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Alexandra McNeal reached across the black table and touched the chair across from her. She looked at her friends and former classmates next to her, beaming. “This was my table—this was my chair,” she said. “This was some of the best times of our life.”   McNeal had walked into a first-floor… Read Article

Cemeteries can serve as archives of history. But if a headstone or marker is lost, so is that connection to the past.   This is the puzzle caretakers of the cemetery at First United Methodist Church in Franklin, North Carolina, were eager to solve. Headstones at the… Read Article

Graduate students are tasked with answering a lot of big questions.   But sometimes, the complicated equations and rigorous lab tests required of advanced degrees pale in comparison to financial decisions like employer insurance or savings plans. To help students navigate these life-… Read Article

Trees in the summer get all the attention.

Leafy green trees are symbols of growth and prosperity. Their leaves bring valuable shade, and as they change color people make extra effort to see the show. Once they drop, it’s easy to assume that the plants are “asleep” until springtime… Read Article

An innovative graduate program at the University of Georgia is one of a handful across the country that is teaching students through “real world” problem solving.   Today’s students increasingly require a deeper level of study—not just classroom teaching, but also research and learning… Read Article

A pine tree native to the Southeast may have the ability to withstand extreme drought and fire—conditions that kill pines native to the western United States—according to a new study by a University of Georgia researcher.   The study is the first to investigate the ability of longleaf pine… Read Article