University System News: Athens Banner-Herald University System of Georgia Board of Regents announces national search for new chancellor Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service The University System of Georgia will conduct a national search for a successor to retiring Chancellor Steve Wrigley, the system announced Monday. Seven members of the system’s Board of Regents will […]

University System News: WJBF Augusta University streamlines sign up process to get more people vaccinated by: Katherine Wideman The web sign up process puts the information gathering on the plate of the patient including appointment generation for the first and second dose of vaccine. Vaccines in the Peach State are still being limited to healthcare […]

University System News: WSB Radio UGA ramps up COVID testing 90 positives in first round of spring semester testing By Tim Bryant The University of Georgia says it has expanded its surveillance testing capacity as students, faculty, and staff continue the spring semester classes that started last week.  UGA says results of the first week […]

University System News: Associated Press Kemp to use $5M in virus aid to help students finish college By Jeff Amy Some juniors and seniors at Georgia’s public universities and colleges are in line for a little financial boost to help them reach their degree. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday in his State of the State […]

University System News: Jackson Progress-Argus Gordon State College gets green light to offer two new academic degrees By Larry Stanford The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia have given Gordon State College the green light to begin the process of offering two new degrees; a Nexus Degree in Film Production and a […]

University System News: The George-Anne Georgia Southern makes mental health fundamental Davis Cobb, Correspondent In preparation for the new semester and alongside other projects to help students through the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia Southern will be offering students a new wave of mental health services and resources. Part of a larger statewide plan initiated by the […]

University System News: Atlanta Business Chronicle Steve Wrigley to retire as chancellor of University System of Georgia Steve Wrigley, chancellor of the University System of Georgia, said Tuesday he will retire on July 1. Wrigley has served as chancellor of the University System since 2017, where he oversaw 26 public colleges and universities with a […]

University System News: USA Today COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, longevity now part of Augusta University study Tom Corwin Augusta Chronicle An ongoing study of health care and frontline workers in Augusta and across the country could not only reveal whether COVID-19 vaccines work better than antibodies from an infection but how long those antibodies last and […]

University System News: yahoo!finance Bachelor’s Degree Center Releases National Rankings of Nuclear Engineering Degree Programs Bachelor’s Degree Center (https://www.bachelorsdegreecenter.org/), a free guide to traditional and online bachelor’s degree programs in all disciplines, has released four rankings of the best bachelor’s in nuclear engineering degree programs in the US: …The Top 3 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s […]

News-Medical Researchers receive NIH grant to develop more effective flu vaccines To build better vaccines, scientists want to know more about how our bodies make adequate numbers of effective, durable antibodies against the influenza virus. They are looking at a key pathway in how immune cells, called B cells, see the virus, then become the […]