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Social Issues / Policy

• March 28, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Native Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden to speak at UGA

  The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Institute for Native American Studies will present a lecture and reading by Native Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden April 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 125 of the Jackson Street Building. The lecture, part of the Franklin Visiting Scholars series, is free and open to the public.

• March 26, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Princeton University scholar to lecture on modernism, photography at UGA

  Michael Jennings of Princeton University will visit the University of Georgia to discuss German-Jewish cultural philosopher Walter Benjamin's "Berlin Childhood around 1900" on April 8 from 3:30-6:35 p.m. in Room 144 of Park Hall. Part of the Seminars on Modernism series organized and hosted by Jed Rasula in the department of English, the lecture is open to the UGA community.

• March 26, 2013 | Honors & Awards

  UGA doctoral students awarded prize at national policy competition

  A team of doctoral students from the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs was selected as a semi-finalist at the University of Pennsylvania's annual National Invitational Public Policy Challenge held March 16-17 in Philadelphia's National Constitution Center. Danielle Atkins, of Seymour, Tenn.; Grace Bagwell, of Boiling Springs, S.C.; and Justin Bullock, of Dallas, Ga., made up UGA's Team PATCH and received a $5,000 prize to assist with the implementation of their proposed policy.

• March 25, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Global health leader to speak in Voices from the Vanguard Series season finale

  Carol Etherington, a nurse who has traveled the country and the world assisting people devastated by war, natural disasters and violence for three decades, will speak about her experiences and her perspective on global health April 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel.

• March 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff to deliver annual Mary Frances Early Lecture

  Hank Klibanoff, a Pulitzer Prize winner and the James M. Cox, Jr. Professor of Journalism at Emory University, will deliver the 13th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture April 2 at 4 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel.

• March 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Documentary and discussion with filmmaker will explore the roots of hate and conflict

  The University of Georgia Office of the Dean of Students will host a showing of the documentary "The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue to Hope" on March 27 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Miller Learning Center. A discussion with the filmmaker will follow the film.

• March 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  U.S. State Department Director General to deliver second annual Hollowell Lecture

  Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, director general of the foreign service and director of human resources at the U.S. State Department will deliver the second annual University of Georgia Donald L. Hollowell Lecture April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.

• March 15, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Students to weigh pros and cons of gun control in upcoming debate

  The University Union Student Programming Board at the University of Georgia will present a gun control debate on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tate Student Center Grand Hall.

• March 14, 2013 | Events on Campus

  UGA School of Law Sibley Lecture to address social justice

  Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., will present "Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law" at the University of Georgia School of Law's 109th Sibley Lecture March 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom of Hirsch Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

• March 4, 2013 | Research News

  Studies find strong links between food insecurity, health care among elderly

  A fear of going hungry may be leading many older Georgians to skip medications and cancel doctors' appointments as they juggle limited incomes with prescription costs and out-of-pocket copayments required by Medicare, according to two new studies by University of Georgia researchers.

• March 4, 2013 | General News

  UGA’s Office of Service-Learning brings four service workers to Athens community

  The University of Georgia's Office of Service-Learning has helped bring four members of AmeriCorps VISTA, a national service program designed specifically to fight poverty, to the Athens-Clarke County community.

• March 1, 2013 | General News

  UGA students to participate in community service projects over spring break

  A group of 360 University of Georgia students will forego typical spring break trips like the beach and amusement parks to spend the week of March 9 participating in nearly 14,000 hours of community service work at 19 sites across the U.S.

• February 27, 2013 | Expert Voice

  UGA experts available on women’s history

  University of Georgia experts are available to provide commentary on "Women's History Month."

• February 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  African-American studies director Valerie Babb to discuss legacy of slaver ship Wanderer

  Valerie Babb, director of the University of Georgia Institute for African American Studies, will give a lecture on "In the Footfalls of Diaspora: Reflections on the Wanderer" March 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ciné Lab, 234 W. Hancock Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public.

• February 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Darl Snyder Lecture at UGA to focus on African immigrants in the US

  The University of Georgia African Studies Institute will present the 2013 Darl Snyder Lecture March 5 at 10 a.m. in the UGA Chapel. African historian Toyin Falola will present this year's lecture on "African Immigrants in the United States and Subatomic Agents of Culture." The talk is free and open to the public.