CAMPUS NEWS

• New program introduces students to industry – UGA Today
• New UGA agricultural dean calls Oconee home – Oconee Enterprise
• Reports of COVID-19 remain low – UGA Today, WGAU, WSB
• UGA outlines plan to vaccinate faculty, staff and students for COVID-19 – ABH, R&B, AJC
• Spring plant sales abound at CAES – Growing Georgia

EXPERTS
• Is this a good time to buy a home? (James Kau) – WalletHub
• Mississippi River mayors group announces plastics cleanup effort (Jenna Jambeck) – The Waterway Journal

RESEARCH

• UGA study: Fewer rural students apply to med schools (Donglan “Stacy” Zhang) – WGAU, News Break
• Programs can reduce impact of racism on Black youth (Gene Brody) – Mirage News, UGA Today, Healio, Medical Xpress, Georgia Patch, Health Medicine Network
• Researchers develop AI backpack that helps guide people with vision impairment (Jagadish K. Mahendran) – Forbes, Ubergizmo, BusinessWire, ExBulletin, ReviewGeek
• Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus – Environmental News Network
• Archaeologists find prehistoric communities lost to sea-level rise in Denmark and Florida – Coastal News Today

AGRICULTURE
• UGA virtual marketing summit concludes – AGInfo
• Simple ways to reduce risk of disease in your garden – Wyoming Tribune
• Understand nematode spit is key to fight against virulent nematodes – Growing America

OBITUARIES

• Kristina T. Cunningham, 51, Watkinsville
(UGA grad)

• M. Barron Kesser, 79, Virginia Beach, VA
(BBA ’64)

• Gloria J. Marshall, Augusta
(UGA grad)

ATHLETICS
• Why Georgia hiring Will Muschamp was a smart move – 247Sports
• Georgia football’s Pickens suffers ACL injury in Tuesday practice – R&B, Sports Illustrated, AJC
• Lady Bulldogs fall to Oregon, 57-50, in NCAA second round – GeorgiaDogs.com, WSB, 11Alive, ABH
• Swimming and diving opens men’s NCAAs with school record relay – GeorgiaDogs.com
• Track splits direction in search of NCAA qualifying marks – GeorgiaDogs.com
• Georgia volleyball outlasts Ole Miss in five sets – GeorgiaDogs.com, R&B
• Lindsay Guynn named SEC Co-Reining Rider of the Month – GeorgiaDogs.com
• Bryde, Zink earn No. 7 ITA doubles ranking – GeorgiaDogs.com
• Zink earns SEC Newcomer of the Week honor – GeorgiaDogs.com
• Jokic named No. 1 ITA Singles Player – GeorgiaDogs.com

New UGA program introduces students to industry needs

The new Student Industry Fellows Program, supported by The Delta Air Lines Foundation, brings students together from a range of disciplines to solve new and pressing industry-related challenges.

New COVID-19 cases remain low at UGA

Reports of COVID-19 at UGA remain low, with 32 individuals reporting positive tests for the week of March 15-21. The number sets another record for the lowest amount recorded since August.

Director makes vital connections for UGA engineering students

Kelley Saussy isn’t a civil engineer, but her role as director of corporate engagement in the College of Engineering does build bridges that connect corporations and students.

Faculty member receives $2M NIH Innovator Award

Faculty member Tania Rozario has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award Program, which supports early-career investigators of exceptional creativity.