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Eclipse a total hit at Athens area schools

It didn’t get quite as dark as hoped, but Monday’s solar eclipse was still totally thrilling for thousands of school children in Clarke County. Read full story


Atmospheric Sciences Program director to chair NASA advisory committee

Atmospheric Sciences Program director to chair NASA advisory committee. Read full story


Dr. Deepak Mishra receives Creative Research Medal

These medals are awarded for outstanding research or creative activity within the past five years that focuses on a single theme identified with the University of Georgia. Read full story


UGA satellite among NASA’s eighth class of candidates for space mission launch

The University of Georgia CubeSat project is among 34 small satellites selected by NASA to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard missions planned to launch in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The UGA project, led by a team of undergraduate students and including faculty from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering, performs multispectral analysis from low Earth orbit, in this case an altitude of 400 kilometers.


‘Atmospheric rivers’ associated with California flooding also common in the Southeast

Much of the flood-inducing rainfall that has pummeled California over the last month flowed into the region via a river in the sky. But these so-called atmospheric rivers, which transport large quantities of water vapor poleward from the tropics, can wreak havoc in the Southeast as well. Read full story
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