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Money does grow on trees
A University of Georgia researcher has found that Georgia’s forestlands provide essential ecosystem services to the state worth an estimated $37 billion annually.
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College of Public Health updates site
The College of Public Health has updated its website to allow students, visitors and interested parties to learn more about the work being done there.…
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Warnell School resources manager pens naturalist’s guide to forest types
The Forests of Southern Appalachia: In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park A Naturalist’s Guide to Understanding and Identifying Southern Appalachian Forest Types Dan D.…
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UHC Dental Clinic
The Dental Clinic at the University Health Center is opening its services to current UGA faculty and staff, their spouses and domestic partners. The clinic…
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Summer instructors
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel is seeking faculty, staff and graduate assistants to teach academic short courses for the 2011…
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Cholesterol screenings
As part of Heart Health Month, the University Health Center is offering cholesterol screenings for UGA faculty, staff and emeritus employees as well as their…
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Grant proposal deadline extension
UGA’s Parents and Families Association has extended its deadline for grant proposals for the 2011-2012 academic year. Grant applications are due by the close of…
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‘Window on America’
James C. Cobb, UGA’s B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South, talks about the intertwining of the South’s and the…
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Campus Closeup-David Des Jardines
FACTSDavid Des Jardines Electronic Information Manager and Assistant Marketing ManagerUGA PressB.A., English, Valdosta State University, 1981Computer Programming Diploma, Athens Technical College, 2001At UGA: 20 years
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UGA hosts 42nd annual children’s literature conference; book awards March 4-5
Some of the nation’s top authors and illustrators of children’s books will speak during the 42nd Annual Conference on Children’s Literature March 4-5 at the…
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January
Thirty-four UGA employees retired Jan. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are:Christine J. Barrington, warehouse supervisor, property control, 30 years/9 months;…
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Out of the spotlight
A Wall Street Journal article about celebrity CEOs quoted Scott Graffin, an assistant professor in the Terry College of Business. “Dennis Kozlowski loved the attention-he…
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Gassed
A Wall Street Journal story about bacteria used to “eat up” methane dumped into the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill quoted…
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That stinks!
Wayne Gardner, an entomology professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was quoted in an article about the migration of the globular stink…
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Don’t touch it
A New York Times article about cuts to the HOPE Scholarship quoted Christopher Cornwell, economics professor in the Terry College of Business. “Undoubtedly, this is,…
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Traveling bug
An article in U.S. News and World Report about how animal migration has the ability to reduce the spread of disease quoted John Gittleman, dean…
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Veterinary medicine student organization sponsors benefit auction
The College of Veterinary Medicine’s student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association will host a benefit auction Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at the…
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Severe weather drill set for Feb. 9
As part of Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness week, a campus-wide test of UGAAlert, the university’s mass emergency notification system, will take place between 9 and…
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Grad student found dead on campus
Lynwoodt Bernard Jenkins, a graduate teaching assistant in the department of theatre and film studies, died of a heart attack and was found Jan. 25…
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Campaign for Charities exceeds goal
The University of Georgia not only met its fundraising goal for the Campaign for Charities, it exceeded it, collecting a total of $437,264.56 in the…
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Shop online safely to reduce ID theft
To ensure the safety of Internet purchases, Bill Blum, an information specialist with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, offers a few tips.• Don’t…
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State universities in Pennsylvania to charge grad students by the credit
Full-time graduate students enrolled in Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities will pay for their education on a per-credit basis starting in the fall, The Chronicle of…
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Alumni donate $100 million to UCLA
A $100 million gift from alumni will be used by the University of California, Los Angeles, to bolster its School of Public Affairs and to…
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Scientists find climate change affects amphibian breeding
If you hear frogs calling and it seems like the wrong time of year, scientists say it may be due to climate change. Researchers from…