Georgia News Roundup (7/23/25)

Shells shaping Georgia’s coastline: Millennia of discarded oyster shells have elevated barrier islands, buffering them against high tides and storms — find out how.

Georgia Tech to build Nexus supercomputer: Georgia Tech has secured a $20 million federal grant to develop Nexus, an integrated high-performance computing, AI, data analytics and visualization system designed to streamline scientific research — learn what breakthroughs it will enable.

Retirement hobby to rum empire: What began 25 years ago as Erik and Karin Vonk’s side project on their 70-acre estate two hours south of Atlanta has become Richland Rum, one of Georgia’s leading craft distilleries—growing their own sugarcane, aging barrels for up to a decade, and even drawing presidential interest — find out how they distilled success.

Seamless nursing transfer pathway: Georgia technical college graduates can now carry all credits into public universities’ BSN programs under a new statewide agreement, strengthening the health care workforce — learn what this means for aspiring nurses.

Georgia Power backs community solar: Georgia Power has agreed to expand its solar-plus-storage pilot and work with Capital Good Fund to open community solar to multifamily and low-income customers — find out how this could reshape Georgia’s energy future.

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