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UGA statistics professor wins national honor
Lynne Billard, University Professor of Statistics in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2008 Elizabeth…
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24-hour bus service
UGA’s Campus Transit System now offers bus services 24 hours per day. A new bus route named UGA Overnight will operate from 1 a.m.-6:30 a.m.…
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Fitness Center applications
The Fitness Center is accepting new applications for participation in its adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation programs. Each week three, one-hour cardiac rehabilitation exercise sessions…
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School of Ecology launches new Web site
The Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, the world’s first stand-alone school of ecology, has launched a new Web site that informs Internet surfers about…
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New book offers fresh insight into educational thinking of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History By Derrick P. Alridge Teachers College Press $24.95 The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois:…
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Retirees August 2008
Fifteen UGA employees retired Aug. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Patricia Bell-Scott, professor, child and family development, 16 years/10…
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Roger B. Winston Jr., Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger B. Winston Jr., professor emeritus in the College of Education, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College Personnel Association. The award recognizes…
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Peter Smagorinsky and Elizabeth St. Pierre named outstanding reviewers
Education professors Peter Smagorinsky and Elizabeth St. Pierre were named outstanding reviewers for the Educational Researcher, an academic journal produced by the American Educational Research…
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Damon Evans, named to Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40”
Damon Evans, director of athletics, has been named to Sports Business Journal’s annual “Forty Under 40” list, which recognizes the country’s top sports executives under…
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Rose Chepyator-Thomson, received the Nell C. Jackson Memorial Award
Rose Chepyator-Thomson, professor of physical education and director of the Cultural Studies in Physical Activity Laboratory in the College of Education’s department of kinesiology, received…
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Gerald Arkin, Excellence in Leadership Award
Gerald Arkin, an assistant dean at the Griffin Campus, was awarded the Excellence in Leadership Award by the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.…
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Reception for new women faculty to be held Sept. 5 at Tate Student Center
The Institute for Women’s Studies will host its 2008 New Women Faculty Reception on Sept. 5 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Reception Hall of the…
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Main library to close during home football games this year
The main library will be closed during home football games beginning with the first game against Georgia Southern University Aug. 30. The Student Learning Center…
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MCG-UGA seminar seeks to expand basic and translational collaborations
This fall, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and faculty at the Medical College of Georgia plan to kick off a series of seminars and…
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Track spending to create more cash
Food prices are up, and gasoline-although lower recently-costs more than it did this time last year. Most paychecks have stayed the same, but there are…
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New marketing technique curbs campus drinking at U. of Virginia
A controversial program that provides accurate information about peer drinking habits to students has reduced the negative consequences of alcohol intake at the University of…
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Science illustration program at U.C. Santa Cruz will shut down
The lauded science illustration program at the University of California, Santa Cruz will close in the spring due to state budget cuts, the Santa Cruz…
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New programs help to educate UGA employees about P-Card policies
Recent regulations and penalties on P-Card use have stoked reservations and questions on campus, but the changes to the program are small and easy to…
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Graduate School welcome
The Graduate School welcomed more than 800 new students to UGA at its orientation and InfoFair at the Athens Classic Center on Aug. 14. Preliminary…
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Gwinnett Campus facility will be dedicated Aug. 27
President Michael F. Adams will be among the speakers at the Aug. 27 dedication ceremony for UGA’s new Gwinnett Campus facility, located at 2530 Sever…
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Archway campaign closes with more than $653.6 million
UGA received a total of $653,647,368 in gifts and commitments during its seven-year Archway to Excellence fundraising campaign, which ended June 30. The total surpassed…
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UGA hosts 2008 PROBE College Fair on Sept. 10
Local high school juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to visit with about 100 southeastern colleges and universities at the annual PROBE College Fair…
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Christina Faust
Christina Faust is serious about saving the environment…and she might do it. A UGA Honors student from Athens, she received the 2008 Harry S. Truman…