All News
-
UGA first in state Peace Corps volunteers
UGA is ranked first in the Peace Corps’ 2008 list of top 25 colleges producing volunteers from Georgia. Since the Peace Corps was officially established…
-
Study reveals child care’s economic impact
Georgia’s early care and education industry generates some $4.1 billion in economic activity in the state annually and provides more than 60,000 jobs serving an…
-
Library, Honors Program to co-host forums
UGA’s Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies and the Honors Program will co-host a series of forums this fall in conjunction with…
-
Radio station kicks off week-long fundraiser
WUGA-FM 91.7/97.9 will conduct a week-long on-air fundraising campaign beginning Sept. 15. An auction featuring handmade pottery items donated by local artisans will again be…
-
Art School Dedication
On Sept. 4, UGA formally opened the 172,000-square-foot art facility
-
UGA farm helps to grow Savannah Room’s menu
UGA does more than just teach students how to grow organic food. It serves it up, too.
-
New director of contracts and grants named
Following a nationwide search, Pamela Ray, has been named director of contracts and grants at UGA. Her appointment was effective Sept. 1.
-
Byungdeok Kang
Doctoral student Byungdeok Kang came to the United States thinking he would come and get a great education, then he would take his expertise home…
-
UGA Black Faculty and Staff Organization awards Founders Scholarships
n conjunction with the University of Georgia Office of Institutional Diversity’s second annual Embracing Diversity celebration, the Black Faculty and Staff Organization presented Founders Scholarships…
-
Top expert on the science of human skin to deliver Ritter Lecture-Sept. 23
Elaine Fuchs, one of the top experts in the world on the science of human skin, will be the featured speaker in the Ritter Lecture…
-
Three UGA employees named to state’s first education policy fellowship class
Three University of Georgia employees have been named to the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education’s inaugural class of Education Policy Fellowship Program. Jerome Morris,…
-
Foreign investors offered an intensive course in forestland investment
Foreign investors looking for a better place to invest their money can learn how trees grow both jobs and returns at an upcoming conference in…
-
UGA student Bailey Welch receives $1,000 Merit Award
University of Georgia sophomore Bailey Welch, a marketing major from Duluth, has been selected as one of 50 recipients nationwide to win a $1,000 Merit…
-
UGA Cooperative Extension program gets Georgia moving
Over 3,000 Georgians exercised their way across the state this spring. The miles were logged by participants in the Walk Georgia program, which challenged Georgians…
-
Iraq War coorespondent to present UGA’s 30th McGill Lecture
A young woman who’s been dragged from her room by police and pinned down by gunfire in a shrine will present the 30th annual McGill…
-
University Alliance grants
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach is accepting proposals until Sept. 17 for the 2008-2009 University Alliance Program grants. Funded…
-
Woman’s Club meeting
The UGA Woman’s Club will hold its first meeting of the 2008-2009 academic year from 10:30-ll:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the President’s House, 570 Prince…
-
Telephone directory information verification
Now through Sept. 26, all regular, benefit-eligible faculty and staff are encouraged to review their work and home address and phone number information prior to…
-
Georgia Magazine’s Web site redesigned
Georgia Magazine launched its new Web site Sept. 3, with content from the September issue and special Web-only features. Features include a first-look at Uga…
-
Prof updates book on state’s history
Georgia Odyssey, second edition By James C. Cobb University of Georgia Press $14.95 Updated to include the last decade of Georgia history, the second edition…
-
Nurturing environment
Pamela Kleiber, associate director of the Honors Program, has since 2000 coordinated the Honors Faculty Mentor Program, in which selected faculty have mentored freshman Honors…
-
UGA observatory hosts two public viewing nights
The UGA Observatory will host public viewing nights on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m.
-
Recycling gets new top dawg
“Throw it away. That’s the easy answer.” That’s just the kind of response Andrew Lentini, UGA’s first recycling coordinator, is trying to avoid.
-
Mr. Peanut
UGA Cooperative Extension agent John Beasley was quoted in a Southeast Farm Press article about new peanut varieties. “Many producers want to go back and…