Education
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Librarians, Experts: Book Challenges Across Northeast Georgia Can Disrupt Understanding of LGBTQIA+ Community
A trip to the library, for many children, can mean an introduction to a new place, time or group of people. It can also be a place where children see themselves in the books that they pick up off the shelves. However, in some counties in Georgia, books connected to…
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Painting a Greener Future: How Local Art Exhibit Inspires Youth Environmental Advocacy
In the heart of Lyndon House Arts Center, over 71 artworks adorn the North Gallery’s walls to create Athens-Clarke County’s Green Life Art Exhibition. Running throughout April as a facet of the annual Green Life Art Contest, the installation showcases the works of local students until the closing reception on…
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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…
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Holmes-Hunter Lecture to Feature Spelman College President with Charlayne Hunter-Gault
The president of Spelman College will present the Holmes-Hunter Lecture at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, in the University of Georgia Chapel. Helene Gayle will be in conversation with journalist and author Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the namesakes of the annual event. The Holmes-Hunter Lecture is in honor of Hunter-Gault…
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AI on Campus: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on UGA
The primary learning experience for BUSN 5000 students at the Terry College of Business involves coding exercises with R. While these can be daunting tasks for business and economics students with little to no coding experience, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have emerged as valuable tutors that…
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Campus Union Advocates for Competitive, Equitable Graduate Worker Pay
The United Campus Workers of Georgia at UGA — the only labor union on campus representing University of Georgia employees — continues to fight for fair pay for graduate students as one of its policy priorities this year. The group, which goes by UCWGA-UGA, argues that graduate workers provide critical…
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Archeology Program Enters New Phase: UGA Students, Community Search for People of the Past
A local team of students are digging up the past to find clues about the present. Students and faculty at the University of Georgia are researching the history of Sandy Creek Park. The place that is known today as a nature center was once a factory producing bricks for buildings…
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Newest Elementary School in Barrow County Provides Relief from Overpopulation
Barrow County opened its 10th elementary school this year. Austin Road Elementary had its first day of classes on Aug. 1, and the Rockets are hoping to be another elementary school in Barrow that exceeds Georgia statewide standards. “We had mobile [classrooms] beginning to pile up at Yargo Elementary School,…
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UGA Launches New Center Amid Increasingly Data-Driven World
Jobs in data are booming as businesses increasingly rely on data to drive their success. That’s why the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business is establishing a new Center for Business Analytics and Insights this fall. Newsource reporter Margaux Binder learned more about what this center will bring…
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One Month Later: Staff Reflect on New Jackson County School
Legacy Knoll Middle School is the newest addition to the Jackson County School District. In addition to months of construction and preparation, the school cost $38 million to build. With the school year in full swing, Joe Kopsho visited Jackson County’s newest and most costly public middle school to see…