Author: Larry Dendy
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Former Dean Rusk Prof of International Relations dies
Martin J. Hillenbrand, who joined UGA’s political science department following a lengthy career as a…
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Endowment honors late entomology professor, his wife
The entomology department in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has received a gift…
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University Council approves creation of drug discovery center
A new Center for Drug Discovery at the university will promote research aimed at finding…
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Regents OK naming amphitheater for Jaworski, late botany professor
An amphitheater on South Campus has been named for the late Alan Jaworski, a popular…
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Music school will be named for Hodgson, former professor
The School of Music will be named for Hugh Hodgson, a renowned Athens resident and…
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Committee named for veterinary medicine dean search
A 19-member committee has been named to conduct a national search for the next dean…
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Reclassification of job titles will begin next month
Jody Jacobs’s job in the Environmental Safety Division is managing a four-person staff charged with…
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UGA celebrates number 220
The UGA Alumni Association will mark UGA’s 220th anniversary Jan. 27 with the annual Founders’ Day…
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Education task force schedules two discussion forums
The Task Force for General Education and Student Learning has scheduled two forums to allow…
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Two faculty members will serve as interim deans
Josef M. Broder and Sheila W. Allen have been named interim deans of their colleges…
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Dietzler named director of university’s Alumni Association
Deborah Dietzler, who has served as interim executive director of the UGA Alumni Association since…
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UGA holds ceremony to name life sciences building for Fred Davison
The university will hold a ceremony April 16 at 2 p.m. to formally name the…
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Top students, teachers will be recognized at Honors Day
The university will recognize its top student scholars and some of its best teachers and…
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Three undergraduates win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Three UGA students have been named recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of…
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Council adopts diversity statement from faculty admissions committee
Using last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the University of Michigan admissions case as a…
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Brumby gift creates First Amendment professorship
Veteran Georgia journalist Otis A. Brumby Jr. of Marietta is making a major gift to…
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Bowen retiring after 33 years of managing facility allocation
Tom Bowen can make a claim probably few others at the university can make: he…
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Scientist-turned-novelist Alan Lightman will deliver this year’s Lothar Tresp Lecture
Alan Lightman, a physicist who began writing essays to make science more understandable and became…
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William Pelletier, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies
S. William Pelletier, 79, professor emeritus of chemistry who held the position of university provost…
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Emeritus professor and former A&S dean dies in Athens
William J. (Jack) Payne, 78, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and former dean of the Franklin…
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That rainy-day
When it’s dry, the rock-filled swale in front of the physical plant grounds department office…
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University Council approves creation of interdisciplinary Cancer Center
Plans to strengthen the university’s role in cancer research and education will move forward following…
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Construction begins next week on new NW parking deck
Construction will begin Feb. 16 on a new parking deck in the northwest quadrant of…
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Life sciences building will be named for Davison
The life sciences building will be named for Fred C. Davison, UGA’s 17th president and…
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