Month: March 2011
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College of Public Health receives renewal grant for safer roads program
For the sixth consecutive year, researchers from the College of Public Health’s department of health…
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IDEA Society, Willson Center will host March 24 discussion on Middle East
The Intellectual Dialogue and Educational Advancement Society, a UGA student organization, and the Willson Center…
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Horticulturists recommend five plants for beginning gardeners
UGA horticulturists Bob Westerfield and George Boyhan know what it takes to create a prosperous…
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Duke University receives $80 million to renovate three of its buildings
The Duke Endowment, a philanthropic organization based in Charlotte, N.C., donated $80 million to Duke…
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New Community College at CUNY will implement a new model for higher ed
The City University of New York’s board of trustees approved a plan to establish the…
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‘Non-academic lessons’
Christina Davis knew she found her academic niche when, as a first-year graduate student, she…
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Nancy Manley has a standard joke: parathyroid glands are the Rodney Dangerfields of organs. They…
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Sibley speaker will discuss U.S. financial system
The School of Law’s 107th Sibley Lecture will explore the aftermath of the Dodd-Frank Wall…
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Scottish researcher and professor to give 10th annual Ritter Lecture
UGA’s 10th annual Ritter Lecture Series will feature Michael Ferguson, dean of Research for the…
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Horticulture professor receives Scholarship of Engagement Award
David Berle, associate professor of horticulture, has been named the Scholarship of Engagement Award recipient…
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HIV/AIDS advocate to give next Voices from Vanguard lecture
Pioneering HIV/AIDS advocate and organizer Dázon Dixon Diallo will present the next Global Diseases: Voices…
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Dahl will succeed Mace as special assistant for GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership
UGA President Michael F. Adams has named Margaret Wagner Dahl, an administrator with nearly 30…
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Georgia Museum of Art to host lecture by Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thorarinsdottir
The Georgia Museum of Art will present an artist’s talk with Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir,…
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EcoFocus to screen FRESH at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
The EcoFocus Film Festival, an initiative of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology…
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Media Advisory: “Open Mic with Mike” forum March 24
University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams will host an “Open Mic with Mike” forum…
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UGA School of Law to host sixth annual public interest law conference
Health care reform and immigration laws will be among the many topics explored at the…
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University of Georgia’s CURO Symposium will be held April 4
Original research and creative works by more than 180 University of Georgia undergraduates will be…
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Media Advisory: UGA Cabinet meeting and media briefing March 24
The University of Georgia Cabinet will conduct its regular meeting Thursday, March 24, at 10…
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Planning for disaster
For the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, geographic information systems (GIS) aren’t just for the technology-minded—they’re…
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UGA’s Griffin Campus hosts open house for prospective students on April 12
Prospective students interested in learning more about the University of Georgia’s academic offerings in Griffin…
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Comedian John Caparulo to perform at UGA
The University Union Student Programming Board at the University of Georgia will present a live…
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The University of Georgia Press and the Digital Library of Georgia collaborate on open access e-book
A collection of early and seminal works on Georgia history is now freely accessible in…
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Climate change expert Stephen Pacala to deliver 26th annual Odum Lecture at UGA
Stephen W. Pacala, director of the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Frederick D. Petrie Professor…
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60 Minutes journalist to deliver UGA’s Peabody-Smithgall lecture
The Peabody Awards will present its third Peabody-Smithgall Lecture on the theme “The Media and…
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