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Charles Easley’s work offers hope for couples struggling with the condition.

Combating loneliness through peer education March 4, 2021 Division of Academic Enhancement launches peer ally program to foster relationships Change can be nerve-wracking, especially for incoming college students. On top of that, COVID-19 presents its own set of challenges for students, like second-year transfer Scott Wagner. “COVID has taken advantage of my shy nature,” said Wagner, a computer science major in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “Pushing things online and not really having the opportunities to randomly meet people has been tough.” The University of Georgia’s...

Marcie Berrong helped disburse more than $20M to students in need.

Senior focuses on fashion design while living with MS February 13, 2021 Nakyra Milner is a senior fashion merchandising major from Locust Grove. She started sewing masks in 2019, before the pandemic. She sews and sells masks—and used the money from summer mask sales to upgrade her sewing machine. Her masks and many of her designs feature flowers. (Photo by Peter Frey/UGA) Nakyra Milner navigates campus with a disability, and advocates for a little more empathy If you ever see someone walking slowly—Nakyra Milner says to calm down and have a little empathy. Milner, a senior fashion mercha...

Flatt, Clifton receive 2021 President’s Medal January 15, 2021 Bill Flatt and the late Ivery Clifton are recognized in a virtual awards ceremony The University of Georgia bestowed one of its highest honors on William “Bill” P. Flatt, D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and the late Ivery Clifton, a former faculty member and administrator in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and associate vice president for academic affairs, in a virtual awards ceremony Jan. 25. The President’s Medal recognizes extraordinary contributions of individuals who are not curren...