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Woman’s Club meeting
The University Woman’s Club will meet Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road. Andrea Daniel, vice…
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Award nominations
The Career Center is accepting nominations until Feb. 4 from faculty and staff for UGA’s fifth annual Student Employee of the Year Award. Held in…
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Rock identification tours
Naturalists interested in learning to identify rocks in the Georgia Piedmont can attend free learning sessions at Oconee Forest Park beginning in February. Dan Williams,…
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Selig Center’s site helps guide economic growth
Created to convey economic expertise to Georgia businesses and entrepreneurs, the Selig Center for Economic Growth is primarily responsible for conducting research on economic, demographic…
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Education professor’s book sheds light on teachers of African Americans after Civil War
Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom Ronald Butchart University of North Carolina Press $39.95 The commonly held belief that…
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Growing social workers: Prof’s garden project to teach students, community
Shari Miller, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, is collaborating with three other UGA faculty to pilot an interdisciplinary, service-learning course this…
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Marshall Shepherd, Charles E. Anderson Award
Marshall Shepherd, an associate professor of geography, has been named winner of the national Charles E. Anderson Award from the American Meteorological Society. Shepherd received…
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Edward Delgado-Romero, American Psychology Association 2011 Award
Edward Delgado-Romero, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, has received the American Psychology Association 2011 Award for Distinguished Contributions to…
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Brian Bride, Named Editor of Traumatology
Brian Bride, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, has been named editor of Traumatology, the official publication of the Green Cross Academy…
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Michael Bartlett, Research Achievement Award in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality
Michael Bartlett, professor of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, received the Research Achievement Award in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality, one of the highest awards conferred by…
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Willie Banks Jr., Board of Trustees of Association of College Unions International
Willie Banks Jr., associate dean of students for the department of intercultural affairs, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Association of…
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Grad student awarded marine fellowship
Ben L. Carswell has been named a recipient of the 2011 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Carswell is a master of science candidate…
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Georgia Museum of Art corpus wins SECAC research, publication award
The Southeastern College Art Conference recently gave the award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication to the Georgia Museum of Art for its publication…
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Microsoft Information Technology Academy brings online learning to UGA
UGA’s Training and Development, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and EITS have collaborated to bring the Microsoft Information Technology Academy to the university.…
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Bail out your household budget
After Christmas spending, Michael Rupured, a financial specialist with the UGA Cooperative Extension, has a few suggestions on how to get your household budget back…
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Cancer institute receives $150 million gift from United Arab Emirates leader
The charity foundation of Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nayhan, president of the United Arab Emirates, has pledged to donate $150 million to the M.D. Anderson…
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Historically black universities get aid to internationalize campus, curricula
Seven historically black colleges and universities have been selected by the American Council on Education to receive assistance on internationalizing their campuses and curricula, The…
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Real troupers
The UGA student troupe Improv Athens saved its best performance for last in the South Regional Competition of the College Improv Tournament this past November,…
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Obituary: John Reid Parker
John Reid Parker, a UGA alumnus and former faculty member in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, died Jan. 13.
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Study suggests vitamin therapy may promote disease progression in tumors of breast cancer patients
A UGA study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients. The study, by Jason Zastre,…
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The big picture
The largest mammal that ever walked the Earth —Indricotherium transouralicum, a hornless rhinoceros-like herbivore that weighed approximately 17 tons and stood about 18 feet high…
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PSO seeking proposals for fellowship
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach is accepting proposals from tenure-track and tenured faculty members to immerse themselves in the…
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Six grad students receive SREB Doctoral Scholar Fellowships
Six graduate students in the College of Education have received Doctoral Scholars Fellowships from the Southern Regional Education Board.
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Employees brave snow, ice to keep university running during storm
Although it may look different to outsiders, the University of Georgia never, in fact, closes.