Institutional Initiatives
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August 20, 2008 | General News
Regents’ budge includes $26.6 million for UGA Special Collections Libraries building
The budget approved Wednesday by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents includes $26.6 million for the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries building, which will hold some of the UGA library's most prized documents and materials.
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August 19, 2008 | General News
UGA’s Archway to Excellence campaign ends
The University of Georgia received a total of $653,647,368 in gifts and commitments during its seven-year Archway to Excellence fundraising campaign that ended June 30.
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August 12, 2008 | General News
Historic UGA Chapel Bell returns this week
Gleaming brightly and safely secured in a sturdy new tower, the historic University of Georgia Chapel Bell will be back in place when fall semester classes start Aug. 18 and ready to celebrate a victory when the Georgia Bulldogs play their first football game Aug. 30.
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August 7, 2008 | General News
UGA’s annual survey of Grady graduates find job market intact
The job market for journalism and mass communication graduates in the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008 remained largely unchanged from a year earlier, according to a report released today by the University of Georgia's James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research.
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August 4, 2008 | General News
UGA welcomes students to campus with Hunker Down with Housing
The University of Georgia Department of Housing will welcome all new and returning students to Athens beginning Tuesday, August 12, through Thursday, August 14.
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July 30, 2008 | General News
Kappa Alpha fraternity house demolition underway
Preliminary work toward demolition of the former Kappa Alpha fraternity house located at 294 S. Lumpkin Street in Athens is underway this week, with demolition to begin in earnest next week and the entire project to be completed by the end of August.
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June 23, 2008 | General News
CURO exposes undergraduate summer fellows to research community
Thirty-three undergraduates have received 2008 CURO summer fellowships to engage in eight weeks of intensive research activity with faculty from a variety of fields, including journalism, ecology and veterinary medicine.
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June 18, 2008 | General News
State’s statistical register goes online
The register is the main source of election statistics for the state. Its content and length have varied over the years of its publication (1923 -1990).
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May 19, 2008 | General News
UGA Career Center hosts alumni career fair in Atlanta
The University of Georgia Career Center, in partnership with the UGA Alumni Association and the Terry College of Business, will host a career fair for UGA alumni from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 4 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta.
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May 8, 2008 | General News
UGA students participate in week-long CURO international symposium in Costa Rica
Twelve University of Georgia students, along with 12 Universidad de Costa Rica students, will participate in an international undergraduate research symposium May 12-17 at the UGA Costa Rica campus in San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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April 23, 2008 | General News
UGA makes initial payment for homeless support under Navy School agreement
The University of Georgia today paid the first $250,000 installment to the Athens Homeless Property Corporation, the next step in completing transfer of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School property to the university for use as a health sciences campus.
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April 18, 2008 | General News
Campus parking fees to increase
Campus parking fees for University of Georgia faculty, staff and students will increase in the coming academic year - the first increase since the current rate structure was adopted six years ago.
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April 15, 2008 | General News
UGA students fighting the spread of HIV with mobile media
A unique project by students of the University of Georgia's New Media Institute (NMI) may soon make wireless phones a new vehicle for Public Service Announcements in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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April 15, 2008 | General News
UGA and Nanjing University in China sign cooperative agreement
The University of Georgia and Nanjing University, one of China's oldest and most highly regarded national universities, have signed an agreement to conduct a number of cooperative activities including student and faculty exchanges, collaborative research and possibly training for Chinese government workers.
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April 14, 2008 | General News
Producer Dallas Austin to host songwriting seminar
Acclaimed producer Dallas Austin will be attending the University of Georgia music business program's third annual Student Run Record Label Showcase and hosting a songwriting seminar on Thursday, April 17, at the Melting Point, a concert venue in Athens.