Stories From The Field

Drum majors direct the band as the Redcoat Marching Band perform. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

Marching band kids at risk from heat illness

It’s not just student-athletes who need guidelines for heat protection during practice. 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.

Courtney Balling in Cannons Point, St. Simons Island

Geography Ph.D Student selected for Sea Grant Research Trainee program at UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant

Seven students from universities across Georgia have been selected to participate in the year-long Georgia Sea Grant Research Trainee program at the UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, one of which is the Geography department's very own Ph.D students, Courtney Balling. Balling, also

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