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2008 Summer Academy at UGA Youth Camps accepting registrations
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel is currently accepting enrollment for the 2008 Summer Academy at UGA.
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UGA health center to sponsor Dawg Gone Healthy Day festival
The second annual Dawg Gone Healthy Day will be held on Monday, April 14 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., on the Tate Plaza.
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University’s graduate programs rank among the best in nation
UGA’s graduate programs remained among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
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M.B.A. program director is named University Professor
Peter J. Shedd, director of the Master of Business Administration program in the Terry College of Business, has been awarded the title of University Professor.
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University will host Native American studies conference
A conference that will bring together scholars from around the globe who work in the field of Native American and indigenous studies will take place…
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Making adaptations
Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one University of Georgia researcher believes they might also play a role in spurring the evolution of new and…
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Saving species
When Hazel Wetzstein holds a tiny Georgia plume plant, she’s not just tending a future shrub. She’s keeping a native species from becoming extinct.
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Building bodies, boosting brains
Many people claim to get their best ideas while on the elliptical machine, doing laps in the pool, or jogging along a quiet road, and…
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Alien Invasion
What began as a breakfast-table discussion between two UGA professors has led to a grant, from the Program in International Research and Education of the…
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Borrowers and Lenders
A bit more than half a century ago, a musical called West Side Story opened on Broadway.
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Gene-ius
There’s a moment in a scientist’s life—at least in the movies—when a virtual light bulb goes off and a new idea is born.
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Treating post-traumatic stress first helps children overcome grief
Post traumatic stress disorder is commonly thought to affect victims of major trauma and those who witness violence, but a new University of Georgia study…
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UGA researchers help papaya take genetic spotlight
UGA researchers are not looking to pull sweet fruit from the papaya tree branches. They’re peering deeper to study its genes and see how they…
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Reproducing black flies helps research effort
When it comes to black flies, most people would prefer them destroyed.
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Camera reveals new organism in Georgia well
His drinking water smelled like old bait-shrimp, and the Putnam County homeowner wanted Keith Fielder, the local University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent, to tell…
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UGA technology dramatically increases ethanol yield
University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops such as…
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Spices may protect against consequences of high blood sugar
Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests they are also potent inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation…
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A lack of knowledge
Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of…
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UGA leads effort to swat down major vegetable disease
In the Southeast, thrips are tomato and pepper farmers’ No. 1 enemy.
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UGA researcher studying sunflower potential
By unlocking its genetic secrets, University of Georgia researcher Steve Knapp wants to make the sunflower a better agricultural crop or one that can more…
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Study links primary care shortage with salary disparities
The nation’s shortage of primary care physicians has been linked to a host of poor health outcomes, and a new study published in the Journal…
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Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism
A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a…
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UGA given $4.1 million for bee research
Almost half the bee colonies in the United States died last winter.
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Profitable organic farming
Research at the Agroecology Laboratory at the UGA Odum School of Ecology has led to the creation of organic farming enterprise budgets.