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Weather-Based Pain Forecasts Could Be Future of Chronic Pain Management
Diversity
April 17, 2024
Weather-Based Pain Forecasts Could Be Future of Chronic Pain Management
Pain-based weather research leads way for improved quality of life for those with chronic pain. From scarves to sunscreen, weather phenomena informs behavior in a myriad of ways, but for those with chronic pain conditions, the implications of a day’s forecast can be far more complicated. One in five American…
Yamaha Looks to UGA Students to Help Reduce Plastic Waste, Carbon Footprint
Environment
April 15, 2024
Yamaha Looks to UGA Students to Help Reduce Plastic Waste, Carbon Footprint
During the fall 2023 semester, University of Georgia students Maci Willetts and Elizabeth Finley teamed up with Yamaha Rightwaters for their semester-long Sustainability Certificate capstone project. Through intensive research, the duo was able to provide Yamaha Motor Corporation with deliverables to reduce its plastic waste and secondary carbon emissions. Yamaha…
The Lead: Alex Crevar on Finding a Travel Journalism Niche
Doing Journalism
April 12, 2024
The Lead: Alex Crevar on Finding a Travel Journalism Niche
Alex Crevar moved to the Balkans in the 1990s and has been reporting from there ever since. His vivid and insightful travel stories are published in outlets including The New York Times, National Geographic and Lonely Planet, but his focus isn’t on filling a résumé — it’s about traveling genuinely…
Collegiate Female Athletes Pay as Males Dominate Revenue: Exploring the NIL Gender Pay Gap
Gender
April 12, 2024
Collegiate Female Athletes Pay as Males Dominate Revenue: Exploring the NIL Gender Pay Gap
Two University of Georgia basketball games were hosted at Stegeman Coliseum in early February. At the first game on Feb. 3, 10,523 fans packed into a sold-out crowd to cheer on the Bulldogs. The following week, only 3,187 fans showed up to support. The difference? The first was a men’s…
‘Better Recycling Practices’: Behind the Scenes of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Athens-Clarke County
April 10, 2024
‘Better Recycling Practices’: Behind the Scenes of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Stephen Spillers, the general manager of Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS), stood in front of a pile of recycled waste that was 25 feet high in March 2022. Along with standard recyclables such as glass bottles and cardboard boxes, the pile was filled with extension cords, tires, plastic bags…
Clarke Teachers Talk Representation, Life Lessons As Book Challenges Grow in Georgia
Athens-Clarke County
April 8, 2024
Clarke Teachers Talk Representation, Life Lessons As Book Challenges Grow in Georgia
Ian Altman spends his weekdays teaching his students at Clarke Central High School about life. He assigns speeches written by James Baldwin, explains passages from novels by Toni Morrison and helps make sense of words written by William Faulkner. As an 11th-grade English teacher in his 18th year of teaching…