News Archive - 2026

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Why knowing more did not help McKay Coppins beat the odds

McKay Coppins began his year of sports betting with $10,000 and a journalist’s curiosity. By the end, only $109 remained.  In his article for The Atlantic, “Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler”, Coppins recounts how he began betting online to examine the ways gambling was reshaping American life. The more he learned about teams and betting strategies, the more confident he became in his picks. That knowledge drew him further into…


Spring 2027 Pre-Professional Advising Office Communications & Social Media Internship

The Pre-Professional Advising Office (PPAO) is seeking a student with experience or a strong interest in social media, communications, marketing, and outreach. The intern will collaborate with the PPAO Coordinator to develop engaging content such as reels, advertisements, videos, and surveys targeted toward pre-health and pre-law students. Additional responsibilities include supporting the production of the Pre-Professional Playbook podcast,…

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UGA scholar approaches the politics of prayer through ‘the proposition of the other’

J. Derrick Lemons brings the anthropological concepts of cultural relativism, reflexivity, and theologically engaged anthropology to his research on religion and politics. “Father Raymond Helmick, a Jesuit priest and conflict-resolution scholar who negotiated peace accords in Ireland and the Middle East, told me years ago that you have to consider the proposition of the other to resolve conflict,” Lemons said. This became a guiding principle for…

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How a Franklin researcher is combining AI and genetics to improve agriculture

Humans have participated in selective breeding for millennia to cultivate more resilient crops one generation at a time. Now, one UGA postdoctoral researcher is studying how machine learning can make the process exponentially more efficient.   Hongwoo Lee, a postdoctoral researcher at Franklin College of Arts and Science's Department of Genetics, researches how to use machine learning to guide DNA sequence manipulation for specific…

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McCaskill joins $750,000 National Park Service preservation project

Barbara McCaskill, Distinguished Research Professor of English in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is a subgrantee on a two-year, $750,000 grant awarded to the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, by the National Park Service. The African American Civil Rights Preservation Grant will support the remediation and stabilization of the Butler Building, Penn Center’s original museum and…


Chill Subs Looking to Hire Three Interns For Spring 2027

Chill Subs - The Place for Writers is an organization headquartered in Savannah that has created tools and resources for writers looking to publish their work. Some of these resources include a database of 400+ publications accepting submissions, a jobs board, and a living feed of funding opportunities, just to name a few. Chill Subs has partnered with the Publishing Certificate at UGA to offer the below internships during the spring…

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Elizabeth Stich honored for dance education research

Elizabeth Stich, associate professor of dance at the University of Georgia, received the Outstanding Dance Education Researcher Award at the 2026 National Dance Education Organization Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The award recognizes her scholarship and innovative contributions to aerial dance pedagogy, including her recent book, Aerial Arts and Dance Improvisation: A Practical Guide to Creativity for Aerialists.

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