February 7, 2024

TODAY'S TOP NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Supporting ecotourism

To visit the most pristine areas of Georgia’s barrier islands, you’ll likely need to hire one of the mom-and-pop ecotourism businesses that charter tours to these enchanting but sensitive places. An award-winning UGA program trains these ecotour guides to give enriching tours without disturbing fragile ecosystems.

IN THE NEWS

CAMPUS NEWS

• UGA holds 2024 Mary Frances Early Lecture – WUGA

• Karey Burke, Kathryn Busby, Nicole Clemens join Peabody board – Hollywood Reporter

STATE

• State House budget writers OK $37.5B midyear spending plan – Capitol Beat

RESEARCH

• Cutting homelessness could reduce opioid deaths (David Bradford) – Futurity

OUTREACH ACROSS THE STATE

• Chick-fil-A helps fund UGA’s Youth Lead Georgia program – WGAU

AGRICULTURE

• UGA Extension peanut agronomist: Focus on seed quality, weather ahead of planting season – Southeast AgNet

• The strategic management of anaplasmosis – Ag Proud

• New results from Owari rootstock trial – Citrus Industry

• Pruning’s importance for grape producers – Specialty Crop Grower

THE ARTS

• Overlooked voices of Southern visual art on view at Frist Art Museum – Forbes

• Kei Ito investigates the intergenerational trauma of nuclear disaster – Flagpole

OBITUARIES

• Don A. Bomgardner, 91, Atlanta

(BBA ’56)

• Arthur M. Gignilliat Jr., Savannah

(ABJ ’55)

• Samuel Everett Glenn, 92, Elberton

(retired UGA employee)

• Patricia Ann Winchester Wallis, 90, Elberton

(BSED ’79, MED ’81, EDS ’83)

• Donna Richards Wilson, 79, Watkinsville

(retired UGA employee)

ATHLETICS

• Men’s tennis comes back to beat Georgia Tech for 13th-straight match – GeorgiaDogs.com

• Men’s basketball seeks answers on road vs. Mississippi State – AJC

• Condon named to NCBWA preseason All-America First Team – GeorgiaDogs.com

• GymDog Lily Smith tabbed SEC Co-Freshman of the Week – GeorgiaDogs.com

• Welcome earns SEC weekly T&F honor – GeorgiaDogs.com

• Three swimming and diving Bulldogs earn SEC weekly honors – GeorgiaDogs.com

• Getting to know track & field’s Bailey Lear – GeorgiaDogs.com

• “We’re going to miss him”: UGA fans react to death of superfan “Big Dawg” – ANF, AJC

• Georgia quarterback Carson Beck talks his return with Aaron Murray – USA Today

• Highlights: Incoming UGA football transfer WR Colbie Young – USA Today

CAMPUS NEWS

Homelessness can lead to more drug and alcohol deaths

Reducing homelessness by 25% could save almost 2,000 lives lost to opioid overdoses, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

UGA kicks off its statewide youth leadership program

Thirty high school students from across Georgia are developing leadership skills and building knowledge about the state through Youth LEAD Georgia, a statewide youth leadership program at UGA.

Study: Can your cold brew coffee
be making you sick?

New research from the University of Georgia shows that despite its smooth taste, rich flavor and low acidity, cold brew coffee is also the perfect playground for foodborne pathogens.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

The sun shines through

The morning sun peeks through William J. Thompson’s bronze statue titled “Archangel” on a pedestal near the Georgia Museum of Art’s main entrance. Thompson is best known locally for creating the “Spirit of Athens” sculpture downtown in conjunction with the 1996 Olympic Games. (Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)

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