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Study: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries
Even occasional cigarette smoking can impair the functioning of your arteries, according to a new University of Georgia study that used ultrasound to measure how…
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Female sex offenders: Most were victims first
A UGA study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of women child molesters shows that many were themselves victims of sexual…
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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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Georgia’s Fragile Coast: Will Building Green Pay Off?
The roads at Barbour Pointe—a marsh-side Savannah development of 36 homesites—are literally paved with good intentions, brick pavers laid down in a pattern that allows…
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Shallow-water corals more resistant to bleaching
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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Algae holds promise as biofuel
Wastewater generated by carpet production could potentially be used to grow yet another crop for biofuel – algae.
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Soybean grant gives researchers tools to unravel better bean
For millennia, people have grown soybeans and turned them into useful products like oil and livestock feed.
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Program deterring youth alcohol use has positive side affects
A University of Georgia program designed to reduce alcohol use, drug use and risky sexual behavior in African-American youth also reduces the likelihood of engaging…
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Janelle Williams
Originally from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Janelle Williams came to UGA after her participation in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. SURP offers…
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First UGA/Athens Twilight Jazz Festival to be held April 24-26 with Twilight Criterium
Visitors to the annual Twilight Criterium bicycle races in downtown Athens will get have a second chance to get jazzed up April 24-26.
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Leisure studies scholar Benjamin Hunnicutt to deliver Ramsey Lecture April 17 at UGA
Benjamin Hunnicutt, renowned author and scholar in the field of leisure studies, will speak at the Georgia Museum of Art on Thursday, April 17 at…
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UGA conference to focus on school finance, implications for Georgia and beyond
A dozen or more experts in education, economics and law from the University of Georgia will speak on a variety of issues regarding school finance…
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Delta AIr Lines and the University of Georgia present the Delta Price for Global Understanding
Delta Air Lines and the University of Georgia presented the 2008 Delta Prize for Global Understanding to Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland, for his…
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UGA Honors student Vanessa del Valle receives 2008 Goldwater Scholarship
Vanessa del Valle, a University of Georgia Honors student, has been selected as a 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious national science award for…
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AIDS vaccines expert to address unwarranted pessimism in UGA lecture
There’s been plenty of bad news about AIDS vaccines since the U.S. government shut down a major clinical trial last fall. More recently, several prominent…
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Media Advisory: UGA partners with China’s Foremost University
Today Governor Sonny Perdue and senior officials of Tsinghua University in China announced the creation of a partnership between the University of Georgia (UGA) and…
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UGA’s Grady College announces 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
Four distinguished alumni from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication have been named recipients of its annual alumni awards.
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UGA student newspaper wins national reporting award
The Red & Black, an independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community, and its reporter, Paul Ruddle, are winners of the third annual…
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67th Annual Peabody Awards winners announced
Thirty-five recipients of the 67th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Georgia Writers Hall of Fame ceremony set for April 11
The late Calder Willingham and South Georgia author Bailey White will be the 2008 inductees in the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, sponsored by the…
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Legra to guide UGA new student orientation
The University of Georgia Office of Undergraduate Admissions announced the promotion Milly Legra to associate director of admissions and director of new student orientation, effective…
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Co-chair of Iraq Study Group to deliver Getzen Lecture at UGA
Lee H. Hamilton, the co-chair of the Iraq Study Group and former vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission, will highlight the University of Georgia’s School of…
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UGA Alumni Association to honor Joe Frank Harris, Hamilton Jordan and William Barstow among others
The University of Georgia Alumni Association will honor former Gov. Joe Frank Harris, political strategist and author Hamilton Jordan and popular UGA professor William Barstow…
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University of Georgia administrator chosen for Fulbright Program
Leigh Poole, associate director of intercultural affairs and director of international student life at the University of Georgia, has been selected as one of four…