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From California to Georgia: Importance of Proactive Wildfire Management
Athens-Clarke County
March 24, 2025
From California to Georgia: Importance of Proactive Wildfire Management
The devastation serves as a reality check,” says Jacqueline Gewert, a 21-year-old psychology and biology student at the University of Georgia from Calabasas, California. She is talking about the ravaging California wildfires she witnessed from a distance this past January. Gewert was already back in Athens on Jan. 7, 2025…
Woman-owned The Avenue Athens Strives to Give Back to Community
Athens-Clarke County
March 22, 2025
Woman-owned The Avenue Athens Strives to Give Back to Community
The Avenue Athens is one of many women-owned businesses in the Northeast Georgia region that combines interior design services with a storefront for gifting needs. Co-owned by interior designers Erin Gilmer and Brandy Martin, the storefront on North Milledge Avenue allows for ease of access and collaboration with the University…
Williams Farm: Teaching the Next Generation of Farmers
Athens-Clarke County
March 21, 2025
Williams Farm: Teaching the Next Generation of Farmers
Nin Youngblood tightens a leak coming from the fish fertilizer on a warm Friday afternoon. Despite this being Youngblood’s second week in the Williams Farm Incubator Program, she has already gained invaluable experience on how to operate a farm. The Incubator Program is an apprenticeship that guides historically marginalized people…
Potential NIH Funding Cuts Threaten Neurodegenerative Research
Athens-Clarke County
March 20, 2025
Potential NIH Funding Cuts Threaten Neurodegenerative Research
Possible National Institutes of Health funding cuts remain a concern for researchers and institutions nationwide, including those in the state of Georgia. On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump’s administration attempted to freeze NIH funding in order to review the current allocations and determine which grants and institutions will continue to…
Q&As Reveal Community’s Sense of Hope, Worries for 2025 and Beyond
Diversity
March 17, 2025
Q&As Reveal Community’s Sense of Hope, Worries for 2025 and Beyond
Reporting I students set out to learn more about Athens-Clarke County and their beats — business and consumer news, city-county government, diversity, local music, sustainability — by conducting research and interviews with business owners, community officials, advocates, musicians and students. The nearly 180 students in the course, which consists of…
Q&A: UGA Women in Economics President Considers Global Impact of Tariffs
Q&As
March 15, 2025
Q&A: UGA Women in Economics President Considers Global Impact of Tariffs
Isabel Hardy, a fourth-year economics major and president of Women in Economics at UGA, sees her knowledge of economics as a way to move through the world. Q: Has learning about economics throughout college changed your perspective on global issues? A: Yeah. Economics is great because it’s a frame of…