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		<title>UGA.Today: Parenting / Family</title>
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		<dc:date>2013-05-17T14:05:+00:00</dc:date>
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				<title>Autism specialist Dena Gassner to speak at UGA College of Education&#8217;s CSSE Summer Institute June 6</title>
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					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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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Katy Green hired as Whitfield County Archway Education Professional</title>
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					The University of Georgia announced that Katherine "Katy" Green will be  the new Archway Education Professional in Whitfield County, effective  June 1.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 13:20:30 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Georgia Museum of Art to host face jug&#45;themed teen studio</title>
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					The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia invites teens to  participate in Teen Studio May 2 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. This free event  includes a sneak preview of the exhibition "Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in  19th-Century South Carolina" as well as an art workshop.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Dating in middle school leads to higher dropout, drug&#45;use rates</title>
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					Students who date in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use than their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Education to host poverty/reading workshops in Albany</title>
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					Two workshops for area educators-one focusing on effective teaching  methods to reach students from poor and working-class families and the  other on high-quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all  children-will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of  Education March 21-22 at Country Inn and Suites in Albany.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>State Botanical Garden to host event featuring exotic animals</title>
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					The State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia will host  "Exotic Birds and Reptiles on Planet Earth Family Day" March 2 from  10-11:30 a.m. in the Great Room of the Visitor Center and Conservancy.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:15:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Athens Inclusive Recreation group seeks participants for first Beep Baseball practice</title>
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					Athens' first Beep Baseball team is looking for participants from the  University of Georgia and the community for its practice Feb. 23 from  1-4 p.m. at Smith Field, 1570 Old Epps Bridge Road in Athens.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:57:41 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>One&#45;third of dating teens report violence in their relationships</title>
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					Nearly a third of those dating in middle and high school report abusive relationships, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. The dating violence, which the researchers first measured in sixth grade, is a cycle that increases over time.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:37:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Expert on ambiguous loss to lead annual Marriage and Family Therapy Institute</title>
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					Pauline Boss, who coined the term "ambiguous loss" and has developed  guidelines for treating those who have experienced such a loss, will  lead this year's Marriage and Family Therapy Certificate Program's 29th  Annual Institute on Jan. 25. The institute is sponsored by the  University of Georgia Department of Human Development and Family Science  in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the School of Social  Work and the College of Education.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:27:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Georgia parent&#45;teen driver education program receives national recognition</title>
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					PRIDE, Parents Reducing Injuries and Driver Error, is one of five  programs selected for inclusion in a new national publication  highlighting innovative programs effective in reducing teen driver  crashes. The program was developed by the Georgia Traffic Injury  Prevention Institute, a grant-funded program in the University of  Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 14:49:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>State Botanical Garden of Georgia to host Holiday Open House Dec. 2</title>
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					The State Botanical Garden of Georgia invites the community to celebrate  the holidays at its annual Holiday Open House on Dec. 2 from 2-5 p.m.  in the tropical conservatory.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:19:23 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Food Services celebrates 25 years of Taste of Home on Nov. 29</title>
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					For one day every school year, the University of Georgia dining commons  change out their menus, swapping familiar recipes for tastes a little  closer to many students' hearts. This year's Taste of Home will be no  different when family flavors roll onto plates Nov. 29 during breakfast,  lunch and dinner.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Traffic Injury Prevention Institute awarded grant to continue its education programs</title>
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					The University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute was  awarded a $650,000 grant from the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway  Safety to continue its statewide education programs in the areas of  child passenger safety, parent-teen driving safety and senior driver  education.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:08:02 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA research aims to prevent farm&#45;related injuries in youth</title>
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					The biggest threat to the health and safety of most children and  adolescents is a motor vehicle accident. But the one million American  children and teens living or working on farms in the U.S. face an  additional danger&mdash;the tractors in their own backyards.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>The State Botanical Garden of Georgia offers children&#8217;s summer camps</title>
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					The State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia will offer summer camps for children ages 3-12 throughout June and July. Younger campers may attend "Sweet Pea Club" with a parent or grandparent. Older campers may attend weeklong day camps with more in-depth discovery and learning opportunities.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:55 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA study finds that education plays mitigating role in escaping roots of adversity</title>
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					Decades of research show people born into poverty are likely to continue to live that way as adults. But one University of Georgia researcher has found a way out-education.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Education to host conference on prevention of bullying June 1</title>
