Panhandling is often a vicious cycle, and University students may be enabling it. As recent efforts by the Athens Downtown Development Authority to change panhandling laws have brought the issue back into the local spotlight, students may remain unaware of their own contributions. Information gathered by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing showed that higher percentages of students give money [...]
A University professor could be telling Americans when women should have their first mammogram or if they need to take aspirin to prevent a heart attack. Mark Ebell, associate professor of epidemiology, will be part of a national task force that will look at medical evidence and provide people with ways to prevent diseases, according [...]
The ants are marching one by one — right into East Campus Village. The dormitories on campus have been ruthlessly plagued by ants for months now without relief, according to residents. The East Campus dormitories include Rooker, McWhorter, Vandiver and the 1512 building. Paula Bugg, junior biological science major from Decatur, is a resident in McWhorter Hall, and she [...]
Drinking caffeine or taking aspirin are trusted home remedies for the post-drinking blues. So what about a hangover pill that combines both? Enter Blowfish, a pill produced by Rally Labs. Each two-pill dose of Blowfish contains 1000 milligrams of aspirin and 120 milligrams of caffeine, according to the pill’s website. The user takes Blowfish the [...]
The weekend is often a time to let loose for children, but this Saturday, Athens families will have the opportunity to unleash their energy in a new kind of playground — The Georgia Museum of Art. The Museum is hosting a Family Day this Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in honor of Michelle Obama’s Let’s [...]
For residents of poor, remote communities, staying in good health is an uphill battle against disease, injury and malnutrition. They face ordinary health concerns of anemia, dental health and cervical cancer, but those are complicated for towns located on steep hills with no stairs. Their location isolates the communities from doctors and from utilities such [...]
Conrad Fink, a professor at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, passed away earlier today. He had been battling prostate cancer for the past 20 years. He was 80. Fink, a former Vietnam War correspondent and Associated Press vice president, had plans of returning to the classroom this semester after complications with cancer [...]
The knowledge that bacteria possess adaptable immune systems that protect them from individual viruses and other foreign invaders is relatively new to science, and researchers across the globe are working to learn how these systems function and to apply that knowledge in industry and medicine. Now, a team of University researchers has discovered how to [...]
The McPhaul Child Development Center through the family and consumer sciences department is no longer the only University day care center — the University Childcare Center opens in January.
In May, the board of regents approved $1.9 million in funds to renovate a building at the newly acquired U.S. Navy Supply Corps. School to create a day care center for the University faculty, staff and students.
Two University students face felony drug charges after the Athens-Clarke County Drug Task Force executed search warrants at two Barnett Shoals Road residences. Jason Ryan Mays, 24, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after police seized two digital scales, plastic baggies, a smoking device, marijuana and several pills including Oxycontin from his [...]
