Month: September 2009
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Residence halls compete to conserve
Students living in the Hill Community (Boggs, Church, Mell, Lipscomb and Hill halls) are competing…
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Arch Foundation elects new member
The Arch Foundation for the University of Georgia has elected Susan C. Waltman of Pelham,…
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Community Health Fair set for Oct. 5
Public radio station WUGA-FM 91.7/97.9 FM will sponsor a community health fair Oct. 5 from…
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Garden variety: Researchers find no overall loss of vegetable diversity occurred during 20th century
Two UGA scholars argue against the conventional wisdom that the 20th century was a disaster…
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Lost in Translation
Parents of healthy newborns often remark on the miracle of life. The joining of egg…
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UGA students awarded record number of Fulbright scholarships
A record number of UGA students-10-have been selected to receive scholarships from the Fulbright U.S.…
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Diversity Days encourage new dialogues among UGA community
The Office of Institutional Diversity kicked off its third annual Diversity Days celebration with speeches,…
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Teach children new dinner table skills
Mealtimes are some of the best opportunities to help children grow and learn. Families can…
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Arizona Board of Regents will study benefits of intercollegiate athletics
As part of a gubernatorial mandate, the Arizona Board of Regents will review the state’s…
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Legendary novelist Chinua Achebe joins faculty at Brown University
Acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe, who wrote Things Fall Apart, has accepted the position of David…
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UGA research funding reaches record high
UGA research funding reached a record high last year with University of Georgia researchers receiving…
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World Food Prize laureate to deliver 2009 Brooks Lecture
Philip Nelson, World Food Prize laureate and Scholle Chair professor at Purdue University, will deliver…
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First-year experience is focus of Quality Enhancement Plan
Starting in fall semester 2011, the first-year experience for new students at UGA will undergo…
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Michigan president emeritus will give Distinguished Lecture in Engineering
James J. Duderstadt, one of the nation’s foremost proponents of American higher education and its…
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NIH awards geneticist $2 million stimulus grant for reserach on thymus
The National Institutes of Health have awarded, as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery…
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Evening Stroll
During an “Evening in the Garden” on Sept. 16, Allan Armitage, horticulture professor and founder…
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UGA receives awards for excellence in customer service
University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. recently recognized three UGA teams and…
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UGA’s Honors Internship Programs accepting applications
The University of Georgia Honors Internship Programs are now accepting applications for summer 2010 internships…
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Peabody Awards issues call for entries, welcomes four new board members
The George Foster Peabody Awards’ 69th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun.
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Balancing trade and security
A godsend to kidney-stone sufferers is a machine called a lithotripter, which focuses sound waves…
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Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America
Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years,…
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University of Michigan president emeritus to give engineering lecture at UGA
One of the nations’ foremost proponents of American higher education and its evolving role in…
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UGA seeks community cooperation to manage game day trash and recycling
The university plans to distribute 12,000 trash bags in parking lots and around campus this…
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UGA alumna Beth Shapiro receives MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award”
University of Georgia alumna Beth Shapiro (BS ’99, MS ’99), a Rhodes Scholar who is…
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