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UGA exhibits ag research at Sunbelt Expo
Visitors to the 32nd annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition learned about the latest agricultural equipment, technology and information firsthand Oct. 20-22.
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‘Burst’ of good news
Bits of movable DNA called transposable elements or TEs fill up the genomes of plants and animals, but it has remained unclear how a genome…
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Prospective graduate students visit campus
The Future Scholars Visitation Program will bring a select group of prospective students to UGA Nov. 8-10.
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Symposium commemorates fall of Berlin Wall on 20th anniversary
A series of events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will be held on campus Nov. 5-11.
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Black History Month programming
The Office of Multicultural Services and Programs and the African American Cultural Center are compiling a comprehensive calendar that will highlight events taking place around…
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Gardenside Café
The Gardenside Café at the State Botanical Garden is now open. Located in the Visitor Center and Conservatory, the café is open Tuesday through Sunday…
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University Women’s Club
The University Woman’s Club will meet Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road. Nash Boney, emeritus…
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A day in the life
A digital short film by UGA photographers Dot Paul and Andrew Davis Tucker chronicles a ‘typical’ football game day of mascot Hairy Dawg.
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Campaign for Charities form now online
Thanks to a new Web site, UGA employees can choose to contribute to this year’s Campaign for Charities online. The Web site, which needs a…
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Book details American foreign policy crisis
Divided America on the World Stage: Broken Government and Foreign Policy Howard J. Wiarda Potomac Books, Inc. $60 cloth, $29.95 paper In his new book,…
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Dropping out
In the struggle to keep students from dropping out of school, UGA researchers are finding that how students view time and rewards plays a role…
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Two from UGA selected for inaugural leadership institute
Two department heads from UGA have been selected to participate in the University System of Georgia’s first Executive Leadership Institute, a program to enhance leadership…
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More oversight, please
A USA Today article about how federal funding for local nonprofit groups like ACORN and HUD have grown despite increased criticism quoted Andrew Carswell, an…
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Students in isolation
UniversityBusiness.com in an article about the recent spread of the H1N1 virus on college campuses, quoted Liz Rachun, communications coordinator for the University Health Center…
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He’s found an audience
A Washington Post article about the Congressional Black Caucus’ honoring the achievements of filmmaker Tyler Perry and painter Sam Gilliam quoted Freda Scott Giles, an…
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Culture club
A Chattanooga, Tenn., Times-Free Press article about the increasing likelihood that stay-at-home mothers are of Hispanic heritage and foreign born quoted Doug Bachtel, a demographer…
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Final resting
A Discovery.com article about the possibility that pieces of Amelia Earhart’s skeleton were found on an southwestern Pacific island quoted Karen Ramey Burns, a forensic…
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Placebo effects
A New York Times article focusing on recent findings that quercetin, a flavanoid that has long been thought to enhance athletic performance, has been shown…
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New model may help scientists better predict and prevent influenza outbreaks
A new study by an international team of researchers, led by assistant professor Andrew W. Park, who holds a joint appointment in the University of…
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UGA researcher wins stimulus funding for stem cell research
Stephen Dalton, University of Georgia professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology, has received a $600,000 federal stimulus grant to accelerate research…
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UGA department of dance presents “RE:flexion”
The University of Georgia dance senior exit concert, titled “RE:flexion,” will be held Nov. 11-13 at 8 p.m. at the New Dance Theater in the…
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Photographic pioneer James Casebere to visit UGA
Noted American photographer James Casebere, one of the pioneers of set-up photography, will spend the week of Nov. 2 at the University of Georgia as…
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Sunshine state economics
A Woman’s Wear Daily article about recent downturns in Florida’s retail business caused by environmental and economic woes, quoted Jeffrey Humphreys, director of the Selig…
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Georgia Review and GA Poetry Circuit present a reading by Laux
Acclaimed poet Dorianne Laux will give a free, public reading at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 at Ciné BarCafeCinema, 234 West Hancock Street in…