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		<title>UGA.Today: Environment</title>
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		<dc:date>2013-06-18T13:19:+00:00</dc:date>
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				<title>UGA to host expanded twilight tour at its organic research farm July 11</title>
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					University of Georgia organic and sustainable agriculture experts will  host their second annual Organic Twilight Tour July 11 from 6-8 p.m. at  the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' organic research  farm in Watkinsville.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to celebrate National Pollinator Week with Brunswick event</title>
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					The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and Georgia Sea Grant  will celebrate National Pollinator Week this month in coastal Georgia.  The university's CoastScapes sustainable landscaping program and its  partners will host an educational kickoff event June 20 from 9 a.m.-noon  at the MAREX Brunswick station and native plant demonstration garden at  715 Bay St.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Social networks could help prevent disease outbreaks in endangered chimpanzees</title>
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					Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter  followers, but for recent University of Georgia doctoral graduate Julie  Rushmore, social networks are tools in the fight against infectious  diseases.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 0:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Costa Rica wins sustainability award</title>
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					The University of Georgia Costa Rica recently was honored by  GoAbroad.com with the 2013 Innovation in Sustainability Award at the  NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual conference in St.  Louis.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:49:06 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Shepherd named inaugural UGA Athletic Association Professor in Social Sciences</title>
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					Professor of geography and research meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd  has been appointed the inaugural Athletic Association Professor in the  Social Sciences at the University of Georgia. The special appointment  was made by the Board of Regents at their May 2013 meeting and became  effective immediately.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:15:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to host international conference on environmental contamination</title>
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					On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake spawned a  massive tsunami off the coast of Japan that slammed into the island  nation's eastern seaboard, devastating homes and buildings for miles and  killing nearly 18,000 people. As the water receded and rescue efforts  began, international attention quickly turned to the Fukushima Daiichi  nuclear power plant, where three reactors suffered meltdowns, releasing  dangerous radioactive material into the environment.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 18:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA entomologists ask Georgians to send in their cicadas</title>
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					After weeks of anticipation, insect watchers are getting the show of a  lifetime as the Brood II periodical cicadas emerge from the soil in the  north Georgia mountains. University of Georgia entomologists are hoping  to use the public's interest in this year's emergence as a chance to  research and better map the range of the cicadas.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Extension, state Department of Agriculture recognized for distance education</title>
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					University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and the Georgia Department  of Agriculture recently received international recognition for their  efforts to help Georgians develop safe produce and products for farmers  markets.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 13:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA research aims to fix long&#45;held, inaccurate insect model</title>
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					In humans, a polymer called melanin determines skin, eye and hair  color&mdash;the darker the skin, the more melanin in a person's body. For  insects, melanin is a major aspect of their immune defense systems&mdash;their  blood darkens in response to pathogens.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Odum Environmental Grants awarded to 10 Athens&#45;area school projects</title>
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					The Eugene Odum Environmental Grants Program, which is administered by  the University of Georgia Office of Sustainability, awarded funding to  10 schools in the Athens area to implement environmental education  projects over the upcoming school year.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA, Georgia Southern to host International Agribusiness Conference and Expo</title>
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					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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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Power plants: UGA researchers explore how to harvest electricity directly from plants</title>
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					The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted into useful energy.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 12:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Discover Life launches moth observatory at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens</title>
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					If University of Georgia ecologist John Pickering has his way, mothing  soon will become as popular as birding, a pastime 48 million Americans  enjoy annually, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 21:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers discover one endangered species depends on another</title>
