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Researchers at the University of Georgia Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories (AESL) want to make sure that the Vidalia onions you...

On Thursday, the University of Georgia will host the first of its three undergraduate commencement ceremonies for spring graduates. A graduate ceremony will be held on Friday. The opening ceremony will be in Sanford Stadium and begin at 7:30 p.m., with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Graduates should arrive by 7:15 p.m. Masks and social distancing are encouraged. In addition to this ceremony, UGA plans to host two more undergraduate commencements on Friday and Saturday. Those ceremonies will also be held in Sanford Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on their respective dates. The first ceremony will recognize g...

UGA said that due to a change in state COVID-19 regulations, plans for spring graduation have adapted.  If they choose, graduates can sit on Dooley Field during the ceremony. Before, it was required that they sit in the stands with their guests. There will also be no limit to the number of guests in the stands, a change from previous restrictions. Masks will be "strongly encouraged." Commencement will begin May 13 and end May 15, taking place in Sanford Stadium, and will be held over four ceremonies to comply with social distancing guidelines. Three of these will be for undergraduate student...

For four years, a local historian tour guide who goes by the name of “Oconee Joe” has led ecology and history tours of Oconee waterways. People have the option of paddling canoes or kayaks for half a day, a whole day or even a weekend. One of the half-day tour options is an eight-mile journey that lets paddlers see the last six miles of the Middle Oconee River and the first two miles of the converged Main Oconee rivers.  While paddlers, fish and fowl now use the Middle Oconee to traverse the region, Oconee Joe explained that indigenous people such as the Woodland, Mississippian a...

As an undergraduate student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia, Camille Bennett  knew she liked being outdoors, and she liked to help others appreciate it. She studied parks, recreation and tourism management and connected with professor Kris Irwin, who shares her passion for environmental education. She also found a mentor in Warnell, alumna Jackie Sherry, water conservation program education specialist for Athens-Clarke County. After graduation, she further honed her environmental education chops working with CAC AmeriCorps doing outdoor in...