Month: February 2004
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UGA to host East African entrepreneurs
UGA will host a delegation of eight entrepreneurs and trade association representatives from Kenya, Feb.…
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UGA president to make budget presentation on ongoing effects of state budget reductions
President Michael F. Adams will make a presentation to the University community regarding the effects…
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UGA raingarden is showcase for popular stormwater management technique
When it’s dry, the rock-filled swale in front of UGA’s physical plant grounds department office…
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Looking for AVM
The Charlotte Observer, in a story also carried by the Kansas City Star and elsewhere,…
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Negative impact
Advertising and public relations professor Spencer Tinkham was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor for…
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New faculty colloquium
The date for this year’s Colloquium for New Faculty is Aug. 12. Since the colloquium requires…
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UGA celebrates South African democracy
South Africa celebrates a decade of democracy and freedom in 2004, following its first all-inclusive…
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Grant helps evaluate highway safety
A team of researchers in the College of Education’s department of health promotion and behavior…
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Texas converts loans to grants
To encourage students to graduate from college on time, Texas plans to forgive students’ loans,…
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Popular ‘Vanishing Georgia’ photos now accessible electronically
Beginning in the mid-1970s, employees of the Georgia Archives traveled the state in a converted…
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Senior administration meets with university community
Throughout fall semester, President Michael F. Adams and Provost Arnett Mace held a series of…
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February
Thirteen UGA employees retired Feb. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment…
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That rainy-day
When it’s dry, the rock-filled swale in front of the physical plant grounds department office…
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Symposium focuses on human rights and globalization in Africa
The Center for Humanities and Arts will host its 10th annual Program for Global Understanding…
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There are alternatives to layoffs
In a letter dated Jan. 15, the UGA Staff Council’s Pay and Classification Committee expressed…
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Changing the language
The proposed (and now rejected) deletion of the word “evolution” from the Georgia state biology…
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‘Major’ change in college led archivist to different career choice
Ruta Abolins is the daughter of Latvian parents who immigrated to America as children from…
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Fruit of their labor
Research has uncovered sex chromosomes-which are rare in the plant world-in papaya plants. The study…
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Prof details Soviet ‘unveiling’ campaign
Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia By Douglas Northrop Cornell University Press…
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Overestimating the canine touch
Fortune magazine reported on the controversial use of dogs in police work, where they are…
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University Council approves creation of interdisciplinary Cancer Center
Plans to strengthen the university’s role in cancer research and education will move forward following…
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Afghanistan tosses entrance exams
More than 6,000 students in and around Kabul, Afghanistan, will have to retake their college…
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Career Center holds South Campus expo
The Career Center will host its second annual South Campus Career Expo Feb. 24 from…
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Tolerable dioxins
The San Jose Mercury News talked to several food scientists, including UGA Food Safety Center…
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