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Inspired by the diagrams in the book and the cover’s picture of windmills, William Kamkwamba decided that he would bring electricity to his family’s home, a luxury only 2 percent of Malawians are able to afford.
Georgia’s educators should take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the current economic crisis—specifically, the federally recognized link between education and economic recovery—to join other states in calling for national standards in mathematics and reading, said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.
More than 100 of Georgia’s top education leaders and policymakers are expected to attend the University of Georgia College of Education’s second annual Education in Georgia: A State of the State Report on Thursday, Oct. 1, at UGA’s Gwinnett Campus.
The antioxidant quercetin is increasingly being marketed as a supplement that boosts athletic performance, but a new University of Georgia study finds that it is no better than a placebo.
Five years ago, counseling professor Gwynn Powell pioneered UGA's first Study Abroad Program in Russia. Each summer she takes students to spend a month working as counselors at children’s camps in the Mari El Republic, where she was recently honored for her work.
With pre-season football practices on the horizon, Mike Ferrara and Bud Cooper from the department of kinesiology will soon begin studying exertional heat illness in Georgia high school football.
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