Lee Shearer
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Athens, GA, United States
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Georgia Southern ranked in top five for student enrollment, SSU stand out for female enrollment
Ten years ago, the University of Georgia was the largest university in the state with 34,677 students. But as of this year, UGA is the fourth-largest despite a record enrollment of 39,147.Georgia State University has been the state’s largest for several years, after the Atlanta school’s merger with the state’s largest two-year college.Now, both Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University have… → Read More
Georgia Southern ranked in top five for student enrollment, SSU stands out for female enrollment
Ten years ago, the University of Georgia was the largest university in the state with 34,677 students. But as of this year, UGA is the fourth-largest despite a record enrollment of 39,147.Georgia State University has been the state’s largest for several years, after the Atlanta school’s merger with the state’s largest two-year college.Now, both Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University have… → Read More
Meet your new Georgia neighbor, the Joro spider, an invader as big as a hand
At the right time of day you can see the sun light up their golden webs in the trees along walking trails in Sandy Creek Park, around the University of → Read More
Meet your new Georgia neighbor, the Joro spider, an Asian invader big as a hand
At the right time of day you can see the sun light up their golden webs in the trees along walking trails in Sandy Creek Park, around the University of → Read More
Early voting begins in Georgia on Monday
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election begins Monday in Georgia and will continue for three weeks, until the Friday before Election Day.Every county has at → Read More
In race for Senate seat, Doug Collins brings long record of conservative votes, stances
Georgia’s wildcat race for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Johnny Isakson has the two top Republican candidates highlighting their conservative credentials.Doug Collins has plenty of them, rooted in family, military service and religion, including a long record of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives that have earned him high grades from conservative groups, and low grades from those… → Read More
No-fly zone for Bird: Athens officials vote to ban dockless, shareable scooters
Birds will not fly in Athens, at least not the kind with wheels.After two years of study, the Athens-Clarke County Commission voted to ban the so-called → Read More
UGA should update or include ’more truthful context’ on historic markers and statues, group says
Public art and historic markers on the University of Georgia campus contradict the stated UGA core values symbolized by the UGA Arch, according to the → Read More
UGA should update or include ’more truthful context’ on historic markers and statues, group says
Public art and historic markers on the University of Georgia campus contradict the stated UGA core values symbolized by the UGA Arch, according to the → Read More
UGA economist says state jobs recovery surprisingly strong
Georgia’s job numbers are still significantly down from a year ago, but the state has now recovered about half the jobs that vanished with the COVID-19 shutdown this spring, according to University of Georgia economic forecaster Jeff Humphreys."I’m impressed. I did not expect the recovery to be that strong," said Humphreys, director of the Simon S. Selig, Jr. Center for Economic Growth in UGA’s… → Read More
Group calls on UGA Greek organizations to be more inclusive, draws hundreds of testimonials
Before University of Georgia fraternity made headlines for bigoted comments made by some of its members, a group of UGA students, including sorority and → Read More
UGA fraternity under investigation after 'racist, sexist and otherwise discriminatory’ messages made public
The University of Georgia’s Equal Opportunity Office will investigate a UGA fraternity for "statements of bigotry and intolerance," the university said Monday.UGA’s announcement comes the day after the university’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) President, Brennan Cox, announced on social media that the UGA chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity had "self-suspended operations indefinitely"… → Read More
With tailgating banned on UGA campus, here’s how officials are prepping for football crowds around Athens
Athens-Clarke County Manager Blaine Williams and Mayor Kelly Girtz are headed to Clemson, South Carolina, this weekend for the Clemson-Citadel game, but → Read More
UGA positive COVID cases sharply decline in weekly reporting
The number of University of Georgia students reporting positive COVID-19 tests fell significantly last week, the university reported Wednesday.The university reported a total of 421 positive tests for the week of Sept. 7-13. Almost all (404) were students.The previous week, the university recorded 1,412 COVID-19 infections through its "DawgCheck" reporting system, which relies primarily on… → Read More
Athens area school districts keeping hundreds quarantined due to COVID
Area school districts continued to report hundreds of students and school workers in quarantine last week — including Clarke County, where students began the school year virtually Sept. 8.Madison County reported 250 students quarantined — about 5% of its 5,068 students — and 16 employees in its weekly update. Four students but no employees were confirmed infected.Oglethorpe County reported two… → Read More
UGA student COVID numbers spike again as more than 1,400 test positive in a week
COVID-19 surged again at the University of Georgia in the second full week of fall semester classes.Some 1,417 members of the UGA community reported testing positive for COVID-19 through the university’s mandatory "DawgCheck" reporting system. Almost all of them — 1,402 — were students; 14 were staff and one a faculty member.UGA’s surging numbers have helped make Clarke County one of the… → Read More
Pandemic deepens Georgia schoolchildren’s digital divide
Since March and the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgians have adapted to working online, socializing online and more recently, attending school → Read More
Internet privilege: Poverty, geography deepens digital divide for Georgia school children
Since March and the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgians have adapted to working online, socializing online and more recently, attending school → Read More
UGA student COVID numbers spike again, surveillance testing to increase
ATHENS, Ga. — COVID-19 surged again at the University of Georgia in the second full week of fall semester classes.Some 1,417 members of the UGA community reported testing positive for COVID-19 through the university’s mandatory "DawgCheck" reporting system. Almost all of them — 1,402 — were students; 14 were staff and one a faculty member.Last week, UGA’s system counted 821 positive tests — 798… → Read More
UGA COVID numbers skyrocket in first week of classes on campus
The number of University of Georgia students testing positive for COVID-19 sharply increased to nearly 800 over the past week, the university revealed → Read More