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Call for abstracts
The Honors Program is accepting applications from undergraduate researchers who would like to present their original research and creative works at the 2009 Center for…
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Site serves UGA community, state
The Office of Government Relations recently launched a redesigned Web site to better serve the university community and the residents of Georgia. Based within the…
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Mentoring award nominations
The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities is accepting nominations until Jan. 9 for the seventh annual UGA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards. The awards…
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Dublin exchange program established
Two UGA faculty members have established a new exchange program with Dublin City University in Ireland. Mark Foster, Carl Vinson Institute of Government faculty member,…
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College to present record number of abstracts at national conference
The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture has accepted a record 12 abstracts from 13 faculty authors within the College of Environment and Design for…
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UGA nets largest student body in history as extended campuses increase enrollment
Spurred by growth at two of its extended campuses, UGA has its largest student body in history this fall with an enrollment of 34,180-the first…
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A small piece of Latin America
A wall was recently installed at the Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden to give the garden a more authentic feel. The project was funded in part…
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Senior fellow named interim director of Fanning Institute
Joseph W. Whorton Jr., senior fellow at the Fanning Institute and associate professor of public administration, has been named interim director of the Fanning Institute.…
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Seminar examines ways to improve the doctoral admissions process
Examining an applicant’s complete portfolio, and not just the Graduate Record Exam score or undergraduate grade point average, is essential when selecting the best students…
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Overseas journalist calls for more foreign reporting
Media outlets scale back their foreign news coverage at the risk of contributing to a less-informed public, McClatchy Newspapers Middle East Bureau Chief Hannah Allam…
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A chance to help
Now, more than ever, is the time to help those in need, organizers of the 2008 Campaign for Charities said at its kickoff breakfast Oct.16.
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Chemistry professor wins regents’ teaching award
Charles H. Atwood, professor of chemistry in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is one of five University System of Georgia faculty members to…
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UGA to begin state’s first major in Arabic this spring semester
Algebra, alchemy, zenith, nadir: four words with something in common: they originate in the rich locutions of Arabic language. Arabic, spoken by more than 200…
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Study helps clarify role of soil microbes in global warming
Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that…
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UGA education prof leads project to advance scholarship of African-American science educators
University of Georgia education professor Mary M. Atwater is leading a new initiative that she believes will be another step in improving K-12 teaching and…
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Health law scholar to address presidential DNA and the public’s right to know
The University of Georgia School of Law’s 104th Sibley Lecture, titled “Presidential DNA and the Public’s Right to Know the (Future) Health of Its Leader,”…
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The Georgia Museum of Art presents a “Character Study” evening
On Nov. 7, the Georgia Museum of Art will host a “Character Study” evening spotlighting the eccentric, creative character of artists with a lecture on…
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Carolyn Crist
Junior Carolyn Crist has a passion for journalism, and she plans to go pro. She has worked at UGA’s student-run independent daily newspaper, The Red…
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Georgia college football game goes green
The University of Georgia has partnered with Georgia Power who will provide Green Energy for the game. It will be the first time that electricity…
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UGA’s academic honesty coordinator receives award from Center for Academic Integrity
Debbie Craddock-Bell, coordinator for academic honesty and student academic appeals at the University of Georgia, recently received the Champion of Integrity Award from the Center…
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Princeton professor to speak on marriage and slavery in lecture at UGA
Tera W. Hunter, Franklin Visiting Scholar and professor of history and African-American studies at Princeton University, will deliver a lecture titled “Until Death or Distance…
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Chicken feet: it’s what’s for dinner
Dermatitis in humans can make skin itch and burn. When it hits chickens, it drastically reduces farmers’ profits and cuts the supply of an Asian…
