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Jeong-Yeob Han partners in grant funded by Office on Violence Against Women

Jeong-Yeob Han, director of the Strategic Health and Risk Communication certificate, joins Joon Choi, an associate professor at the School of Social Work, in receiving a two-year, $477,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to address domestic violence in the Asian immigrant community. Known as Korean Americans for Healthy […]

Dodie Cantrell-Bickley to enter GAB Hall of Fame

Grady College journalism lecturer Dodie Cantrell-Bickley will be inducted to the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame this week. Cantrell-Bickley currently co-produces “Grady Newsource.” She has more than 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism, working in a variety of roles. Her career began at WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia where she was a reporter […]

Clarke County students visit UGA, explore Grady College

Rick Dunn excitedly turns to a group of nearly 15 Athens-Clarke County students at the conclusion of a short introductory film about Grady College narrated by college Dean Charles Davis. “Dean Davis is a Clarke Central grad,” Dunn says with pride in his voice. The message delivered by Dunn and emphasized throughout the students’ visit to the University […]

Ahn leads VR project with grant from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn and a team of researchers are recipients of a nearly $500,000 grant funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. The grant will fund a project called “Salient, Interactive, Relevant, Confidence, and Action (SIRCA): Using Virtual Reality Storm Surge Simulations to Increase Risk Perception and Prevention Behaviors.” The project uses VR […]

Photojournalism students capture meaning of Georgia National Fair

Thirteen photojournalism students recently sprawled across the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agriculture Center. They, under the guidance of senior lecturer Mark Johnson, were tasked with the same purpose as the six previous years of student visits to the Georgia National Fair: Don’t show what the fair looks like, show what it means. The annual visit […]