About Merritt Melancon
Authored 42 articles.
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        Terry College: America’s Economy Continued to Grow & Diversify While Recovering from COVID-19News, June 12, 2023 
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        Terry College: Are Robots Wrecking the Workplace?News, May 23, 2023 
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        Georgia Economic Outlook: State is in for a Mild, Short RecessionFeatures, December 12, 2022 While Georgia’s economy made a near-record recovery from the COVID-19 recession in 2022, tighter monetary policy and energy price shocks will likely trigger a mild and brief economic slowdown in 2023. 
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        UGA Study Offers New Perspective on the 2008 Housing CrashNews, November 04, 2022 
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        Study: Private Equity Firms Turn Profits by Boosting Small BusinessesNews, October 31, 2022 
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        UGA Study Offers New Perspective on the 2008 Housing CrashNews, September 30, 2022 
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        Entrepreneurship Researcher Seeking to Find HOPE Scholarship’s Effect on New Business CreationNews, September 27, 2022 
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        Report: ‘Service with a smile’ Costs More Than You ThinkNews, September 21, 2022 
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        Study: Wellness Programs Help Employees and Their CompaniesNews, June 08, 2022 
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        Study: How Social Media Posts Could Affect Credit ScoresNews, May 19, 2022 
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        UGA Study: ‘Power Fluctuations’ Lead to Better People Skills at WorkNews, February 26, 2021 
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        Georgia’s Choppy Rebound from COVID Recession Smooths Out in 2021Features, December 04, 2020 The COVID-19 economic recession is very likely over in Georgia, but the state still faces a hard slog to reach a full recovery, according to a new forecast from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business. 
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        Georgia Economic Outlook for 2021 Set for December 3rdFeatures, December 01, 2020 Economic forecasters from the University of Georgia and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will provide essential insights for these uncertain times at this year’s Georgia Economic Outlook. For the first time in the program’s 38-year history, the event will be hosted virtually and streamed on YouTube. 
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        UGA Study: Each College Graduate Adds $2M to Georgia’s GDPFeatures, November 13, 2020 Georgians have long viewed higher education as the fastest path to a brighter future, but new research shows how college graduates also fuel the state’s economic engine. 
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        What 2020 Stimulus Plan Can Do for EconomyFeatures, April 01, 2020 The U.S. Congress has passed a $2 trillion emergency relief bill that will expand unemployment insurance, provide $1,200 stimulus checks in emergency financial relief to most American adults and provide life preservers to distressed businesses impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic. The bill, touted as the largest economic stimulus package in U.S. history, was passed by the U.S. Senate and U.S. House this week and is signed by the president. 
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        University of Georgia is Marshaling its Resources to Battle Farmer StressNews, February 21, 2020 
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        University of Georgia is Marshaling its Resources to Battle Farmer StressNews, February 20, 2020 
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        CAES Hosts Global Food Security SummitNews, December 02, 2019 
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        UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to Host Global Food Security Summit on November 8thNews, October 28, 2019 
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        CAES Alumni Association Recognizes Outstanding College Alumni on October 4thNews, October 01, 2019 
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        UGA CAES Launches Fourth Semester of Live from the LabNews, September 12, 2019 
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        UGA Extension Training Helps Keep Georgia’s Produce SafeNews, July 30, 2019 
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        UGA Peanut Researchers Win Accolades for International ImpactNews, July 22, 2019 
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        Brent Marable Selected as 2019 President of the UGA CAES Alumni BoardNews, July 10, 2019 
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        Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture & Forestry Selects 2019-2020 Leadership ClassNews, May 30, 2019 
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        Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame Renovation Celebrates Legacy and Future of AgricultureNews, April 05, 2019 
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        Atlanta’s Beautiful Briny Sea Awarded Grand Prize in UGA’s Flavor of Georgia Food Product ContestNews, March 21, 2019 
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        State's Top Food Products Make the Final Round of University of Georgia's 2019 Flavor of Georgia ContestFeatures, February 18, 2019 Judges selected 33 products to compete in the final round of the University of Georgia’s 2019 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest set for March 19th in Atlanta. 
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        Georgia Ag Forecast and Resource Fair to Offer Assistance to Hurricane-affected CommunitiesNews, January 15, 2019 
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        Registration Open for Flavor of GeorgiaNews, January 11, 2019 
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        UGA CAES Professor Receives 2018 New Innovator AwardNews, December 20, 2018 
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        Lifelong Peanut Farmer and Former President Jimmy Carter Joins the Georgia Agricultural Hall of FameNews, November 13, 2018 
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        UGA CAES Alumni Association Recognizes Outstanding AlumniNews, November 12, 2018 
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        Georgia’s Top Food Product Contest Ready for another Year of Delicious Food and Friendly CompetitionFeatures, November 07, 2018 From pimiento cheese to prosciutto, Georgians take their food seriously. And they make some seriously good food. Each year the University of Georgia's Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest highlights the state's burgeoning Georgia-made food industry and helps separate the great products from the good ones. 
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        University of Georgia Convenes Rural Stress Roundtable to Lay the Groundwork for a Healthier Rural AmericaNews, September 25, 2018 
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        UGA Researchers Receive $5M to Help Reduce Energy Costs of Indoor FarmingNews, September 12, 2018 
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        UGA Extension is Now Recruiting and Training Citizen Scientists for Great Georgia Pollinator CensusNews, August 21, 2018 
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        UGA Crop Geneticists Awarded $935,000 to Breed Softer Cotton and More Resilient PeanutsNews, July 24, 2018 
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        Creamy, Sweet South Georgia Pecan Butter Wins Best in the State at 2018 Flavor of Georgia ContestNews, March 22, 2018 
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        State's Top Food Products Make Final Round of University of Georgia's 2018 Flavor of Georgia ContestNews, February 22, 2018 
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        UGA Report: Peach Farmers Optimistic about 2018 CropNews, February 13, 2018 
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        Georgian Food Products Earn Their Chance in the Spotlight with 2018 Flavor of Georgia Food Product ContestNews, November 06, 2017 



