Culture / Living
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May 22, 2013 | Events on Campus
Performance to celebrate book documenting traditional folk music
Traditional ballads and fiddle tunes will be heard at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries on the University of Georgia campus June 15 to celebrate the recently released book "Mary Lomax Ballad Book-America's Great 21st Century Ballad Singer" by Art Rosenbaum.
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May 22, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA College of Education hosts mathematics workshop series June 24-27
A four-day workshop for area educators focusing on the teaching of common core standards in mathematics will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education June 24-27 at the Hotel Indigo in Athens.
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May 21, 2013 | Events on Campus
Georgia Museum of Art to participate in military discount program
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will participate this summer in Blue Star Museums, a program that offers free admission and special discounts to all active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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May 21, 2013 | Events on Campus
Russell Library opens new exhibit, ‘Now and Then: 1973’
The Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia will look back at 1973, a pivotal year in modern American history with the new exhibition, "Now and Then: 1973," on display in the Harrison Feature Gallery of the Russell Library gallery through Dec. 15.
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May 21, 2013 | Honors & Awards
UGA grad student and Wilkes County teacher Jennifer Lance receives $10,000 scholarship
Jennifer Lance, a doctoral candidate in science education and a high school science teacher in Wilkes County, has received a Berneta Minkwitz Scholarship of $10,000 for the 2013-14 academic year from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional honor society for women educators.
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May 20, 2013 | Honors & Awards
Dean Emeritus Andy Horne receives 2013 University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award
Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, dean emeritus and former Distinguished Research Professor in counseling psychology in the University of Georgia College of Education, has received the 2013 University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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May 16, 2013 | Research News
Stroke patients respond similarly to after-stroke care, despite age difference
Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
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May 14, 2013 | General News
Stefanie Lindquist named dean of UGA School of Public and International Affairs
Stefanie A. Lindquist, an associate dean at the University of Texas at Austin and a scholar who works at the interface of law and politics, has been named dean of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs.
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May 14, 2013 | General News
UGA, Georgia Southern to host International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
With agricultural products being among the state's top exports, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia Southern University Division of Continuing Education are teaming up to help farmers and businesses learn how to capitalize on the growing export market.
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May 14, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA hosts Summer Poetry Reading Series June 6-13
A week of poetry reading and discussion of the poetic craft including five Georgia poets will be hosted by University of Georgia College of Education professor Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor June 6-13 at 7 p.m. at the Globe in downtown Athens
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May 13, 2013 | General News
UGA President-elect Morehead announces administrative restructuring
University of Georgia President-elect Jere Morehead has announced a restructuring of the university's senior administration that creates a flatter organizational structure designed to maximize the amount of communication between the president and leaders of major campus units.
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May 13, 2013 | Events on Campus
Autism specialist Dena Gassner to speak at UGA College of Education’s CSSE Summer Institute June 6
Speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will have the opportunity to hear about the latest research and best practices in their fields at the University of Georgia's fifth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education June 6-7.
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May 10, 2013 | Honors & Awards
Nine UGA students receive foreign language scholarships
Nine University of Georgia students will enhance their language skills abroad this summer through two federally funded scholarship programs.
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May 10, 2013 | Events on Campus
Georgia Museum of Art to celebrate International Museum Day
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will join museums around the world in celebrating International Museum Day May 18.
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May 10, 2013 | General News
Public affairs leader Carolyn Caudell Tieger establishes chair in public affairs communications
The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has announced the creation of the Carolyn Caudell Tieger Chair in Public Affairs Communications.