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					The University of Georgia College of Education will host a one-day conference focusing on strategies to prevent and handle bullying situations in schools and communities on June 1 at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center. The program will feature researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, counseling, law and public health.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:54:49 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Minimum wage increases don&#8217;t reduce hardship</title>
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					Americans are poor. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the country's poverty rate is at its highest point in 20 years; 15 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. A recent University of Georgia study looked at how minimum wage increases can decrease poverty in America. It turns out that they don't, according to the report.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Terry College of Business summer residency programs get key financial support from Deloitte</title>
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					The Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia announced that Deloitte LLP has committed to provide financial support to the Terry Accounting Residency Program, a summer program hosted at UGA for high school students interested in studying business and accounting.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:34:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>State Botanical Garden at UGA co&#45;sponsors the &#8216;Art of Conservation&#8217; poster contest</title>
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					The State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia, along with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Conservation Section and the Environmental Resources Network, are co-sponsoring the 22nd annual state Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest. Teachers and kindergarten through fifth grade students are encouraged to participate in the program that celebrates Georgia's wildlife through plant and animal discoveries.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA dedicates University Childcare Center</title>
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					The University of Georgia dedicated its new University Childcare Center  on Jan. 25. The facility is one of the first buildings on the UGA Health  Sciences Campus to become operational.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Media Advisory: UGA to dedicate University Childcare Center on Jan. 25</title>
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					The University of Georgia will hold a dedication ceremony for the  University Childcare Center on Jan. 25 at 9 a.m. in its new facility  located at 111 Bowstrom Road on the UGA Health Sciences Campus.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Study shows family solution to teen troubles</title>
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					How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to  a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 22:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Georgia Museum of Art joins Michelle Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Let&#8217;s Move!&#8217; initiative</title>
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					The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host a  family day on Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon celebrating art and movement  in conjunction with Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>When babies awake: New study shows surprise regarding important hormone level</title>
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					Cortisol may be the Swiss Army knife of hormones in the human body-just when scientists think they understand what it does, another function pops up. While many of these functions are understood for adults, much less is known about how cortisol operates in babies and toddlers, especially when it comes to an important phenomenon called the cortisol awakening response, or CAR.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>University Childcare Center to host open houses</title>
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					The University Childcare Center will host open houses on Dec. 10 from 9  a.m. to noon and Dec. 13 from 5-7 p.m. in its new facility located on  111 Bowstrom Road on the University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus.  Guests are asked to enter Bowstrom Road from Prince Avenue.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>State Botanical Garden to ring in holidays with open house</title>
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					The State Botanical Garden of Georgia will hold its annual holiday open  house on Dec. 4 from 2-5 p.m. inside the tropical conservatory, which  will be decorated for the holidays in celebration of the hummingbirds  that winter in Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:54:45 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Museum provides backpack tours for children and families</title>
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					The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has begun  providing backpack tours free of charge for museum visitors. Families  and children may check out a backpack full of supplies and activities  that will enhance their walk through the museum.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>University Childcare Center to host information sessions</title>
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					The University Childcare Center at the University of Georgia will host  information sessions for interested parents on Nov. 8 from 5:30-6:30  p.m. and Nov. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in room AB of the Training  and Development Center located on 315 S. Thomas St.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:04:04 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Georgia 4&#45;H hosts National Science Day Oct. 5 at state capitol</title>
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					Secretary of State Brian Kemp and University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby will join Georgia 4-H'ers Oct. 5 at 10:15 a.m. at Georgia State Capitol to participate in the fourth annual 4-H National Youth Science Day.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2011 17:28:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Music education program, Marsh Madness, to reach 7,000 coastal Georgia children</title>
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					Elementary students throughout Effingham, Chatham and Bryan Counties are preparing for a concert series with a theme close to home-the Georgia coast. Beginning Sept. 19, award-winning children's musician Roger Day will perform Marsh Madness, his new show featuring the plants and animals that live in and around the barrier islands of Georgia. Day will perform at nine area schools, along with the Backus Children's Hospital and the Trustees Theater in Savannah.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to host Financial Therapy Association conference</title>
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					Practitioners and academics representing the fields of financial planning and mental health providers, including certified financial planners, family therapists, psychologists, counselors and social workers, will gather for the second annual conference of the Financial Therapy Association, Sept. 11-13 at the Hotel Indigo and Classic Center in Athens.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Athens company to manage campus child care facility</title>
