Day: May 20, 2013
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Dean Emeritus Andy Horne receives 2013 University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award
Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, dean emeritus and former Distinguished Research Professor in counseling psychology in…
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Legion Pool opening
Legion Pool will open May 23 for the summer season. Hours of operation are 11:30…
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Virginia Tech vice president selected to be dean of College of Engineering
Donald Leo, a Virginia Tech vice president, has been named dean of the College of…
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Roker entertains audience, talks race in Holmes-Hunter lecture
Television host and weatherman Al Roker entertained an audience at the Chapel with jokes and…
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Sociology study: Digital fluency key to classroom inequality
Elementary school students bring varied skills and experience, commonly referred to as cultural capital, to…
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Pratt Cassity received Award for Excellence in Service-Learning
The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture awarded Pratt Cassity, director of the College of…
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Executive leadership training
The Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations is accepting applications for its next session, which…
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Laine Bradshaw awarded 2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award
Laine Bradshaw, an assistant professor of educational psychology, has been awarded the 2013 Outstanding Dissertation…
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‘Columns’ summer publication
During the summer, Columns will be published on June 3 (deadline: May 22), June 17…
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U. of Texas administrator named dean of School of Public and International Affairs
Stefanie A. Lindquist, an associate dean at the University of Texas, has been named dean…
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UGA Press book provides a tour of Etowah
Etowah River User’s Guide By Joe Cook UGA Press $18.95 From its headwaters on the…
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Peter Smagorinsky selected as 2013 outstanding reviewer
Peter Smagorinsky, Distinguished Research Professor of English Education, was selected as the 2013 outstanding reviewer…
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Congress looks at NSF grant criteria
A draft bill written by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House of Representatives…
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NASA gives planetary system nickname of UGA-1785
The nation’s first state-chartered university recently became the world’s first university to have a star…
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Director of Copyright Advisory Office to give Lecture on Scholarly Communication
Kenneth D. Crews, director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University, will give the…
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Stephen Berry and William Kretzschmar awarded 2013 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
Two faculty members in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are among seven recipients…
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Obituary: Robert Bruce Hollett
Dr. Robert Bruce Hollett, UGA alumnus and a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, died…
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Award-winning, nonfiction writer gives personal papers to UGA Libraries
Award-winning writer Melissa Fay Greene, a 2011 inductee to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame,…
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‘With excellence’
A dazzling display of fireworks over Sanford Stadium was the final and most spectacular expression…
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Alumnus establishes chair in crisis communications leadership
The C. Richard Yarbrough chair in Crisis Communications Leadership has been created in the Grady…
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Florida bill bolsters UF, FSU
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill that will provide additional resources and flexibility to…
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Dictionary Society of North America to hold biennial meeting at Georgia Center
The Dictionary Society of North America will hold its 19th biennial meeting at the Georgia…
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Food can grow in small spaces
Often people with limited or no acreage forgo planting a garden. This need not be…
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Connecting to the community
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings in April, Americans once again are asking…
