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		<title>UGA.Today: Social Issues / Policy</title>
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		<dc:date>2012-05-16T14:00:+00:00</dc:date>
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				<title>Community panel discussion to follow screening of &#8216;Bully&#8217; at Cin&#233; May 16</title>
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					In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Cin&eacute; 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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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:29:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Education hosts teacher workshop for closing gaps in diverse schools</title>
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					A day-long workshop that will provide K-12 teachers with strategies to better interact with students in diverse school settings will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education on May 18 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:37:08 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 College of Education hosts Poverty in Schools workshop at UGA&#45;Gwinnett</title>
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					The University of Georgia College of Education will host a workshop on effective teaching methods to reach students from poor and working-class families on May 4 at the UGA-Gwinnett campus.  The workshop is targeted to Atlanta metro area educators, counselors and administrators.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:44:32 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>International conference at UGA to examine sacred sites conservation and indigenous revivals</title>
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					The conservation of sites that indigenous peoples hold sacred is taking on an increased urgency as globalization and population growth increase the demand for resources in mountain areas. A three-day conference April 5-7 at the University of Georgia aims to give a global context to the revivals in indigenous advocacy for sustainability that are occurring from Canada to South America and Africa.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA education dean joins Lady Gaga, Oprah to raise awareness of bullying</title>
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					UGA College of Education Dean and Distinguished Research Professor Arthur "Andy" Horne joined pop star Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey in Boston for the Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty held last month on the Harvard University campus.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>IMPACT engages UGA students in nationwide service projects during spring break</title>
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					On March 10, 349 University of Georgia students will depart Athens to spend a week participating in almost 14,000 hours of community service work at 19 sites throughout the U.S.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:44:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>GIS siting of emergency vehicles improves response time</title>
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					In an emergency, minutes matter. With this knowledge, University of Georgia researchers developed a new method for determining where emergency vehicle stations should be located. The results of their work could improve ambulance response time for the 200 million Americans who dial 911 each year, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:21:52 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Harvard sociologist to deliver UGA&#8217;s inaugural Hollowell Lecture</title>
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					Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson will deliver the inaugural University of Georgia Donald L. Hollowell Lecture April 2 at 7 p.m. in the Mahler Auditorium of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, will give an address titled "Affirmative Opportunity in the Barack Obama Era." A reception, which begins at 6 p.m., will precede the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA School of Law to host annual public interest law conference and auction</title>
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					Topics ranging from judicial budget cuts to the sustainability of animal farming will be explored at the University of Georgia School of Law's 7th Annual Working in the Public Interest Law Conference. Open to the public, this event will kick-off with a reception and keynote address March 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Melting Point in downtown Athens, with the conference taking place the next day, March 3, at the law school.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:44:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Holocaust scholar, &#8216;The Eichmann Trial&#8217; author to speak at UGA</title>
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					Deborah Lipstadt, an internationally recognized Holocaust scholar, will  discuss the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann during a lecture  March 1 at 5 p.m. in room 171 of the University of Georgia's Miller  Learning Center.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Social Work lecture series to bring civil rights icons to UGA</title>
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					The School of Social Work is hosting a series of civil rights lectures this spring that will bring leaders and historians of the civil rights movement to the University of Georgia campus.  The lectures are part of the course "The Civil Rights Movement and the Practice of Social Work" taught by Obie Clayton Jr., the inaugural Donald L. Hollowell Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:17:14 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Abstinence&#45;only education does not lead to abstinent behavior, UGA researchers find</title>
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					States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public  schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than  states with more comprehensive sex education programs, researchers from  the University of Georgia have determined.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:19:11 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Billye Aaron to speak at 2012 MLK Freedom Breakfast</title>
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					Billye Aaron, an advocate for higher education for African-American citizens and the wife of baseball legend Hank Aaron, will be the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast on Jan. 13 at 7:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the University of Georgia Tate Student Center.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:40:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Peabody Awards pay respects to CBS commentator Andy Rooney</title>
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					The George Foster Peabody Awards' board members and staff join the  electronic media industry and millions of admiring viewers in mourning  the passing of Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator whose essays  capped CBS News' 60 Minutes for 33 years. He was 92.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Author to speak on race, privilege in America</title>
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					The University of Georgia Multicultural Services and Programs and the  University Union Student Programming Board are co-sponsoring a lecture  by anti-racist activist, educator and author Tim Wise on Nov. 8 at 6:30  p.m. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:51:04 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Diplomacy, trade, development focus of global engagement conference</title>
