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UGA signs international cooperative agreement with Mexican university
UGA and the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro of México have entered into an International Cooperative Agreement of Good Faith. President Michael F. Adams, Noel Fallows,…
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NBAF goes to Kansas State University
A mid-January announcement from the Department of Homeland Security is expected to officially designate Kansas as the new home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense…
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The write track
Faculty support from across campus is crucial to the success of the new Interdisciplinary Writing Certificate Program for undergraduates launched last semester, according to its…
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Honors student named UGA’s first George Mitchell Scholar
Christina Faust, a UGA Honors student, is one of 12 national recipients of the 2009-2010 George J. Mitchell Postgraduate Scholarship. A senior, she will use…
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Former speaker of U.S. House teaches judicial review course at law school this semester
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has joined the School of Law as a Carl E. Sanders Political Leadership Scholar this…
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University Alliance grants support outreach, recruitment, retention efforts
The University Alliance, a partnership between UGA and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, has awarded10 University Alliance Grants for the 2008-2009 academic year. The grants, ranging…
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TV viewers may need to purchase converter box for digital switch
Television viewers whose sets use rabbit ears or antennae to receive a signal will need to change their change their tuners before Feb. 17, when…
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Coastal Carolina goes on probation
Coastal Carolina University, a liberal arts institution in Conway, S.C., has been placed on a two-year probation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for unethical…
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Obama taps Ohio professor as new chief White House photographer
An assistant professor at Ohio University has been picked to be the next chief White House photographer, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Pete Souza,…
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11,600 apply for admission through early-action program
UGA’s early-action admissions program continues to prove popular with prospective students, with some 11,600 applications submitted by the Oct. 15 deadline. About half of those…
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Eminent Scholar will expand bioenergy research efforts
Harry Gilbert, who has worked extensively on carbohydrate enzymes while focusing primarily on how these biocatalysts contribute to plant cell wall degradation, has joined UGA’s…
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The UGA Research Foundation has received a five-year, $18.7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda
The UGA Research Foundation has received a five-year, $18.7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to research ways to reduce the morbidity…
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Henry King Stanford, president emeritus, dies at age 92
Henry King Stanford, who died Jan. 1 in Americus at the age of 92, was a sprightly, highly regarded veteran of nearly 30 years as…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology to hold annual student symposium
The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology will hold its fifteenth annual symposium showcasing student research Jan. 23-24.
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Peabody Awards Collection to observe Black History Month
In observance of Black History Month, the Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries will screen recent, relevant Peabody recipients on four successive…
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40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature scheduled for March 6-7 at UGA
Some of the nation’s top authors and illustrators of children’s books will speak during the 40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature March 6-7 at the…
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UGA graduate student in counseling psychology receives APA travel award
Michael Jay Manalo, a University of Georgia graduate student in counseling psychology, has received the Joint American Psychological Association Ethics and Division 44 Student Travel…
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Nobel laureate to deliver UGA Cancer Center lecture
A Nobel Laureate whose insights have broadened scientists’ understanding of how cell division goes awry in diseases such as cancer will deliver the Spring 2009…
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UGA ranked 9th “Best Value” by the Princeton Review
The University of Georgia ranks 9th as the “Best Value” public college for 2009, according to The Princeton Review, which teamed with USA Today to…
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UGA plant biology graduate student wins national award
A doctoral student in plant biology at the University of Georgia has been named one of 10 national recipients of the K. Patricia Cross Future…
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UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation
Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a…
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Man on a mission to defeat malaria kicks off UGA’s 2009 Voices from the Vanguard series
hysician-scientist Stephen L. Hoffman, a leader in the race to develop a vaccine that defends healthy people against malaria, opens the 4th annual “Global Diseases:…
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Valve failure causes humidity damage at Georgia Museum of Art
Approximately 25 paintings from the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Art appear to have been compromised to varying extents by moisture created when…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology researchers discover new Percina fish species
While surveying fishes in Georgia’s Flint River, Byron and Mary Freeman noticed that a certain darter fish had a striking orange color in its fins–much…