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Xiaoming Zhai-led team receives $10 million grant to fund national GenAI center at UGA

October 10, 2024

A team led by Xiaoming Zhai, an associate professor in the UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education and instructor in the online Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Science Education program, has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to establish a research and development center that will provide national leadership on best practices for using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in schools, strengthening competence in GenAI in middle school science classrooms.

Rosalind Bentley produces new documentary focused on Valerie Boyd’s life and research into Black women writers

September 30, 2024

Valerie Boyd, biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and creator of the Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program, is the subject of a posthumous documentary produced in part by fellow nonfiction mentor Rosalind Bentley.

Instructor Joan Prittie appointed to State Commission on Family Violence

September 20, 2024

Congratulations to the School of Social Work's Joan Prittie, who was recently appointed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to the State Commission on Family Violence. Prittie is an instructor in the online Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership program.

Caree Cotwright, Community Nutrition Faculty, named a 2024 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Hero awardee

September 16, 2024

Noted chef Michel Nischan and Caree Cotwright Congratulations to the UGA Department of Nutritional Sciences‘s Caree Cotwright, who has been named a 2024 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Hero awardee. The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) is a federal advisory committee that aims…

Birgisson named inaugural Georgia Power E-Mobility Distinguished Professor

September 12, 2024

Bjorn Birgisson, professor in the online M.S. in Civil Engineering program, chair of the UGA College of Engineering’s School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering and founding executive director of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM), has been named the inaugural holder of the Georgia Power…

UGA’s dyslexia endorsement, certificate program receives IDA accreditation

September 2, 2024

The Dyslexia Endorsement and Certificate program at the University of Georgia, which also offers an online option, was recently accredited by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). Since its founding in 2016, UGA’s Dyslexia Endorsement and Certificate program—housed in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s Department of Communication Sciences…

Stories Like Sandwiches: Mentor John T. Edge on the South, Good Food, and the Importance of Sharing Diverse Narratives

August 28, 2024

"Compared with dinners that unspool like novels, the best sandwiches, eaten on the fly, are short stories, swift and smart and telling," writes John T. Edge, a mentor in UGA's Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program. "Good sandwiches make good memories." And Edge knows something about memories, and how to craft them into compelling narratives.

Faith Critzer & Ronald Pegg Guide Students Through the Impact of Food on World History and Culture

August 12, 2024

From the agricultural revolution to globalization, food has always held a defining role for humanity, with foodways serving as the foundation of many cultures and civilizations throughout history. “The Impact of Food on World History and Culture,” a course offered each spring by the UGA College of Agricultural and…

Dietetics students achieve 100% placement rate to post-graduate internships

June 24, 2024

The value of a graduate degree in Dietetics from UGA has once again been proven immeasurable: including the spring and fall application cycles, all 30 students who applied for a post-graduate internship were selected for dietetics internships, an essential step in earning their credentials as a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN).

It’s podcast season at UGA

May 1, 2024

It’s podcast season at UGA! Check out these Bulldog-led channels that make it their mission to educate while inspiring their peers through storytelling. Georgia on your Mind: This Emerging Media capstone project allows students to apply skills from their courses in web development, user experience, app development,…