Supported by almost $4M in new funding, researchers at UGA and Texas A&M are using improved detection and treatment methods to understand Chagas disease, a serious, often overlooked illness affecting both dogs and humans. (fb)

“I didn’t just get back to running after my amputation, I learned how to fly." Jarryd Wallace, keynote speaker as well as four-time Paralympian and two-time bronze medalist, shared lessons he learned from the tests he’s faced during UGA’s undergraduate Commencement ceremony. Wallace, who received his bachelor’s degree from the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences in 2019, came to UGA on a track scholarship. While he was a student-athlete, complications from compartment syndrome changed his plans, requiring his leg to be amputated from the knee down. Now, he is a four-time world record holder and three-time world champion, with a personal best of 10.71 seconds in the 100 meters and a long jump mark of 26 feet, 6 inches — just shy of 9 yards. (fb)