Today’s topic: Elephant conservation, a campaign with at least one local connection via Zoo Atlanta. Our city’s zoological institution has joined a herd that wants to stop both the sale and purchase of ivory as well as the potential extinction of African elephants. Officials from Zoo Atlanta and the Wildlife Conservation Society discuss the “96 Elephants” initiative.

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University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue said joining neighboring states to form a new accreditation agency will “keep Georgia’s universities among the best in the nation." (Jason Getz/AJC)

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