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UGA hosts summer construction camp for female high-schoolers
ATHENS -- For one week this summer, a group of female high school students came to the University of Georgia to attend a camp focused on construction. Campers drove bulldozers, learned how to make quick turns with skid steers, soldered copper pipes, and poured concrete — among many other hands-on activities. Free to participants, the camp was hosted by the Athens Area Women in Construction organization in partnership with the UGA College of Environment and Design. Throughout their time at camp, the young women learned...
Letting kids be kids: Athens Forest Kindergarten promotes a new way of learning
Athens Forest Kindergarten is a place where playing in the mud, climbing trees and most of all, having fun is on the agenda. Dr. Sarah Whitaker was looking for a part-time preschool for her three-year-old son, and in the process, she found a cooperative, inquiry-based experiential learning: the forest kindergarten model.
UGA leads several Georgia universities in liquor law arrests since 2020—And by a wide margin
The University of Georgia has recorded the highest number of liquor law violation arrests combined over a three year span compared to several other major universities in the state. According to the most recently released Clery reports, UGA had a total of 193 arrests for liquor law violations from 2020 to 2022, significantly outpacing its peers. ...
Athens Academy invests over $4.5 million in campus improvements
Before school ended last May, Athens Academy began construction and infrastructure improvements across their campus. This summer alone, the academy, which was ranked the No.1 private school in Athens and Northeast Georgia, is investing over $4.5 million in order to provide students and faculty with the optimal tools and spaces for teaching and learning. The projects range from major renovation of Erwin Hall and construction of a new tennis center to the repaving of all campus roadways and most parking lots for the over 150 acre land.
Lyons Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
ATHENS – Georgia equestrian graduate Caitlin Lyons has been named a Fall 2023-24 women's recipients of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The Mead, Washington native, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.96 GPA to earn a bachelor's degree in Ecology and completed a bachelor's in French this May. She is also currently enrolled in the Master of Natural Resources program. She is an equestrian representative for the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was inducted into the Student-Athlete Leadership Academy in 2020.
UGA Expands Outreach Through CRC Program
The University of Georgia has expanded its public service and outreach efforts. The Connected Resilient Communities Program, or CRC, allows additional communities to have access to resources available at UGA. Brittany Standifer is the Program Manager; she explains how the process works. “We start off by creating a steering committee...
New Investments in High-Performance Computing to Advance AI Research Efforts at UGA
The University of Georgia is enhancing its AI research capabilities with a $2.4 million upgrade to its High-Performance Computing cluster. This summer, the Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center will add 26 new Graphical Processing Unit compute nodes and three high-RAM nodes to the Sapelo2 cluster. These additions, which include 12 quad-H100, 2 quad-A100, and 12 quad-L4 NVIDIA GPUs, are designed to significantly accelerate AI research and data processing.
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