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					Mussel researchers have long been stymied in their efforts to study the  reproductive habits of mussels, the often-overlooked mollusks that live  in rivers and filter the water by removing contaminants and balancing  bacteria levels. Identification of the fish species mussels use as hosts  can be difficult, but University of Georgia researchers have done just  that with the federally threatened purple bankclimber mussel.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 20:07:03 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA&#8217;s Salty Dawg to retrieve data from under the sea</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga&#45;Salty&#45;Dawg&#45;retrieve&#45;data&#45;from&#45;under&#45;the&#45;sea</link>
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					The University of Georgia will launch its first robotic submersible later this year, joining a growing number of research institutions that use the efficient and cost-saving instruments to explore the oceans.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 13:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>USAID grant to fund global UGA peanut research</title>
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					A $15 million grant from the U.S. Agency on International Development is  giving a boost in funds to international peanut research at the  University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 16:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA ecologist receives $1.39 million to study longleaf pine ecosystem recovery</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga&#45;ecologist&#45;receives&#45;139&#45;million&#45;study&#45;longleaf&#45;pine&#45;ecosystem&#45;recovery</link>
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					The longleaf pine forests that once dominated the Southeastern coastal  plain are now considered one of the most endangered ecosystems in North  America. Once covering 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas, longleaf  now is found in only about 3 percent of its historic range. Many of  those remaining acres are on U.S. military installations, where land  managers are tasked with keeping the forests healthy while meeting their  primary objective of supporting military readiness.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA students, faculty and staff receive sustainability awards</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga&#45;students&#45;faculty&#45;and&#45;staff&#45;receive&#45;sustainability&#45;awards&#45;2013</link>
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					Four members of the University of Georgia community recently were  recognized for their dedication to creating a more sustainable UGA. The  UGA Office of Sustainability, as part of Athens-Clarke County GreenFest,  presented the 2013 Sustainable UGA Awards to outstanding students,  faculty and staff on April 19.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:42:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA students compete in third annual CAES Undergraduate Research Symposium</title>
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					More than 30 undergraduates studying in the University of Georgia  College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences competed in the third  annual CAES Undergraduate Research Symposium April 18.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:22:46 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to acquire 15 acres of historic Wormsloe property in Savannah</title>
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					The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted April 17 to  accept a gift of 15.45 acres of the Wormsloe property in Savannah to the  University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:02 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Bug Dawgs to host &#8216;The Beers and the Bees&#8217; April 18</title>
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					The University of Georgia Bug Dawgs, a student group in the College of  Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' entomology department, will  host "The Beers and the Bees" April 18 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Terrapin  Beer Company, 265 Newton Bridge Road. Event participants will learn  about the benefits of pollination and local bees.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Recycling Happy Hour to be held April 23 at UGA</title>
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					The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability and WUGA radio,  along with the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, will host a  Recycling Happy Hour on April 23 from 5-7 p.m. in the UGA intramural  field parking lot off of College Station Road.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>2013 UGA Earth Week celebration to spotlight green living, careers</title>
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					Each spring, the University of Georgia hosts UGA Earth Week to encourage  sustainable living. The weeklong celebration centers on the national  Earth Day holiday on April 22.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Honors student to present research findings on Capitol Hill</title>
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					University of Georgia Honors student Theresa Stratmann will discuss her  research with members of the Georgia and South Carolina congressional  delegations as part of the Council for Undergraduate Research Posters on  the Hill Program.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Rodeo time: UGA students bring three nights of steer roping and bull riding to Athens</title>
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					The University of Georgia's Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for the  39th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, which will roll into Athens  April 18-20 at the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, 2600 South  Milledge Ave.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:59:45 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Location changed for UGA&#8217;s international systems ecology symposium</title>
