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Here we go [DAWGS!]

The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs open the 2024 college football season against a top-25 opponent for the 13th time in school history when UGA takes on No. 14 Clemson Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 31. An extraordinarily rich era in UGA football success continues with this season and the high expectations that come with it. That's what comes with winning. The Franklin College supports all UGA student-athletes and along with faculty,…

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Olympic Dawgs

As the world begins to celebrate the 2024 Summer Olympics Games in Paris today, we also salute the many Bulldog student-athletes who are participating, representing America and countries around the world in the City of Light over the next few weeks. UGA Athletics celebrates the 34 current, former, and future University of Georgia student-athletes who will compete: The delegation of 34 athletes will be joined by eight individuals participating in…

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Georgia Bulldogs, 2022 SEC Champions!

Congratulations, Dawg Nation! Top-ranked UGA defeated No. 14 LSU 50-30 in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday afternoon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium: On offense, defense and special teams, the Bulldogs (13-0) delivered en route to the program's first SEC title since 2017. Georgia's offense produced a gaudy 529 yards and went 5-for-5 in the red zone. While the defense gave up a lot of yards and big plays, it also forced three turnovers and made…

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Marching band kids at risk from heat illness

This time of year, you hear a lot about heat-related illnesses in athletes. Thousands of student-athletes are sidelined by heat illnesses each year, and some don’t recover. But while guidelines exist to help coaches and trainers keep their students safe, there’s another group on the field that’s still at risk: students in marching bands. “You read all these stories in newspapers about marching band members experiencing heat-related…

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Better guidelines needed to protect student-athletes

Every year, sports coaches have to navigate how to safely get their teams in shape to compete while temperatures during outdoor practices soar. New research from the University of Georgia aims to help them do just that Different states have different heat policies guiding outdoor practices. In areas less prone to extreme temperatures—Alaska, for example—strong heat guidelines aren’t as urgently needed as in hotter regions But for states…

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Lady Bulldogs excel across multiple sports

It's Spring Break for most students but women athletes on campus, with many Franklin majors among them, are leading their NCAA teams and distinguishing the university at the highest levels: Georgia senior shortstop [and mathematics major] Alyssa DiCarlo broke the Georgia women's softball all-time home runs record (58) in Sunday's 6-0 win over Western Illinois. The Georgia GymDogs secured a first-place finish at Elevate…

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The 2018 Georgia Bulldogs

After an amazing 13-2 season that brought the SEC championship back to Athens and came oh so close to the big prize, the Georgia Bulldogs take the field tomorrow against Austin Peay State University to open a new season. A warm Sanford stadium welcome awaits another outstanding freshman class and all the returning players. Best wishes to all the players, coaches and staff as we look forward to a great season ahead. Here we go. Image:…

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Microbes and a changing environment

A striking new study published in the journal Cell shows details how ancient microbes that thrive in some of the world’s most extreme environments and modern-day humans have more in common than meets the eye—namely, they both respire and conserve energy using a similar molecular mechanism, one that has adapted to changing environmental conditions over billions of years: "Nature is really good at finding molecules that work and then modifying…

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New microbiome analysis tool puts Big data to work

A new computational tool developed by UGA statistics researchers shows promise for further understanding and identifying the complicated makeup of the microbiome: Microbes, found everywhere—in our environment, on our skin and in human bodies and consisting of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoans and viruses—form microbiomes that have both good and harmful implications for human health. With the creation of this new big data tool, researchers…

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UGA plays for the National Championship

When last we watched our inimitable heroes play for all the marbles, it was a January evening long ago but a steady memory and stirring inspiration in all the time since. Congratulations to the Georgia Bulldog football players, coaches, staff, band, cheerleaders, alumni and supporters around the globe and best of luck tonight. May your passes be straight, your runs swift and may your number be ONE when it's all said and done. #GoDawgs Image…

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The 2017 Georgia Bulldogs

  It's that time again - the University of Georgia Bulldogs open up the 2017 football season this weekend at Sanford Stadium against Appalachian State University. We send our best wishes for a great season to every player, coach and staff member on the team, and especially all the Franklin College student-athletes who will take the field tomorrow - Sony Michel (communication studies), Lorenzo Carter (psychology), Jonathan Ledbetter (biology…

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Deciphering Ocean Carbon

The complex unpacking of how micro-organisms work - and work together - in the world's oceans continues apace, as this new perspective article by marine sciences faculty members attests: In the past, studying the connections between ocean-borne compounds and microbes has been impractical because of the sheer complexity of each. Three University of Georgia faculty members-along with an international team of scientists-bring to the forefront…

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New genetics research: direct conversion of biomass

More potentially transformative new research from the department of genetics, this time in the realm of transportation fuels. For sometime now, biofuels have held great promise - and have been the focus of great controversy. But the economics of the conversion process of grasses to fuels may have finally seen its last barrier fall: Pre-treatment of the biomass feedstock—non-food crops such as switchgrass and miscanthus—is the step of…
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