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					Global engagement is more than just a phrase at the University of  Georgia. For the past decade, it has been a central part of the  university's strategy. On Nov. 10, the University of Georgia and the  Atlanta Consular Corps will take globalization a step further with an  inaugural symposium on "Global Engagement 2011: Public diplomacy, trade  and economic development." The keynote speaker will be Reta Jo Lewis,  special representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S.  Department of State, who is a UGA alumna.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>North, South Korean and U.S. delegates meet at UGA for informal peace talks</title>
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					Delegates from North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed a  commitment to peace building and reintegration Oct. 20 following four  days of Track II talks held at the University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA School of Social Work and College of Public Health partner in M.S.W./M.P.H. dual degree</title>
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					The University of Georgia School of Social Work and College of Public Health have partnered to offer a new dual degree program, which combines the master of social work and master of public health degrees
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				<pubDate>Thu, 6 Oct 2011 18:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Marsh Madness spreading throughout coastal Georgia</title>
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					Continuing a two-year tradition, children's musician Roger Day has been busy spreading Marsh Madness to elementary schools throughout coastal Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2011 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Interdisciplinary seminar at UGA to explore eco design</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/interdisciplinary&#45;seminar&#45;at&#45;uga&#45;to&#45;explore&#45;eco&#45;design</link>
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					Art, ecology, horticulture and design come together in a seminar hosted by Ideas for Creative Exploration, or ICE, an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at the University of Georgia. The seminar will be held Oct. 5 at 5:15 p.m. in room 250 of the Miller Learning Center. This event is free and open to the public.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin to open UGA Terry Leadership Speaker Series</title>
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					Atlanta's former mayor, Shirley Franklin, will be the inaugural speaker for the 2011-12 University of Georgia Terry Leadership Speaker Series.  Her presentation will be Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:10 a.m. in room 101 of the Miller Learning Center.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>College of Public Health to offer Ph.D. In epidemiology</title>
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					The University of Georgia will become the first institution of higher education in the University System of Georgia to offer a doctoral degree in epidemiology after a move approved by the Board of Regents during its September meeting. The university's College of Public Health will start classes in fall 2012.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Miles named head of Institute of Gerontology in UGA&#8217;s College of Public Health</title>
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					Dr. Toni Miles has been named the director of the University of Georgia's Institute of Gerontology in the College of Public Health, effective Aug. 1. Miles replaced Leonard Poon, who recently retired after serving as the Institute's director for 26 years.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Date set for 2012 MLK Freedom Breakfast</title>
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					The planning committee for the MLK Freedom Breakfast has announced the date for the 2012 event. With the theme "The Power of the Dream: Moving Forward with a Shared Vision," the ninth annual breakfast will be held Jan. 13 at 7:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the University of Georgia Tate Student Center.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:25:15 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Public Health to hold open house</title>
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					The University of Georgia College of Public Health will hold an information day open house Sept. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.  Faculty, staff, students, potential students and the general public are invited to attend.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA and the Athens community celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month</title>
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					The University of Georgia along with the Athens community has assembled a variety of events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The month-long, nationally recognized commemoration will take place Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 and honors the contributions of Hispanic Americans while highlighting the diverse heritage and culture of Latin America.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:51:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>World Food Prize laureate to present 2011 D.W. Brooks Lecture</title>
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					Jo Luck, 2010 World Food Prize laureate and former president and CEO of  Heifer International, will be the keynote speaker at the annual  University of Georgia D.W. Brooks Lecture on Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. in  Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:22:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks</title>
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					To mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the University of Georgia will host and participate in events across campus and the community, including a lecture from an FBI agent who responded to the attacks a decade ago and a community-wide musical celebration conducted by a UGA choral director.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:46:05 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Education faculty honored at APA convention</title>
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					Three University of Georgia College of Education faculty members and an alumna received awards and recognition at the recent annual conference of the American Psychological Association.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:23:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Symposium to address health care concerns &#8211; U.S. And Israel</title>
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					Health care reform, emergency preparedness, traffic safety and obesity are just a few of the common global health issues to be tackled by researchers, health care providers and policymakers from the U.S. and Israel at the fourth annual Global Health Symposium to be held Sept. 7 - 8 at the University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:35 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>Lerner, McGuire receive Lillian Smith Book Awards</title>
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					A book focusing on environmental health and one on sexualized racial violence were selected from 33 entries for the 2011 Lillian Smith Book Awards, sponsored by Southern Regional Council, the University of Georgia Libraries and the Georgia Center for the Book.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>First African&#45;American Terry student to speak at luncheon</title>
