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Gauri Datta, elected a Fellow in the Institute of Matematical Statistics
Gauri Datta, a professor in the statistics department, has been elected a Fellow in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The fellowship honors scientists who exemplify…
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Sarah E. Blackwell, named 2009 Professor of the Year
Sarah E. Blackwell, an associate professor of Spanish, has been named the 2009 Professor of the Year by the Georgia chapter of the American Association…
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Deryl Bailey,is president-elect of the Association for Conselor Education and Supervision
Deryl Bailey, an associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services, is president-elect of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, a…
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GMOA launches virtual museum
The Georgia Museum of Art recently launched a virtual museum in Second Life featuring paintings and drawings from its permanent collection. The virtual museum contains…
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Archway Partnership wins award
UGA recently was awarded the 2009 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award for its Archway Partnership program. The Archway Partnership is now one of…
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‘Georgia Review’ wins 13 awards
The Georgia Review, UGA’s quarterly journal of arts and letters, recently earned six gold honors and a total of 13 citations at the Magazine Association…
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UGA renews international cooperative agreement with Egyptian university
UGA renewed its International Cooperative Agreement with Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, on March 2. At present, a major focus of the 15-year partnership…
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OASIS access will transition on May 20
An upcoming transition from OASIS to MyID means students will no longer be required to use their Social Security number to access OASIS via the…
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State Farm gift funds creation of new sales lab in Terry College of Business
State Farm has committed $96,000 to establish a sales lab at the Terry College of Business. The donation will benefit Terry’s marketing department, which will…
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Protect yourself from mosquitoes
Georgia’s drought kept mosquitoes at bay. But an abundance of rain and warm weather has sparked dormant eggs to hatch. “As long as these mosquitoes…
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UAE University now offers doctorates
United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi will become the first native Persian Gulf university to confer Ph.D.s, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Programs…
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Australian colleges, universities see big jump in international enrollment
International student enrollment in Australian colleges and universities jumped 20 percent over last year despite poor economic conditions, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The…
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Spring scenes
Past, present-and possibly- future members of the UGA community made campus abuzz with activity as the semester drew to a close
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Firm foundation: UGA employees, students partner with community to tackle poverty
Three years ago, the University of Georgia joined four community partners in an unprecedented initiative to tackle persistent poverty in Athens-Clarke County. Today, one of…
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Butler, former longtime director of alumni relations, dies
Long before computers and spreadsheets, Tyus Butler was a human database of information about UGA graduates.
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Study: Rate of homicidal poisoning is increasing
Homicidal poisonings are rare but on the rise-and infants are the most common victims-according to a new UGA study that aims to raise awareness of…
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Good fit
A new technology that kills pathogens on food at home and in restaurants, grocery stores, food-processing and beverage-manufacturing facilities has been licensed to the maker…
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Remains of the day
The sun never set. Sally Walker, a paleontologist at UGA, could walk outside the scientific research station any time, day or night, into a dazzling…
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Recent graduate wins 2009 Merage American Dream Fellowship
Tulsi Patel, an Honors student from Acworth who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in genetics, has received a 2009 American Dream Fellowship from…
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CURO recognizes 2009 Promising Scholars during two-day campus visit
For the fifth consecutive year, UGA has recognized a group of Georgia high school seniors for their stellar academic records. The 16 students were named…
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President discusses budget at final ’08-’09 University Council meeting
The university should operate exactly the same in the next fiscal year as it has in this one and employees should not worry about losing…
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National manhunt ends for former faculty member
The national manhunt for George M. Zinkhan III, a former UGA faculty member, ended May 9 with the discovery of his body near the Clarke-Jackson…
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Grant will be used to research link between PTSD, substance abuse treatment services
The National Institute on Drug Abuse-one of 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health-has awarded a faculty member in the School…
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Graduate programs continue to rank among nation’s best
UGA graduate programs remain among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News&World Report’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. The College of…