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					Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC-which owns and operates Little Prodigies in Athens-has been chosen through a competitive process to be the provider of childcare services for the new University of Georgia childcare center to open on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in January.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers find youth&#45;mentor relationships particularly helpful for those experiencing hardship</title>
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					In a time of transition for rural African-American young adults, natural mentors in the community help them stay focused on their goals and avoid potential difficulties associated with emerging adulthood, according to findings from an ongoing University of Georgia study.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA study finds weight training safe for pregnant women</title>
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					Despite decades of doctors&rsquo; reluctance to recommend weight training to pregnant women, a new University of Georgia study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program is safe and beneficial.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Premarital counseling program offered April 9</title>
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					PREPARE, a pre-marital preparation and relationship enhancement program provided by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and College of Family and Consumer Sciences, will offer a day-long workshop designed for engaged couples of all ages on April 9, at Sandy Creek Nature Center.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:18:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Certificate Program in Marriage and Family Therapy to host institute on clinical practices</title>
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					The 27th Annual Marriage and Family Therapy Institute titled "Going Beyond Acceptance: Clinical Strategies for Working with Gay and Lesbian Families" will be held Friday, Jan. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Waist circumference, not BMI, is best predictor of future cardiovascular risk in children</title>
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					A new long-term study published by researchers at the University of Georgia, the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart, Australia and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia suggests that waist circumference, rather than the commonly used body mass index measure, is the best clinical measure to predict a child's risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA creating documentary about love and committed relationships</title>
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					Filmmakers from the University of Georgia Institute on Human Development and Disability will be traveling across the country this month to create a feature-length documentary, The Love Seat.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:32:56 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Premarital counseling program offered Oct. 2</title>
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					PREPARE, a day-long workshop designed for engaged couples of all ages, will be offered Saturday, Oct. 2, at Sandy Creek Nature Center. PREPARE stands for Premarital Preparation and Relationship Enhancement.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Institute for Women&#8217;s Studies to host third annual conference on women and girls in Georgia</title>
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					The University of Georgia Institute for Women's Studies is hosting its third annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference on Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:38:10 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers receive grants to reduce childhood obesity in Georgia communities</title>
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					University of Georgia researchers recently received funding to find ways to prevent or reduce childhood obesity, a health crisis of epidemic proportions in Georgia, through partnerships among University System of Georgia institutions and local communities.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:36:26 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>New, easy&#45;to&#45;use UGA temperature table may help reduce heat&#45;related deaths of children in closed car</title>
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					Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed an easy-to-use table of vehicle temperature changes that may help public officials and media remind the public about the deadly consequences of vehicle-related hyperthermia in children.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>WUGA to air Handle with Care series</title>
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					Public radio station WUGA (the Classic 91.7 &amp; 97.9) at the University of Georgia will air Handle with Care, a six-part series especially for people with disabilities and the parents of children with disabilities on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. beginning May 18 and running through June.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA education professor JoBeth Allen authors book on school&#45;family partnerships</title>
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					A University of Georgia education professor has created a research-based guide for teachers and administrators for partnering with families across cultural and language differences.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>University of Georgia to offer child care for employees and students</title>
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					The University of&nbsp;Georgia&nbsp;will offer a new child care center for its faculty, staff and students, possibly as early as January 2012.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Engaged couples sought for marriage enrichment program</title>
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					Engaged couples in Clarke, Oglethorpe and Oconee counties are being sought for the Pre-marital Preparation and Relationship Enhancement program provided by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA family researchers receive $5.9 million grant</title>
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					University of Georgia researchers have been awarded a five-year, $5.9 million Core Center of Excellence grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to address the ways genetic predispositions combine with family and community environments to forecast drug use, drug abuse and risky sexual behavior among children, adolescents and young adults.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Engaging displays</title>
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					Zoe Minor and Karen Larson will always remember the rings in the Georgia Museum of Art's exhibition The Ring Shows.
In addition to browsing quirky and conceptual rings made of both precious and non-precious materials, the women both found diamond engagement rings just for them.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Women and Girls in Georgia Conference to open Oct. 24</title>
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					The Institute for Women&rsquo;s Studies is hosting the second annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference from Oct. 24-25 at the Paul D. Coverdell Building.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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