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William U. Eiland reveives lifetime achievement award from SEMC
William Underwood Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, recently received the James R. Short award for service to the museum profession from the…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology graduate student reveives Wildlife Disease Association Award
Nicole Gottdenker, Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia, recently received the Wildlife Disease Association Graduate Student Scholarship Award.
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Niaz Bakhtyar
It wasn’t so much that senior Niaz Bakhtyar found food science. It was more like food science found him. Bakhtyar was talking with food science…
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Freedom Breakfast planned for Jan. 16 at UGA
The sixth annual Freedom Breakfast honoring the life and work of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held at 7:30 a.m. Jan.…
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About 2,260 eligible to reveive degrees at UGA commencement ceremonies Dec.19
About 2,260 University of Georgia students will be eligible to receive degrees at UGA’s fall semester commencement ceremonies Dec. 19 in Stegeman Coliseum.
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UGA education students Shaver, Reagin receive Osborn Scholarships
University of Georgia elementary education students Ashley Shaver and Mary Reagin have been awarded D. Keith Osborne Scholarships for spring semester 2009.
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Gamble receives 55th Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship
Suzanna Gamble, a junior in early childhood education from Cumming, has been awarded the 55th Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship. She received an award of $750…
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New research shows how gene function drives natural selection in important class of genetic elements
For years, researchers thought that most of this DNA was passive “junk” and knew little about it. New findings, however, are peeling back the odd…
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Georgia Mseum of Art curator receives 2009 Georgia Museum Educator of the Year Award
The Georgia Art Education Association has selected Georgia Museum of Art curator Carissa DiCindio to receive the Georgia Museum Educator of the Year Award for…
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Study first to how that RNA interference can facilitate vaccine development
Pharmaceutical companies and universities are racing to develop drugs that use the gene silencing mechanism known as RNA interference to treat a host of diseases.…
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UGA professor elected to directorate of national college student affairs group
University of Georgia College of Education faculty member Laura Dean has been elected to the directorate of the American College Personnel Association Commission for Professional…
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Houck to serve on Journal of Education Finance Editorial board
University of Georgia education professor Eric Houck has been selected to serve as a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Education…
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AccessText Network created in collaboration with UGA will improve student access to textbooks
The Association of American Publishers has signed an agreement with the Alternative Media Access Center, an initiative of the Georgia Board of Regents and the…
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Department of anthropology graduate student at UGA wins national writing award
A University of Georgia department of anthropology graduate student has won the American Anthropological Association’s annual award for writing on anthropology and the environment.
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Institutional progress report online
The 2007-08 Annual Report of Institutional Progress prepared by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness will not be published as a special insert in Columns this…
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Freedom Breakfast tickets
The sixth annual Freedom Breakfast, which honors the life and work of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will be held at 7:30 a.m.…
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Publication break
The Dec. 8 issue of Columns is the final one to be published for fall semester. Regular weekly publication will resume Jan. 12. Submit news…
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Cook’s holiday
Food Services’ annual luncheon feast, “A Cook’s Holiday,” will run Dec. 18-19 at the Village Summit in Joe Frank Harris Commons. The meal is a…
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Libraries holiday hours
The holiday schedule for the main and science libraries will begin Dec. 17 with reduced hours. The libraries will be closed Dec. 21, Dec. 25…
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Winter weather closing procedures
By policy, the university makes one of three announcements during inclement winter weather: UGA is open and operating on a regular schedule; UGA is closed;…
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Alternative Media Access Center honored
The Alternative Media Access Center, an initiative of the University System of Georgia and housed at UGA, has received the White Cane Award from the…
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Housing diverts tons of carpet from landfill
University Housing recently was recognized by InterfaceFLOR, the world’s largest modular carpet manufacturer, for the diversion of 47,500 pounds of carpet from the landfill for…
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Elegant Salute raises nearly $100,000 for Georgia Museum of Art programming
The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art raised nearly $100,000 from ticket sales and event sponsors at its 11th biennial Elegant Salute on Nov.…
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Equestrian team gets permanent home
The Athletic Association has signed a contract to purchase an existing horse farm near Athens that will soon serve as the permanent home for UGA’s…