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Archway Partnership goes online
The Archway Partnership has a new Web site. Established in 2005, the partnership connects six communities in Georgia with UGA higher education resources. The Web…
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Colleges begin loaning e-books
Users of the Sony Reader, an electronic book-reading device, can now check out digital books from some college and public libraries, The Chronicle of Higher…
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Fish eggs and football games
An article in the Wall Street Journal about Doug Peterson’s research into sustainable caviar farming quoted Peterson, an associate professor in the Warnell School of…
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Mother of pearls
A Discovery.com story about the finding of two new proteins essential for producing pearls in clams quoted Nils Kroger, a scientist at UGA. “This is…
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Book describes domestic violence problem
Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and Murder-Suicides Katherine van Wormer and A.R. Roberts Praeger Publishers $31.95 Death by Domestic Violence, is a new…
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Rain, rain goes away
A Philadelphia Inquirer article about how cities may create conditions that could lead to more rain in the suburbs quoted J. Marshall Shepherd, professor of…
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Former nursing student receives $450K in whistle-blower case
A Georgia jury awarded a former nursing student at Appalachian Technical College in Woodstock $450,000 after she was expelled from the institution for blowing the…
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The negotiator
Political science professor Han Park was quoted in a Washington Times article about President Bill Clinton’s recent trip to North Korea, during which Clinton secured…
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Talking shop
A Washington Times article about academics’ views on Wal-Mart quoted Bethany Moreton,assistant professor of history and women’s studies. “Family values are an indispensable element of…
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New tricks for old dogs
DVM360.com, a Web site devoted to covering veterinary medicine, quoted Steven Budsberg, director of clinical research at the College of Veterinary Medicine and professor of…
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It’s business time
A CNN story about UGA students who have started successful businesses quoted Christopher Hanks, director of the Entrepreneurship Program in the Terry College of Business.…
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Good Catch
To encourage fishermen to recycle broken fishing line, 4-H’ers along Georgia’s coastline have installed used fishing line recycling collection bins.
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2009-2010 Finance and Administration Fellows selected
Three employees in Finance and Administration have been selected as participants in the fifth year of the F&A Fellows Program.
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Administrative assistant balances work, college classes and family
Arkedia Raines isn’t only an administrative assistant in Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations. She’s also a mother and college student who keeps herself busy.
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University rises in ranking of African-American students earning doctoral degrees
Diverse Issues in Higher Education ranked UGA 17th in the nation for doctoral degrees conferred upon African Americans, up from 18th in last year’s rankings.
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Panel discussion will focus on security threats in cyberspace
Nationally recognized experts will be on campus Sept. 11 to teach university and community members ways to prevent cyber terrorism during “The Growing Cyber Security…
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UGA administrator receive Ernst & Young’s Inclusive Excellence Award
Mark C. Dawkins, associate dean for academic programs and an accounting professor at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, has been named one…
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Higher education, civic engagement top conference agenda
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach will host the 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference Sept. 28-30.
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UGA licenses technology for adhesives
A new technology that uses visible light for curing a multitude of monomers, oligomers and polymers-chemical building blocks from which synthetic organic materials are made-has…
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UGA to host Housing Training Institute
UGA has been selected as the new host institution for the James C. Grimm National Housing Training Institute by the Association of College and University…
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Social media conference set for Sept. 19
The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will host its third annual Connect conference on public relations and social media Sept. 19 at the…
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Symposium to explore future of biomass-based fuels
Top scientists will provide insights about the scientific progress toward a future in which fuels and products are based on biomass at a symposium sponsored…
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Pharmacy South will be dedicated Sept. 10
The College of Pharmacy will hold a dedication ceremony Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. for its new Pharmacy South addition, built adjacent to the Robert…
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Groundbreaking set for Butts-Mehre Hall
UGA will break ground on a cutting-edge renovation and expansion of Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall, the everyday home of the University’s Athletic Association and football team,…