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Going green is a smart thing to do
Compete in a Global Economy
A website developed by University of Georgia faculty members focuses on multiple ways to “go green.” It was unveiled in conjunction with Earth Day.
Planting Pizza
Compete in a Global Economy
Recently, members of the University of Georgia Sigma Alpha professional agricultural sorority did just that.
Baby Whisperers
Compete in a Global Economy
Holding a baby, looking and smiling at her, talking to him, responding quickly when he cries, and other activities build trust.
A helping hand for Haiti
Compete in a Global Economy
In the shadow of a rundown block building in Los Palis, Haiti, children wearing tattered clothes bit into half-ripened mangoes they picked from the ground…
Fighting bacteria
Maximizing Research Opportunities
Bacteria don’t have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days.
Monkey see, monkey do
Maximizing Research Opportunities
Before patting yourself on the back for resisting that cookie or kicking yourself for giving in to temptation, look around. A new UGA study has revealed that self-control—or the lack thereof—is contagious.