Month: September 2009
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UGA receives $6 million in stimulus funds for energy-saving retrofits
The university has been awarded $5,942,845 for utility system improvements at its main campus in…
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UGA music professor and trumpet virtuoso Fred Mills dies following injuries in traffic accident
W. Fred Mills, a renowned trumpet virtuoso and professor in the University of Georgia’s Hugh…
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Four UGA scientists selected as Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholars
Four cancer researchers at the University of Georgia are among the 18 selected as Distinguished…
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UGA professor to give first-hand account of release of journalists from N. Korea
Professor Han S. Park, the director of the University of Georgia Center for the Study…
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The Monte Carlo two-step
Most parts of living organisms come packaged with proteins-chains of amino acids that must fold…
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Diversity Days will spotlight dialogues
The third annual Diversity Days celebration, a university-wide series of events highlighting the differences and…
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Griffin student learning center opens
A sizeable crowd from the local community joined UGA President Michael F. Adams as well…
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Survey participants needed
Individuals who have participated in a UGA /Athens-Clarke County partnership during the last two years…
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Pre-marriage workshop
The College of Family and Consumer Sciences is offering a one-day workshop entitled “Prepare for…
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Columns readers sought
Columns is seeking current employees to participate in separate 60-minute focus group sessions about the…
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IAAP meeting
Members of the UGA community are invited to the next monthly meeting of the Athens…
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‘G Book’ unveiling
The UGA Alumni Association is reintroducing the G Book to campus. As the official traditions…
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Alumna wins two fellowships for doctoral studies at Columbia
Jessica Van Parys, who earned combined bachelor’s/master’s degrees in economics and a bachelor’s degree in…
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Fall is the best time to treat fire ants
Fire ants can ruin picnics and football games year-round, but treating fire ant colonies in…
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Archway Partnership goes online
The Archway Partnership has a new Web site. Established in 2005, the partnership connects six…
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Colleges begin loaning e-books
Users of the Sony Reader, an electronic book-reading device, can now check out digital books…
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Fish eggs and football games
An article in the Wall Street Journal about Doug Peterson’s research into sustainable caviar farming…
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Mother of pearls
A Discovery.com story about the finding of two new proteins essential for producing pearls in…
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Book describes domestic violence problem
Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and Murder-Suicides Katherine van Wormer and A.R. Roberts…
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Rain, rain goes away
A Philadelphia Inquirer article about how cities may create conditions that could lead to more…
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Former nursing student receives $450K in whistle-blower case
A Georgia jury awarded a former nursing student at Appalachian Technical College in Woodstock $450,000…
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The negotiator
Political science professor Han Park was quoted in a Washington Times article about President Bill…
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Talking shop
A Washington Times article about academics’ views on Wal-Mart quoted Bethany Moreton,assistant professor of history…
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