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					"Systems Ecology: A Network Perspective and Retrospective," a symposium  organized in honor of Professor Emeritus Bernard C. Patten of the  University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, will take place April  12-14 in the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. Originally scheduled  for the Ecology Building, the symposium has been moved to accommodate  on-campus parking for the Jason Aldean concert on April 13.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA&#8217;s Chew Crew goats return to Tanyard Creek</title>
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					The University of Georgia's own semi-resident goat herd, the Tanyard  Creek Chew Crew, has returned to its temporary grazing grounds next to  the Hull Street parking deck on North Campus. And volunteers are needed  Thursdays in April and May 1 from 4:30-6 p.m. to help with the goats and  their work.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Award&#45;winning essayist to speak at The Georgia Review fifth annual Earth Day celebration</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/georgia&#45;review&#45;fifth&#45;annual&#45;earth&#45;day&#45;celebration&#45;13</link>
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					Nationally known environmental activist and award-winning writer Scott  Russell Sanders will speak on "Near and Distant Bears" during The  Georgia Review's fifth annual Earth Day program on April 22 at 7 p.m. in  the Cecil B. Day Chapel at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. A  reception will follow, with musical accompaniment by the eclectic Athens  duo Hawk Proof Rooster.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA receives renewed funding as part of federal bioenergy research initiative</title>
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					The Department of Energy announced today that it has renewed funding for three bioenergy research centers, including the BioEnergy Science Center, a partnership of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Georgia and other university and industry partners
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				<pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Cooperative Extension helps reinvigorate agriculture at Atlanta History Center</title>
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					When the Atlanta History Center needed to learn a lifetime's worth of  historical farming skills to implement on the 1860s Smith Family Farm in  time for their annual Sheep to Shawl event, they went to University of  Georgia Cooperative Extension experts.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:38:39 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>From scrap to soil amendment: Compost 101 offered at UGA</title>
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					Compost 101, a University of Georgia class that will teach participants  how to successfully transform kitchen scraps and yard waste into a  nutritive soil amendment, will be held April 10 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in  Room 1501 of the Miller Plant Sciences Building. Compost 101 is free and  open to the public.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Two UGA Honors students named 2013 Udall Scholars</title>
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					Two University of Georgia Honors students were among 50 students  nationwide who were awarded 2013 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall  Foundation Scholarships. The scholarships of up to $5,000 are awarded  annually to outstanding sophomores and juniors pursuing careers focused  on environmental or Native American public policy.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers track down gene responsible for short stature of dwarf pearl millet</title>
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					While pearl millet is a major food staple in some of the fastest growing  regions on Earth, relatively little is known about the drought-hardy  grain.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere</title>
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					Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon footprint.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:53:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Lecture on John Muir&#8217;s travels through the Southeast to be held March 25</title>
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					The University of Georgia College of Environment and Design's  Environmental Ethics Certificate Program will sponsor a lecture by James  B. Hunt March 25 at 4 p.m. in Room 214 of the Miller Learning Center.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Plantapalooza to be held April 6 at three locations around Athens</title>
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					lantapalooza, a plant sale at three University of Georgia locations,  will be held April 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden,  the Trial Gardens and the UGA Horticulture Club.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Short film by UGA ecology student to screen at Savannah film festival</title>
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					A short film by Virginia Schutte, a doctoral student in the University  of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has been accepted into the Beneath  the Waves Film Festival. The 2013 festival kicks off March 20-24 in  Savannah and features documentaries from around the world that highlight  marine science and related issues.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Atlanta chocolatier wins first place at the 2013 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/atlanta&#45;chocolatier&#45;wins&#45;first&#45;place&#45;at&#45;the&#45;2013&#45;flavor&#45;of&#45;georgia</link>
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					Atlanta architect Amy Stankus has spent years creating beautiful  buildings, but lately she's turned her sights to some smaller-albeit  more delicious-creations.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:03:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to host national student landscape architecture conference</title>
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					The University of Georgia College of Environment and Design will host  LABash, a national student landscape architecture conference March 21-23 at the Jackson Street Building.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:35:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>From Georgia sheep to soldiers&#8217; feet: Socks for soldiers warmly received</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/georgia&#45;sheep&#45;to&#45;soldiers&#45;feet&#45;socks&#45;warmly&#45;received</link>
