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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…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Muslim Students, Community Members Reflect on Mosque Terrorism in New Zealand
Local Muslim students and community members say they are not afraid after the terrorist attack at two mosques in New Zealand that left at least 50 people dead Friday. Juliann Marmal is a Muslim University of Georgia student, and in times like this, she said it is her faith that…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Criminal Justice Program Changes Everything You Know About the ‘Typical’ Student
For spring 2019, 15 University of Georgia students spent their semester inside the Athens-Clarke County jail, but not as inmates. One by one, they walk through the Athens-Clarke County Jail metal detector, allowed to bring only a pen and class materials into the facility. The students empty their pockets, leaving…
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High School Sports
In Honor of International Women’s Month: Young Women Athletes Recognized from Northeast Georgia
For the first week of March, two young women athletes were recognized within Northeast Georgia to kick off International Women’s Month. Both women work to put their best foot forward within and outside of their sport, making them an inspiration to those around them. Kendall Burton A former UGA softball…
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: UGA Student Followed by Three Men in TJ Maxx; UGA Graduate Is Pulled Over By Police Impersonator
Listen to the audio reporter annotation below to learn about the process that Grady Newsource Reporter Brittany Paris used to cover two stories—both about young women being followed by men in the Northeast Georgia area. Jonathan Crandall is a graduate student in journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and…
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Athens-Clarke County
‘For It Not To Look the Same, It Hurts’: UGA Students Devastated After Tornadoes Hit Their Communities
As Alabama and Georgia residents pick up the pieces from Sunday’s devastating tornadoes, University of Georgia students from the affected communities are still processing what happened, knowing their loved ones were in harm’s way. Brittany Davis is an agricultural education student at the University of Georgia and a Talbotton, Georgia, resident.…
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Athens-Clarke County
The Season That Never Ends: Cornhole ATL Welcomes Athens Competitors Year-round
The game cornhole dots the Athens landscape every Saturday during football season, but the rest of the year, it can be hard to find. One organization is working to change that. Jeff Brawand, an Ohio native looking for a way to keep playing his favorite game in a new city,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke Attorney’s Office Allows Residents to File Complaints About Discrimination
The Athens-Clarke County Commission passed an ordinance in November 2016 to allow individuals to file complaints of alleged discrimination in bars with the Athens-Clarke County Attorney’s office. This complaint filing process, however, has not been widely used over the past three years. This ordinance came after alleged discriminatory bar practices in downtown…
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Northeast Georgia News
Why UGA Doesn’t Have Emergency Blue Lights
Have you ever seen emergency blue lights as you’ve walked around a college campus? Well, the University of Georgia doesn’t have them. Greg Trevor, the executive director of media communications for the University of Georgia, said UGA “was one of the first campuses across the nation to install emergency call…
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Northeast Georgia News
University of Georgia Helps Veterans Attend Law School
The University of Georgia is providing financial assistance so military veterans can attend law school. Jacob Bohn spent seven years in the Army and retired as a captain. He is a first-year law student and said he is finding new opportunities at the UGA School of Law. “I’m grateful for…