Month: September 2020
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Walcott named dean of the Graduate School
Walcott will work with schools and colleges across campus for graduate students.
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Smartphone GPS accuracy may affect contact-tracing
Study finds a phone’s system may be introducing unintended errors.
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Football coach and wife commit $1 million to UGA
The Smarts’ gift will support social justice, student-athletes impacted by COVID-19.
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New heights of excellence
Years of strategic investments drive national ranking.
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Separating weather forecasts from pain
Study indicates physical activity, not a weather change, leads to ER visits.
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UGA reaffirmed as Innovation and Economic Prosperity university
The university has distinguished itself for its record in regional economic development.
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UGA faculty members awarded NSF Career Grants
The CAREER award offers the NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who…
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White receives NSF Early CAREER grant
The five-year CAREER awards grants, among the NSF’s most prestigious, support junior faculty who exemplify…
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A healthier flock
Naola Ferguson-Noel’s work is helping poultry farmers keep their birds disease-free.
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Three Ph.D. candidates named 2020 ARCS Scholars
Three UGA doctoral students have been named 2020 ARCS Scholars by the Office of Research.…
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Faculty Symposium brings best forward
During the two-day “Teaching and Learning in the Connected Environment: Bringing the Best Forward” symposium,…
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Creating a happier and healthier Athens
Rebecca Bacon is a contracts and grants professional in the College of Public Health.
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Reports of COVID-19 at UGA show dramatic improvement
Cases decline more than 70% over the course of a week.
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Professor named Fulbright U.S. Scholar Alumni Ambassador
This year, 13 ambassadors were selected from more than 160 applications.
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College of Veterinary Medicine announces personnel changes
The College of Veterinary Medicine has reorganized and made additions to the Office of Research…
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Dodd students and faculty participate in Imagination Squared
Imagination Squared was a collaborative project created by MFA alumna Christina Foard.
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Twenty-two UGA employees retired Sept. 1, 2020
Twenty-two UGA employees retired Sept. 1.
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McCrackin receives 2020 Joseph J. Garvey Management Award
Mary Ann “M.A.” McCrackin, director of University Research Animal Resources and professor in the College…
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Fall 2020 issue of The Georgia Review now available
The fall 2020 issue of The Georgia Review is now available for purchase, featuring new…
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Griffin, Boenig named to SEC Council on Racial Equity and Social Justice
UGA Deputy Athletic Director Darrice Griffin and Equestrian Head Coach Meghan Boenig have been named…
