope for shingles

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Researchers at UGA and Yale University have discovered a compound with the potential to be more effective than existing agents in treating the very painful blisters known as shingles…

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Global greening

Compete in a Global Economy

The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. - Gaylord Nelson, former governor of Wisconsin, founder of Earth Day

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Landmark study reveals breed-specific causes of death in dogs

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Dog owners and veterinarians have long relied on a mix of limited data and anecdotal evidence to assess which breeds are at risk…

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Beyond words: Understanding the African Grey parrot

Maximizing Research Opportunities

New research by UGA scientists has shown, for the first time, that an African Grey parrot can develop a deeper understanding of the sounds—which we hear as words—than researchers previously thought.

A “fowl” experience for vet students

Building the New Learning Environment (Learn)

Thankfully, Daisy Mallard and her brood are back home swimming happily in their pond at the Lovett School.

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Freeman on freedom

Compete in a Global Economy

JoyEllen Freeman, a sophomore in UGA’s Honors Program, is one of 40 college students selected to participate in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, a civil rights history bus tour sponsored by PBS’s American Experience history series.

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Young Dawgs are winners

Building the New Learning Environment (Learn)

Sana Pasha plans to be a doctor. But this North Oconee County High School honors senior isn’t waiting for medical school to begin her training. She’s already hard at work in UGA’s pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences laboratory, working with a professor on research and…