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Fifty-one University of Georgia students, faculty and staff members who have died since April 2019 will be honored at the university’s annual candlelight memorial service May 4 at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Chapel. No ceremony was held last spring due to COVID-19 pandemic. UGA President Jere W. Morehead will lead the service, called “Georgia Remembers … a Candlelight Memorial.” Names of each of the 21 students and 30 faculty and staff members will be read aloud, followed by a toll of ...

Candlelight memorial service to be held May 4 2 hours ago UGA remembers students, faculty and staff who passed away in last two years Fifty-one University of Georgia students, faculty and staff members who have died since April 2019 will be honored at the university’s annual candlelight memorial service on May 4 at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Chapel. No ceremony was held last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UGA President Jere W. Morehead will lead the service, called “Georgia Remembers...

Arnett C. Mace Jr., former UGA provost and Warnell School dean, dies 2 hours ago Arnett Mace Arnett C. Mace Jr., who served as the University of Georgia’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost and was previously dean of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, died Monday at the age of 83. Mace served as provost from 2003 to 2010 and spearheaded several initiatives that promoted excellence in instruction at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Task For...

Students at Georgia’s 26 public colleges and universities won’t be hit with a tuition increase this fall.

UGA diversity initiative includes dialogue training 5 hours ago Faculty and staff program will help build supportive campus community. A University of Georgia pilot program launching this month involving faculty and staff will further the university’s efforts to foster a more welcoming and supportive campus community. Based on recommendations issued by the Presidential Taskforce on Race, Ethnicity, and Community, a committee established by UGA President Jere W. Morehead in 2020, the universit...

Director’s love of outdoors shines through in his work 3 days ago Mike Hunter manages lands and facilities for the Warnell School Mike Hunter just wants to be outside. As a forester registered in the state of Georgia, his love for the outdoors led him down a path to become the lands and facilities director at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. “That’s the reason I went into the forestry and natural resource field,” Hunter said. From student to employee Hunter grew up ...

Backyard Chickens Risk Pathogen Spread Keeping backyard chickens was already on the rise, and the hobby has become even more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a University of Georgia researcher cautions that the practice has risks not just for chickens, but for wildlife and people as well. “As a researcher who studies pathogen movement along different groups, I see backyard chickens as a potential interface where pathogens can spill over into wild birds, or vice versa, and even into ...

Backyard chickens risk pathogen spread March 2, 2021 Chickens roam a backyard in Athens. (Photo by Chad Osborn/UGA) Keeping backyard chickens was already on the rise, and the hobby has become even more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a University of Georgia researcher cautions that the practice has risks not just for chickens, but for wildlife and people as well. “As a researcher who studies pathogen movement along different groups, I see backyard chickens as a potential interface ...

University of Georgia graduates will get a spring commencement ceremony — but with COVID-19 modifications. UGA president Jere W. Morehead announced Friday that the university will have not one, but four ceremonies for the spring 2021 graduates, including three undergraduate ceremonies and one ceremony for the master’s, specialists, and doctoral degrees. The decision to split up commencement into multiple days would be to comply with social distancing guidelines. Additionally, this years g...

UGA announces plan for spring Commencement February 26, 2021 UGAs spring Commencement, above, was held in fall 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) In-person events will occur in Sanford Stadium in May The University of Georgia has announced Commencement ceremonies for its spring 2021 graduates, inviting them to join together and celebrate their accomplishments inside Sanford Stadium–provided these gatherings are declared safe by state and local health officia...