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Scientists use patented SERS technique to detect rotavirus strains
Using nanotechnology and a patented signal enhancing technique developed at UGA, researchers have discovered a rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method to detect and identify a…
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Complex construction
A team of UGA scientists has created a method for the rapid chemical synthesis of complex carbohydrates, and that method could dramatically change the availability…
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Report finds nearly 80 percent of oil from Gulf spill remains
A report released Aug. 16 by the Georgia Sea Grant and UGA concludes that up to 79 percent of the oil released into the Gulf…
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U. of Michigan dean to speak at education college’s fall meeting
Deborah L. Ball, education dean and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan will be the guest speaker at the College of…
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State labor commissioner to give keynote speech at BFSO luncheon
Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond will deliver the keynote address at the Black Faculty and Staff Organization’s eighth annual Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon on Sept.…
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Laura Jolly appointed vice president for instruction on permanent basis
Laura Jolly, who has served as interim vice president for instruction at UGA since January, has been named to fill the position on a permanent…
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Early homecoming: Alumnus Greg McGarity named director of athletics
Greg McGarity, executive associate athletic director at the University of Florida, was named UGA director of athletics effective Sept. 1. McGarity was introduced by UGA…
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Proposals sought for next faculty hiring initiative
v UGA deans have been invited to submit proposals for positions to be funded or partially funded through a second Faculty Hiring Initiative, recently approved…
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Regents adopt budget reduction contingency plans
Although state revenue collections rose in June and July over the same months a year ago-the first two-month increase period in two years-the board of…
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Fresh start
UGA welcomed more than 6,100 new undergraduate students this fall, including more than 4,700 new freshmen and close to 1,400 new transfer students. Another 1,000…
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Cable lineup
University Cablevision has announced the following additions to its lineup: CSS, which carries many UGA sporting events, both live and taped; MSNBC; The 101; Fox…
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Law library tours
The library at the School of Law offers tours and legal research instructional sessions to all schools and departments on campus. For courses with a…
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Pre-marriage workshop
The College of Family and Consumer Sciences is offering a one-day workshop entitled “Prepare for Marriage” for engaged couples on Oct. 2 from 9 a.m.-5…
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Grant proposals
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach invites public service, tenure-track or clinical faculty members to submit proposals for the 2010-2011…
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New website promotes lab’s services
The Stable Isotope/Soil Biology Laboratory of the Odum School of Ecology’s new website for soil, water and plant analysis promotes the variety of analytical services…
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Professor emeritus publishes textbook about istory of ecosystem science
Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem Science David Coleman University of California Press $39.95 David C. Coleman, Distinguished Research Professor emeritus in the Odum School…
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Balancing act: Staffer finds time for art, music while moving up in ranks
What do a stained glass artist, a blues singer in a local band and a marketing professional in the Terry College of Business have in…
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Life behind bars
Ron Carlson, a professor of law, was quoted in a CNN article about a convicted killer and how parole boards make decisions. “This is a…
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Weathering hard times
In an article about the southeast U.S.’s vulnerability to climate change, the Chattanooga, Tenn. Times-Free Press quoted Marshall Shepherd, an associate professor or geography, who…
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Going abroad
A USAToday story about tracking student performance and study-abroad programs quoted Don Rubin, a professor emeritus of speech communication and language education. “The skeptics of…
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Melting myths
An article written by United Press International about the belief that water in polar regions created by melting ice can absorb carbon dioxide and lessen…
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From the bat cave
Scientific Computing quoted Daniel Streicker, a UGA researcher, and Sonia Altizer, an assistant professor of ecology at UGA, in an article documenting their research into…
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Accounting for oil
The Nigerian newspaper Punch quoted Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences, in a story about continuing cleanup efforts that BP was taking following the…
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Community Music School to offer ensemble lessons to area seniors
The University of Georgia Community Music School, in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, will begin offering ensemble performance opportunities to senior citizens in…