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UGA officials announce $7 million in public safety spending
As University of Georgia students get ready to start the fall semester in less than a month, university officials are highlighting a new package of public safety improvements. In total, the university says it is investing over $7 million in new safety initiatives. The new spending package is part of some $23 million in public safety funding allocated in the past eight years.
Remarkable journey: North Oconee grad Mary Webb beats brain cancer and soon heads to UGA
Mary Webb recently graduated from North Oconee High School, but four years ago it didn't feel like an inevitability that she would one day receive a diploma. During her freshman year, Webb received a devastating diagnose for anyone, much less a 14-year-old. She had brain cancer. ...
UGA announces 40 Under 40 class
The University of Georgia has announced the 40 Under 40 Class of 2024, a group of alumni that includes a deputy national intelligence officer, a senior entertainment writer for Variety, an AI innovator at Microsoft and more. The 40 Under 40 program celebrates personal, professional and philanthropic achievements of successful...
UGA alumnus leaves $1.5 million estate gift for SPIA and Grady College
Joshua W. Jones, a University of Georgia graduate who died in 2023, left UGA a $1.5 million estate gift. The money will benefit UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jones had been a member of the SPIA Board of Visitors...
Pair from Tifton among UGA's 40 Under 40
ATHENS — A pair of Tifton professionals has been named to the University of Georgia's 40 Under 40 Class of 2024, a group of young alumni that includes a deputy national intelligence officer, a senior entertainment writer for Variety, an AI innovator at Microsoft, and more. Tamara Branch, the vice president of legal affairs at Tift Regional Health System, and Chris Chammoun, the executive ...
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