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Student life grant proposals
The University of Georgia Parents Association and UGA Parents Leadership Council are accepting grant proposals for the 2011-2012 academic year. Grant applications are due by…
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Grape juice, exercise study
Participants are being sought for a grape juice and exercise study. Eligibility requirements include age (18 to 35 years old), not regularly (two or more…
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Choose the perfect holiday tree
To begin your expedition to find the perfect live Christmas tree, David Moorhead, a UGA professor and tree expert, offers the following tips. The place…
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Serving with distinction
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach has selected six faculty and three staff members to receive awards in honor of…
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Former lieutenant governor and legal journalist will teach at School of Law in spring semester
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Pierre Howard and Slate magazine’s Dahlia Lithwick will join the School of Law’s faculty for the spring semester. Howard will serve…
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CCRC scientists identify key enzyme that regulates early growth of breast cancer cells
New UGA research, published in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that blocking the action…
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Going, going, gone
What if there were a way to predict when a species was about to become extinct-in time to do something about it?
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UGA’s first black graduate to speak at Freedom Breakfast
In conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday and the 50th anniversary of UGA’s desegregation, the eighth annual Freedom Breakfast will be held…
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Procedures announced for operations during inclement winter weather
During periods of inclement winter weather, UGA follows a set procedure for announcing operational changes.
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Building excellence: Green cleaning program wins two national honors
The green cleaning program, implemented by the Physical Plant’s building services’ department five years ago, has been recognized by two national organizations.
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Recent graduate is one of 12 national recipients of 2011-2012 George J. Mitchell Scholarship
Betsy Katz of Thomasville, a 2009 graduate of UGA’s Honors Program, is one of 12 national recipients of a 2011-2012 George J. Mitchell Scholarship, sponsored…
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Senior becomes UGA’s 22nd Rhodes Scholar, plans to earn master’s at Oxford University
Honors student Tracy Yang of Macon has been awarded a 2011 Rhodes Scholarship to attend England’s Oxford University. She plans to pursue a master’s of…
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State relations director to join new governor’s administration
Chris Cummiskey, director of state relations at UGA, has been chosen to become commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development in the administration of…
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Lindsey Griffin
Lindsey Griffin is putting her business talents to use helping others. She is an honors student and Leonard Leadership Scholar, and she is active in…
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‘Early-action’ applicants to University of Georgia receive admissions decisions
For some 6,100 high school seniors, the holidays will be off to a happy start when they learn they have been offered early admission to…
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Media Advisory: UGA McGill Symposium report now online
Athens, Ga. – The complete report from the October 2010 McGill Symposium, held at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication,…
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UGA astronomer available to comment on NASA announcement of new life form
A University of Georgia astronomer said today’s announcement that NASA-funded researchers have discovered the first known organism that apparently does not require phosphorus in its…
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Fraser Fir May Soon Be a Georgia Gift
When it comes to Christmas trees, Fraser firs top the list. But Georgia Christmas tree farmers can’t grow the tree due to the state’s mild…
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Media Advisory: UGA Cabinet meeting and media briefing Dec. 2
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Cabinet will conduct its regular meeting Thursday, Dec. 2, at 10 a.m., in the Peabody Board Room of…
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Reaching 100 years of age may be more about attitude and adaptation than health history
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability…
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UGA professor to release research glossary with smart phone application
Michael Holosko, the Pauline M. Berger Professor of Family and Child Welfare in the University of Georgia School of Social Work, is releasing a glossary…
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Atlanta ARCS Foundation awards $55,000 to support seven UGA graduate students in biomedical sciences
The Atlanta chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Students Foundation recently awarded $55,000 to seven outstanding University of Georgia doctoral students in the biomedical…
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UGA’s Grady College Tribute Features 2010 Grady Fellowship Inductees, Peabody Awards Salute
Nine distinguished communicators were inducted into The Grady Fellowship during a tribute ceremony Thursday, Nov. 18, in the Mahler Auditorium at the University of Georgia’s…
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Civil Rights Digital Library honored with national award
The Civil Rights Digital Library, hosted by the University of Georgia Libraries and GALILEO, was recently awarded the 2010 Schwartz Prize for excellence in the…