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Improvements unveiled on UGA poverty website for journalists
A website for journalists covering poverty on any beat just got better. Version 2.0 of “Covering Poverty: A Toolkit for Journalists” went live on Tuesday,…
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UGA researchers find Plavix may offer safe alternative as prophylactic treatment for dogs
Companion animals that have a long-term need for anticoagulant drug therapies may soon find help in a top-selling antiplatelet drug marketed to humans:clopidogrel, commonly known…
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The costs of desire: New behavioral economic behavior analysis by UGA researchers released
Just-published research led by a psychologist at the University of Georgia shows that behavioral economic analysis may lead to an improved understanding of craving for…
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UGA education researcher receives $1.5 million grant to explore reading instruction
Many elementary schools today use repeated readings to increase the reading fluency of students, but a University of Georgia educational psychologist wants to find out…
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Automobile insurance cards
To reduce costs, the Department of Administrative Services Risk Management is no longer printing and distributing Georgia liability insurance cards. Each department is responsible for…
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TIP program instructors
The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development and the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel are seeking faculty and staff to…
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Retirees July 2010
JulyThirty-five UGA employees retired July 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are:Wyatt Anderson, professor, genetics, 37 years/10 months; Roseanne Ashley, administrative…
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Three win NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships
Three UGA student-athletes have been awarded NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships. Gymnast Grace Taylor of Aiken, S.C.; swimmer Lisa Caprioglio of Highlands Ranch, Col.; and swimmer Hunter…
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Two UGA Honors students awarded 2010 Boren Undergraduate Scholarships
Two Honors students have been selected to receive 2010-2011 National Security Education Program David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships for language study abroad. The UGA recipients…
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Comparative literature professor receives grant to translate poetry collection
Akinloye Ojo, an assistant professor of comparative literature in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has won a grant from the PEN Translation Fund,…
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Athletic director resigns, President Adams appoints interim director, search committee
UGA President Michael F. Adams appointed Frank Crumley, executive associate athletic director for finance and administration, to serve as interim director of athletics to fill…
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Fifteen incoming students awarded Foundation Fellowships
UGA’s class of 2014 will include 15 students who have been awarded the Foundation Fellowship, the university’s premier undergraduate scholarship.
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Dartmouth administrator named director of immigration services
Robin Catmur of Dartmouth College joined the Office of International Education as director of international student, scholar and immigration services July 1.
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Leadership institute for K-12 schools now part of UGA’s Fanning Institute
The Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement was transferred from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to the Fanning Institute at UGA on…
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Casting call
Casts of a five-foot-long jaw bone from an extinct Atlantic Gray whale discovered by UGA researchers will soon be on display in Washington, D.C., Atlanta,…
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New temperature table created to reduce heat-related deaths of children in cars
A team of researchers at UGA has developed an easy-to-use table of vehicle temperature changes that may help public officials and media remind the public…
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Researcher awarded four-year grant to identify harmful cancer mutations
The American Cancer Society recently awarded a four-year research scholar grant of $720,000 to UGA scientist Natarajan Kannan to distinguish harmful cell mutations that cause…
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Alumni couple donates $1 million for graduate fellowships in kinesiology
The University of Georgia always has held a special place in the hearts of Lois Shortt and her late husband, Bill. They met at UGA…
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University makes $2.2 billion impact on local economy
UGA was a stabilizing economic force for the Athens area in fiscal year 2009, pumping more than $2.2 billion into the local economy, according to…
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UGA kinesiology student receives Semester at Sea scholarship
University of Georgia education student Stephen Freudenberg has received one of five $2,000 scholarships from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for Semester at Sea…
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Media Advisory: UGA Oil Spill expert to discuss oil concentrations
University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye, who is continuing to assess the impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will reveal preliminary findings…
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UGA’s Donald Hollowell documentary to air on public television on July 11
The Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies documentary Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice will air July 11 at 6 p.m. on…
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UGA announces the Goizueta Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2010-2011
Six University of Georgia incoming freshmen have been selected to receive the Goizueta Foundation Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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The 2 billion dollar impact
The University of Georgia was a stabilizing economic force for the Athens area in fiscal year 2009, pumping more than $2.2 billion into the local…