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Nick Foukal in Antarctica

UGA Marine Sciences professor studies how currents affect the climate

Nick Foukal educates the next generation of oceanographers Nick Foukal’s fascination with the ocean began decades ago, on the waters off the coast of Nahant, Massachusetts, a 3,000-resident beach town 13 miles north of Boston. He remembers spending summers taking the family’s rowboat out with his brother, fishing and setting lobster traps.  But beyond catching crustaceans, Foukal was never particularly interested in the biological side of…
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‘Geologists are part of a solution’: How Adam Milewski went from aspiring lawyer to science advocate

For most of his early life, Adam Milewski was convinced he was going to be a lawyer. He didn’t feel particularly drawn to pursue a legal career, but everyone else told him he should pursue it. “As the youngest of five kids, I felt like I had to have a voice,” he said. “I never really accepted the answer ‘no’ very well, and I always sort of had ideas and proposals.” But underneath the argumentative streak was something that didn’t quite fit that…
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Hodgson School of Music alumnus lives his opera dream

When Tenor Clay Hilley (BMUS '04) took on the role of Siegfried at the Bayreuth Festival for the premiere of “Götterdämmerung” on August 2022 in a last-minute cast-change, he took on more than a role in the most prestigious event in the world for Wagner opera. The call signaled Hilley's ascent as one the opera world's most in-demand tenors. Georgia Magazine has more in this recent alumni feature: From his base in Berlin, he has traveled the…
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