Month: August 2012
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Staff protest at independent student newspaper makes national headlines
Student journalists at The Red & Black made headlines earlier this month when they quit…
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UGA honors Mary Frances Early, its first black alumna
There was very little fanfare at the Fine Arts Auditorium in August 1962 when Mary…
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GLOBES to focus on domestic partnership benefits for employees
GLOBES, an organization that has served UGA’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender faculty, staff and…
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Administrative changes
• Wayde Brown has been appointed assistant dean of research in the College of Environment…
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Jeff Bennetzen, National Science Foundation
Jeff Bennetzen, a professor of genetics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has…
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Judge sides with Georgia State U. in copyright case injunction
A U.S. District Court judge rejected an injunction from three scholarly publishers who have—mostly unsuccessfully—sued…
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Study finds cigarette tax hike could be beneficial
Georgia sold 544 million packs of cigarettes in 2010, earning $201 million in state tax…
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Susan Wilde, Rebecca Haynie, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Susan Wilde, assistant professor and lead principal investigator, and Rebecca Haynie, postdoctoral research associate in…
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Service-learning workshops
The Office of Service-Learning is holding a series of workshops for faculty and graduate students…
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Art & Science
A collaboration of arts and sciences is taking on a visual life of its own…
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UGA researchers develop new method to detect, analyze DNA and RNA
University of Georgia researchers have employed specially designed nanomaterials to develop a new, label-free DNA…
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West Nile numbers up this year; UGA gives tips on mosquito protection
Entomologists and public health officials are worried that a near record number of Georgians will…
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Biology mural brings together sciences, art at UGA
A new “Seascape” mural at the University of Georgia will be formally unveiled Aug. 31…
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Another record year of Fulbright scholarships awarded to UGA students
Seventeen University of Georgia students were offered international travel-study grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student…
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Rogers named associate director of the Honors Program and CURO
Martin Rogers, who has served as assistant director of the University of Georgia Honors Program,…
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Biofuel from biomass one step closer to reality thanks to discovery to manipulate ‘hot’ microbes
The single most important barrier to the use of lignocellulosic biomass such as switchgrass, populus,…
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UGA’s Economic Development Leadership Council a finalist for awards of excellence
The University of Georgia Economic Development Leadership Council has been selected as one of three…
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UGA welcomes 102 incoming veterinary students with white coat ceremony
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine welcomed the class of 2016 during its…
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UGA chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity receives multiple national awards
The University of Georgia Kappa Deuteron Chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta was…
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Carl Glickman papers donated, now in university’s archives
The papers of Carl Glickman, a retired University of Georgia education professor, have been donated…
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Six UGA pharmacy students first to study on Albany campus
Six University of Georgia pharmacy students started their third-year courses on Aug. 13 in Albany,…
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UGA activities fair encourages student involvement in clubs and organizations
The University of Georgia Center for Student Organizations will hold its annual Fall Activities Fair…
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UGA’s Terry College to host talk by Caterpillar executives
Two Caterpillar Inc. executives will open the 2012-2013 University of Georgia Terry Leadership Speaker Series…
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