Month: June 2014
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UGA researchers discover new method to reduce disease-causing inflammation
Researchers at the University of Georgia report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that an…
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Marine Debris Tracker named one of Apple’s ‘Apps We Can’t Live Without’
UGA assistant professor Jenna Jambeck usually isn’t surprised when an email telling her Marine Debris…
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School of Music’s Hodgson Singers win top award at international choral competition
The Hodgson Singers, the flagship choral ensemble of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, won…
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Memorial service to be held June 30 for late Obesity Initiative director
Clifton A. “Cliff” Baile, a D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar in Biotechnology…
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Technology Commercialization Office honors 55 inventors at luncheon
The Technology Commercialization Office recognized 55 university employees named as inventors on U.S. patents at…
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Work begins on Science Learning Center
[Editor’s note: This information was updated on June 23, 2014]. Preliminary work for the Science…
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Fall course reserve deadline
The course reserve guarantee date for fall semester is July 29. More information on using…
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University Health Center receives $1M for alcohol education
UGA has received a $1 million gift to support the John Fontaine Jr. Center for…
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Parking registration
Registration for 2014-2015 parking permits is now open at www.parking.uga.edu. The deadline to register and…
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Ecology school dean named UGA Foundation Professor
John L. Gittleman, founding dean of the Odum School of Ecology, has been named the…
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Zooarchaeology professor named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth J. Reitz, a zooarchaeology professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has…
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National search underway for next law school dean
Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, has appointed a committee to…
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Georgia Museum of Art displays masterworks spanning 200 years
The exhibition Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art is on…
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Chancellor’s award nominations
The University System of Georgia Service Excellence Program Recognition Committee now is soliciting nominations for…
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PSO leadership class graduates, gives back
Seventeen UGA faculty and staff graduated from the public service and outreach leadership academy June…
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Finding nature
Tracy Chiu, a teacher in Oconee County, points at milkweed while Kathy Venable, a teacher…
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Summer Poetry Reading Series to be held
UGA will host five of the top poets in Georgia in a poetry reading and…
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‘Century of service’
UGA Extension joined with the university community and Georgians across the state last month to…
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Student team places third in national weather forecasting competition
A team of UGA students in the atmospheric sciences program placed third overall in an…
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Performing Arts Center to host flute festival
The UGA Performing Arts Center will host the Sir James Galway Flute Festival June 26…
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Zack Kroll
Zack Kroll found his calling in life through Teach for America and is getting even…
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Elizabeth Andress
Elizabeth Andress, professor of foods and nutrition and director of the National Center for Home…
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Researchers make fuel production breakthrough
UGA team finds a way to economically break down biomass into biofuel.
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Walk Georgia fighting obesity a step at a time
Free, Web-based program has reached 50,000-plus Georgians, plans to reach 100,000 by 2016.
