Month: February 2016
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Helping the helpers: Improving safety for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators
Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators in Australia help protect the public from diseases carried by bats. A…
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Super Bowl 50 is going to be filled with celebrity endorsements, edgy content
This year’s Super Bowl 50 ads will be packed with celebrities, say the faculty members…
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Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to ‘creeping obesity’
A week’s vacation may leave many adults with a heavier midsection—extra weight that can hang…
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Simon Kilmurry and Monica Pearson appointed to Peabody Awards Board of Jurors
The Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia has appointed Simon Kilmurry, executive director of…
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Musical outreach
Hugh Hodgson School of Music hosts educational event for high school students.
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Israeli author to give Craige Lecture Feb. 4 in Chapel
The Department of Comparative Literature and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will present…
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University Housing launches new website
The class of 2020 will have an easier time finding and registering for housing since…
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UGAAlert test
A test of the UGAAlert emergency notification system will take place Feb. 3 at 9…
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University Woman’s Club
The University Woman’s Club will meet Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall…
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‘Planting seeds’
The Clarke County Mentor Program honored four UGA employees Jan. 20 as Mentors of the…
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Make ’em pay
There are some promising signs for the news media still reeling from the shakeup caused…
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Emergency assistance form
To be effective in the event of an emergency, UGA officials want to be able…
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Ecology professor co-edits reference book
Diseases of Coral Co-edited by Cheryl Woodley, Craig Downs, Andrew Bruckner, James Porter and Sylvia…
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UGA president to chair working group on compliance, enforcement, governance
The Southeastern Conference has appointed nine individuals from campuses across the SEC to form a…
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Changes to shared leave program
The university’s current shared leave program provides employee-donated leave to UGA employees who are experiencing…
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Sophomore launches mentor program at Clarke Middle School
Mansur Buffins first stepped on to UGA’s campus as a high school senior as part…
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Performing Arts Center to present Julian Bliss Septet in ‘A Tribute to Benny Goodman’
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Julian Bliss Septet in A Tribute to…
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Professor emerita to discuss new book on friendship between activist, first lady
The friendship between human rights activist Pauli Murray and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt is explored…
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UGA Performing Arts Center to present Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Feb. 7 at 2…
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UGA experts predict a better Athens economy in 2016
While Georgia’s economy will grow faster than the nation’s in 2016, the pace of job…
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Coordinator helps streamline grants process for SPIA and Grady faculty
Matt Clary was a senior in high school in 2001. He’d just finished debate camp…
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The bigger, the better
UGA ecologist Jim Beasley completed a study that found renewed wildlife populations at Chernobyl, the…
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Summer Academy jobs
Summer Academy at UGA is hiring assistant instructors to support a variety of academic summer…
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Study: Obesity in children may hurt bone growth
Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent UGA research…
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