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					Harold A. Black, the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, will deliver the keynote address at the Black Faculty and Staff Organization's ninth annual Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon, Sept. 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:06:07 GMT</pubDate>
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					The University of Georgia School of Law's Georgia Law Review will host a conference exploring civil and human rights issues of today and tomorrow on Aug. 26, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall on North Campus. The event is free and open to the public, and attendees may come and go throughout the day as needed.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researcher wins George Washington Carver Award</title>
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					University of Georgia researcher and Ph.D. student Micah Lewis was recently named the recipient of the 2011 George Washington Carver Award for his work with peanuts.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:54:22 GMT</pubDate>
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					Paul Roman, a University of Georgia scholar in the field of substance abuse treatment, has received a MERIT award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, to extend his research on adoption of innovations in private alcohol and drug treatment centers.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>An egalitarian Internet? Not so, UGA study says</title>
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					The Internet is often thought of as a forum that enables egalitarian communication among people from diverse backgrounds and political persuasions, but a University of Georgia study reveals that online discussion groups display the same hierarchical structure as other large social groups.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:04:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Charlayne Hunter&#45;Gault to deliver 50th Anniversary Lecture at UGA</title>
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					Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the first two black students admitted to the University of Georgia, will deliver a talk about her experiences in college and beyond on Jan. 10, 50 years after she first registered for classes.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:18:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA premiere of Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice set for Jan. 10</title>
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					The premiere campus screening of Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice will be Monday, Jan.10 at 8 p.m. in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Georgia Economic Outlook 2011</title>
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					More than 800 Atlanta executives, government leaders and University of Georgia alumni are registered for the Georgia Economic Outlook luncheon in Atlanta. The Dec. 15th program at the Georgia World Congress Center is the 28th annual economic forecast luncheon hosted by UGA's Terry College of Business.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Isakson to deliver SPIA&#8217;s Getzen Lecture</title>
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					U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson will deliver the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs' 2010 Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:11:54 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA School of Social Work to host Policy Day</title>
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					The University of Georgia School of Social will host "Policy Day" Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The event will feature guest speaker June Hopkins, granddaughter of Harry Hopkins, the principal architect of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:43:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Political commentator Paul Begala to speak at UGA</title>
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					Paul Begala, political commentator and former counselor to President Bill Clinton, will speak at the University of Georgia Oct. 20. His talk, entitled "Show Business for Ugly People: Why Politics Matters," is at 3 p.m. in the Chapel, with a reception immediately following at the Russell Library. Both events are free and open to the public.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:57:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA President Adams, Mayor Davison, EPA to highlight air quality improvements in Georgia</title>
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					University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams will be joined by Athens-Clarke County Mayor Heidi Davison and  EPA Acting Regional Administrator Stan Meiburg in an event that highlights how funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are being used to improve air quality and create jobs in Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:36:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Athens&#45;Clarke manager shares experience with future leaders</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/athens&#45;clarke&#45;manager&#45;shares&#45;experience&#45;with&#45;future&#45;leaders</link>
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					 Alan Reddish, manager of the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, recently shared his insights into local government first-hand with a class of University of Georgia graduate students.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:28:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Decatur city manager shares experience with future leaders</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/decatur&#45;city&#45;manager&#45;shares&#45;experience&#45;with&#45;future&#45;leaders</link>
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					 Peggy Merriss, city manager of Decatur, recently shared her insights into local government first-hand with a class of University of Georgia graduate students.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Canton city manager shares experience with future leaders</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/canton&#45;city&#45;manager&#45;shares&#45;experience&#45;with&#45;future&#45;leaders</link>
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					Scott Wood, city manager of Canton, recently shared his insights into local government first-hand with a class of University of Georgia graduate students.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Women and Girls in Georgia Conference to open Oct. 24</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/women&#45;and&#45;girls&#45;in&#45;georgia&#45;conference&#45;to&#45;open&#45;oct.&#45;24</link>
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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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				<title>New demographics program helps government leaders plan for the future</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/new&#45;demographics&#45;program&#45;helps&#45;government&#45;leaders&#45;plan&#45;for&#45;the&#45;future</link>
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					Georgia leaders at all levels of government will now be able to make more informed decisions related to tough public issues through the Applied Demography Program, a new service of the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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