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Dream Award nominations
UGA’s sixth annual President’s Fulfilling the Dream Awards will be presented at the Freedom Breakfast on Jan. 16 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education…
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Gymnastics tickets
General admission season tickets for gymnastics are on sale now at $50 for adults and $30 for youth. They can be ordered online at georgiadogs.com.…
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Web site keeps eyes on the (Delta) prize
The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, an annual award given by Delta Air Lines and UGA to individuals for efforts to advance understanding and cooperation…
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Service-learning meeting
The Office of Service-Learning will host a monthly meeting for the Service-Learning Interest Group. Entitled “Risk Management in Service-Learning,” the meeting will be held Nov.…
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Religion’s role in state history explained
From Mounds to Megachurches Georgia’s Religious Heritage By David S. Williams University of Georgia Press $26.95 In From Mounds to Megachurches, David S. Williams offers…
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Digital librarian checks out future delivery alternatives for patrons
Before the Web, Google and Wikipedia, Tom Frieling saw the future of libraries and it was technology. In the late 1980s, while an assistant librarian…
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Sandra Wyld, named co-editor of journal Geology
Sandra Wyld, associate professor of geology, has been named co-editor of the journal Geology published by the Geological Society of America. It is one of…
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Anne Sweaney, invited to Nationial housing symposium
Anne Sweaney, head of the housing and consumer economics department in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, was invited to join representatives of three…
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Marshall Shepherd, elected Fellow of American Meteorological Society
Marshall Shepherd, an associate professor in the department of geography, was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Only one-fifth of 1 percent of…
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Jenny Penney Oliver, kudos from Nationial Association for Multicultural Education
Jenny Penney Oliver, chair of the dean’s council for diversity in the College of Education, has been elected secretary of the Georgia chapter of the…
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Christopher King, new board member for American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Christopher King, assistant vice president for research and director of UGA’s Office of Animal Care and Use, has been elected to the board of trustees…
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Three elected to Sports Hall of Fame
Two UGA coaches and one former athlete have been elected to the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Andy Landers, current head women’s basketball…
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Physical plant’s green cleaning practices earn certification
UGA is one of only two universities in the country to earn the Cleaning Industry Management Standard Certification with Honors. The award recognizes work by…
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Institute of Government takes on all state agency training, development
UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government is assuming all state agency training and development under an expanded partnership with the State Personnel Administration. The new…
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Complete security training by Nov. 30
To help members of the university community be more careful with private information on computers, UGA has developed a series of training presentations, accessible by…
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Court overturns prior MCAT decision
An appeals court ruled that California students with learning disabilities will not receive extra time on the MCAT, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Students…
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Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine discuss possible merger
According to the Houston Chronicle, talks of a merger between Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine may begin soon. The two institutions already…
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Out and about
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel has named the room that mascot Uga VII and the Seiler family stay in while…
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Words matter
Since the dawn of the Internet, some have predicted that it would render print media obsolete, that magazines would struggle and newspapers would move to…
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Nationally recognized research professor to head anatomy, radiology department in veterinary college
The College of Veterinary Medicine has hired a nationally recognized research professor to serve as the head of the anatomy and radiology department. Dr. Steven…
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Stress test
Stressed corals lose the symbiotic algae that help them survive in a process known as bleaching, but UGA researchers have discovered that one subtype of…
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Health law scholar to deliver this year’s Sibley Lecture
The School of Law’s 104th Sibley Lecture, entitled “Presidential DNA and the Public’s Right to Know the (Future) Health of Its Leader,” will be delivered…
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Action plan being developed to help UGA’s growing research enterprise
A plan to improve research administration and mitigate compliance risk at UGA will be presented in the winter.
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Seven faculty members are named 2008-09 Service-Learning Fellows
The Office of Service-Learning has selected seven faculty members as 2008-2009 Service-Learning Fellows. This year-long faculty development program provides an opportunity for fellows to integrate…