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Northeast Georgia News
Studio 225 Officially Open to Focus on Entrepreneurship, Innovation at UGA
The Entrepreneurship Certificate Program finally has a permanent home three years after the University of Georgia launched the program. When the program started in 2015, there were only 33 students enrolled. Now, Studio 225 houses more than 500 students who currently participate in the program. They will use the space…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Student Government Approves Resolution to Honor Enslaved Peoples at Chapel Bell
The bell at the chapel at the University of Georgia’s North Campus has a rich history. Students “ring the bell” to celebrate after a big win in the fall or during graduation in the spring. However, at the beginning of the university’s history, ringing the bell was a task slaves…
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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…