Culture / Living
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May 16, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Georgia Museum of Art at UGA receives national awards for publications
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia recently received national awards for two of its publications: first prize for Facet, its quarterly newsletter, in the American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition, and first runner-up for its book "One Hundred American Paintings" from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in the art category.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s special collections libraries is site of NBC series episode on Paula Deen
Paula Deen, celebrity chef, owner of a Savannah restaurant and the author of 14 cookbooks, will appear on the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" May 18 at 8 p.m. The new University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gets a star turn in the episode as the scene for much of the filming, which took place in March. Documents at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library were used in tracing Deen's heritage, which is the focus of the episode.
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May 15, 2012 | General News
UGA registrar’s office launches new electronic transcript service
The University of Georgia Office of the Registrar recently launched a new electronic request and tracking system, which is providing improved service and increased efficiency for students and alumni in need of their UGA transcripts.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Community panel discussion to follow screening of ‘Bully’ at Ciné May 16
In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Ciné in Athens, the Public School Risk Institute and the University of Georgia College of Education will present a community panel discussion May 16 from 7-9 p.m. to help raise awareness of the need to make schools safer for all students.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Summer film series to screen at the Georgia Museum of Art
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will hold a summer film series in June in conjunction with its "John Baeder" exhibition. Each of the films investigates an aspect of southern culture or the American roadside diner experience. The films to be screened are "The Rise of the Southern Biscuit" (June 7), "Waitress" (June 14), "Junebug" (June 21) and "Diner" (June 28). All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in the museum's M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, and are free and open to the public.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA hosts Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute June 13-15
Almost 200 speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will hear the latest research and best practices in their fields at the University of Georgia's fourth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center June 13-15.
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May 14, 2012 | Research News
Binge drinking increases risk of later sexual assault for first-year female college students
A new study by University of Georgia researchers demonstrates that several months before a female victim is sexually assaulted, her pattern of drinking alcohol influences her risk for unwanted sexual contact, ranging from unwanted kissing to rape.
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May 11, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA approved as a Registered Education Provider by Project Management Institute
The Project Management Institute, the world's largest project management member association, has named the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education as a Registered Education Provider.
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May 10, 2012 | General News
UGA College of Education’s Race to the Top projects could have national implications
Two innovative programs developed in collaboration with a local school district-one improving preparation and support for new teachers and another providing professional development and support for early career principals- could serve as models for school districts across Georgia and throughout the nation, according to University of Georgia College of Education faculty members who helped create the programs.
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May 9, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Four UGA College of Education professors recognized for their work
Four University of Georgia College of Education professors recently were recognized for work in their respective fields.
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May 8, 2012 | General News
U.S. Hispanic consumer market is larger than economies in all but 13 countries
According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, the buying power of minorities in the U.S. has grown into a diverse and formidable consumer market in the last decade. The rise of minority buying power in the marketplace has generated a demand to learn why these gains are taking place as well as how to tailor products, advertising and media to each market segment.
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May 4, 2012 | Events on Campus
Mountain Stage episode taped at UGA to air Sunday
An episode of "Mountain Stage" that was produced and recorded at the University of Georgia will air nationally and on WUGA Radio May 6 at 2 p.m.
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May 3, 2012 | Events on Campus
GMOA to exhibit prints by Northern Renaissance masters
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition "Dürer and His Legacy" in the Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II from June-Aug. 12. Drawn from the permanent collection of GMOA, this exhibition highlights 24 prints by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and other Northern artists deeply influenced by his working methods.
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May 1, 2012 | Events on Campus
Georgia Museum of Art to host decadent fundraiser
The Collectors group from the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host its annual fundraiser May 18 at the museum.
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April 30, 2012 | Events on Campus
GMOA presents summer art program for elementary aged children
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present "Art Adventures: Let's Go!" in June and July this summer. Day cares, day camps and community centers can participate in this free interactive program focusing on adventure, travel and photography, which consists of a fun and interactive gallery tour and an art-making activity geared toward elementary school-aged children.