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Four years ago, when the pandemic was at its height, labor shortage had become an issue for jobs across the country including farms. Short-staffed and supply chains impacted solutions were needed to treat those current issues and future ones as well.

During the pandemic, labor problems became acute on many farms in Georgia and across the country. Farms once staffed by humans to bring produce from the field to stores for purchase were suddenly short-staffed, and the global supply chain was severely impacted.

Five of our own computer science graduate students have received the UGA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for Spring 2024! The award recognizes teaching assistants who demonstrate superior instructional skills while serving in the classroom or laboratory.

Last month, UGAHacks9 was held from February 9th-11th at the Miller Learning Center and the result was a resounding success! Around 600 students attended the event that was essentially a 48-hour programming sleepover.