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					Some things seem to get more important farther away from home. For  soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, one of those is warm, dry socks.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 20:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Using Facebook, researchers analyze debris after tornadoes</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/using&#45;facebook&#45;researchers&#45;analyze&#45;debris&#45;after&#45;tornadoes</link>
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					After tornadoes touched down in the Southeast on April 27, 2011, many  people in the storm's path did the most logical thing they could&mdash;they  posted images of the aftermath on Facebook.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>National Invasive Species Awareness Week runs through March 8</title>
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					National Invasive Species Awareness Week runs through March 8 and the  University of Georgia is offering information on prevention, detection,  monitoring, control and management of invasive species.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:39:38 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>2013 EcoFocus Film Festival set for March 20&#45;24 in Athens</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2013&#45;ecofocus&#45;film&#45;festival&#45;march&#45;20&#45;24&#45;athens</link>
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					The Artic documentary "Chasing Ice" will officially open the 2013  EcoFocus Film Festival March 21 at Cin&eacute;. An initiative of the University  of Georgia Odum School of Ecology now in its sixth year, EcoFocus  features top-quality full-length, short and children's films that  address pressing environmental issues.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>State Botanical Garden to host nature writer for talk, writing workshop</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/state&#45;botanical&#45;garden&#45;to&#45;host&#45;nature&#45;writer&#45;for&#45;talk&#45;writing&#45;workshop</link>
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					Athens, Ga. - The State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia  will host Dorinda Dallmeyer, naturalist and writer, for a talk and  writing workshop March 8-9.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA campus invited to &#8216;get caught green handed&#8217; for RecycleMania competition</title>
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					RecycleManiacs have returned to the University of Georgia to celebrate  the 13th annual RecycleMania Tournament. This year, the Office of  Sustainability is partnering with the Facilities Management Division  services department to host a competition to help motivate the  university community to reduce waste and increase recycling. From Feb.  25 to March 29, eight campus buildings will compete for the highest  recycling rate.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:20:24 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>2013 Flavor of Georgia contest judges select 25 finalists</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2013&#45;flavor&#45;of&#45;georgia&#45;contest&#45;judges&#45;select&#45;25&#45;finalists</link>
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					The best sauces, jams, meats, snacks and sweets in Georgia will duke it  out March 11-12 at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in Atlanta as part  of the University of Georgia's Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest.  Judges have selected 25 products to compete in the contest's final  round.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>River food web ecologist Mary Power to give 2013 Odum Lecture at UGA</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/river&#45;food&#45;web&#45;ecologist&#45;mary&#45;power&#45;2013&#45;odum&#45;lecture&#45;022213</link>
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					The 28th annual Eugene P. Odum Lecture at the University of Georgia will  be given by Mary E. Power of the University of California, Berkeley.  Her talk on "Food Webs in River Networks: Algal-Mediated Linkages of  Rivers, Uplands and Oceans" will be held March 5 at 4 p.m. in the Odum  School of Ecology's auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the  public.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:13:05 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to host timberland investment conference on Amelia Island</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/timberland&#45;investment&#45;conference&#45;amelia&#45;island&#45;022013</link>
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					More than 500 people from more than a dozen countries are expected to  attend the 2013 Timberland Investment Conference held biannually by the  University of Georgia's Center for Forest Business. The conference will  run from Feb. 27 to March 1 and will focus on achieving investment  efficiency in a market-oriented systems and making prudent timberland  investment decisions.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Tybee residents invited to participate in sea level rise, coastal flooding preparations</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/tybee&#45;residents&#45;invited&#45;sea&#45;level&#45;rise&#45;coastal&#45;flooding&#45;preparations&#45;0</link>
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					Tybee Island residents and municipal leaders will get an update on ways  to plan for increased flooding due to sea level rise and more frequent  and severe storm surges at a public meeting scheduled next month and  facilitated by researchers from the University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA School of Law conference to explore sustainability in Georgia</title>
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					The University of Georgia School of Law's 25th Annual Red Clay  Conference will be held March 1 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Larry  Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:43:12 GMT</pubDate>
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