research
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Education
Visa Changes, Uncertainties Put UGA International Scholars, Science at Risk
Shifting Federal Landscapes At the University of Georgia, 3,120 international students are building futures that depend on timelines they do not fully control, potentially jeopardizing their academic paths. As federal immigration policies governing student and work visas continue to shift, international scholars at UGA are studying, teaching and conducting research…
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Education
Researchers Use Animal Models to Advance Neurodegenerative Knowledge
In the United States, there are 1 million people living with Parkinson’s and 7 million with Alzheimer’s. As the American population continues to age, the number of neurodegenerative disease cases is projected to increase with no current cures in the market. The Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research at the…
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Diversity
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…
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Food
UGA Concussion Research Lab Works to Understand Head Injuries
One in 10 of all contact sport athletes sustain concussions yearly, according to the Brain Injury Research Institute. There is much more to learn about diagnosis and the short- and long-term effects of concussions. Grady Newsource reporter Will Hopkins takes a look at the work that the University of Georgia’s…
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: How A UGA Physicist Builds On A Century Of Knowledge To Research The ‘Impossible’
Quantum computers have the power to make calculations that would take our current technology thousands of years to perform, but how are they made? Why are they important? And how does the language we use help our readers join in the conversation? Science journalist Alaina O’Regan answers these questions and…
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In-Depth
Quantum Computing 2.0: How a UGA Physicist Builds on a Century of Knowledge to Research the ‘Impossible’
Assuming you’ve used the internet before, you may have heard some of the buzz about quantum computing. For instance, you may have heard that it’ll change the world as we know it, that it will drastically impact an array of industries, and maybe even that it will cause a “technological…
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Education
World Education Program Comes to Jackson County School System
Junior Michael Howard is taking six International Baccalaureate (IB) classes this year at Jackson County Comprehensive High School. His cohort is the first to study this new curriculum after the school became an authorized IB World School in October 2019. “I noticed that it is a good bit more rigorous,”…
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Education
UGA’s Second Hemp Harvest Advances Research on Industrial Hemp
Georgia farmers could have a new cash crop at their fingertips. After legislators enacted the Georgia Hemp Farming Act in May 2019, researchers at the University of Georgia wasted no time to research the growth of industrial hemp. Five months later, they’re ready for the second hemp harvest. Hemp is…
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Health
UGA Researchers First in the World to Genetically Modify Lizards
For the first time ever, a lizard has been successfully genetically modified, and it happened right here at the University of Georgia. James Lauderdale, Douglas Menke and the rest of their team in UGA’s department of genetics have been working on this for the last two years. Now, they are…
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Health
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month: How UGA Hopes to Make Strides in CP Research
The National Institute of Health awarded the University of Georgia’s College of Education a $2.9 million grant to study the effect of vibration therapy on children with mild forms of Cerebral Palsy. March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, and according to the CDC, Cerebral Palsy is the most common motor disability…