University News
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May 16, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Georgia Museum of Art at UGA receives national awards for publications
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia recently received national awards for two of its publications: first prize for Facet, its quarterly newsletter, in the American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition, and first runner-up for its book "One Hundred American Paintings" from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in the art category.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s special collections libraries is site of NBC series episode on Paula Deen
Paula Deen, celebrity chef, owner of a Savannah restaurant and the author of 14 cookbooks, will appear on the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" May 18 at 8 p.m. The new University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gets a star turn in the episode as the scene for much of the filming, which took place in March. Documents at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library were used in tracing Deen's heritage, which is the focus of the episode.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s Stephen Berry named Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era
Noted historian Stephen Berry has been named the inaugural holder of the Amanda and Greg Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
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May 15, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Terry alumnus honored for achievements in the insurance industry
Insurance executive Scott G. Sink was named the 2012 Risk Management Alumnus of the Year at the Insurance Society Banquet hosted by the University of Georgia Terry College of Business' Risk Management and Insurance program last month. Sink is the 20th recipient of the UGA RMI award, which was established in 1992.
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May 15, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA College of Education professor elected to NCAA Forum
University of Georgia College of Education professor Billy Hawkins, whose research during the past decade has focused on sport and race, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Forum for the Scholarly Study of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education.
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May 15, 2012 | General News
UGA registrar’s office launches new electronic transcript service
The University of Georgia Office of the Registrar recently launched a new electronic request and tracking system, which is providing improved service and increased efficiency for students and alumni in need of their UGA transcripts.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Community panel discussion to follow screening of ‘Bully’ at Ciné May 16
In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Ciné 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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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Summer film series to screen at the Georgia Museum of Art
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will hold a summer film series in June in conjunction with its "John Baeder" exhibition. Each of the films investigates an aspect of southern culture or the American roadside diner experience. The films to be screened are "The Rise of the Southern Biscuit" (June 7), "Waitress" (June 14), "Junebug" (June 21) and "Diner" (June 28). All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in the museum's M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, and are free and open to the public.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA hosts Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute June 13-15
Almost 200 speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will hear the latest research and best practices in their fields at the University of Georgia's fourth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center June 13-15.
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May 14, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA graduate student wins fellowship to study invasive seaweed, nutrient pollution
Linsey Haram, a doctoral student in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has received a three-year National Estuarine Research Reserve System graduate research fellowship, one of only nine awarded in 2012.
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May 11, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA approved as a Registered Education Provider by Project Management Institute
The Project Management Institute, the world's largest project management member association, has named the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education as a Registered Education Provider.
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May 11, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA ecology undergraduate wins NOAA Hollings Scholarship
University of Georgia Honors ecology student Scott Saunders received an Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of only 115 awarded nationwide in 2012.
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May 11, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA College of Pharmacy graduates 121 students
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy graduated 121 doctor of pharmacy students in ceremonies held May 5 in Athens. Of those students, 70 graduated with honors, including one first honor graduate. Other honors were five summa cum laude, 32 magna cum laude and 33 cum laude.
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May 11, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA College of Education presents advanced statistical workshops in June
The University of Georgia Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Education and Human Development will present two advanced statistical workshops: Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods, to be held June 11-13, and Introduction to Multilevel Models, to be held June 14-16. Both workshops will be taught at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center.
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May 11, 2012 | General News
UGA oral history recording studio named for political historian
The oral history recording studio in the University of Georgia special collections libraries will bear the name of political historian Bob Short. The UGA Cabinet approved the naming on April 26.