travel
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Athens-Clarke County
Secure Your Valuables Before You Leave for The Holidays
As University of Georgia students head home for the holidays, their apartments and homes are vulnerable to theft. “We do see, unfortunately, an uptick in burglaries when students leave for Thanksgiving break, additionally Christmas break,” Geoffrey Gilland, the public information assistant with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said. The Athens-Clarke…
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Environment
National Sustainability Tour Comes to UGA
Patagonia clothing company employees traveled to American University in Washington D.C. on March 1st as well as to other college campuses around the country in their Spring 2017 Worn Wear College Tour. They have teamed up with the Post Landfill Action Network, a student led sustainability organization, in a pursuit…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Professor Agrees Zika Can Be Acquired Locally
Athens GA- [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pW3kNehEog&w=560&h=315] Glen Nowak says that he believes that the Zika virus is capable of becoming locally-acquired. According to Nowak, Zika is locally-acquired whenever an infected person travels to a location where the disease is not found. A mosquito can bite this person and in return bite someone…
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UGA
UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness Issues Ideas for International Travel Safety
The UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness had a travel safety seminar today. Here are some of the tips they recommend: download a travel safety app \t Know where the US Embassy is \t Be aware of your surroundings \t watch our for pickpockets or bag snatchers Kelsey Hamilton, one of the…