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Media Advisory: UGA cabinet meeting and media briefing March 21
The University of Georgia Cabinet will conduct its regular meeting Friday, March 21, at 10:30 a.m., in the Peabody Board Room of the administration building.
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UGA Counseling professor Linda Campbell named Fellow of second APA division
For the second time in her career, University of Georgia counseling professor Linda Campbell has been named a Fellow of a division of the American…
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University Woman’s Club soiree
The University Woman’s Club will hold its annual Scholarship Soiree March 29 from 6:30–9:30 p.m. on the terrace of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, located…
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Research magazine’s site debuts new look
The Web site for UGA Research, produced by the Office of the Vice President for Research, has debuted a new look with its winter 2008…
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New book analyzes alternative media
Democratic Communications: Formations, Projects, Possibilities James F. Hamilton Lexington Books New book analyzes alternative media Democratic Communications: Formations, Projects, Possibilities by James F. Hamilton, associate…
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An ounce of prevention
I have served as an academic honesty panelist for more than a decade, and it is without question the most heart-wrenching thing I do in…
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Leonard Poon, Tibbitts Award
Leonard Poon, director of the Institute of Gerontology, received the 2008 Tibbitts Award and delivered the Tibbitts lecture on Feb. 22 at the annual meeting…
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Pamela O. Paisley, David K. Brooks Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award
Pamela O. Paisley, coordinator of the school counseling program in the College of Education, will receive the 2008 David K. Brooks Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award,…
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Mark Jensen, Associate editor of Journal of Molecular Evolution
Mark Jensen, assistant professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics and the department of genetics, has been named an associate editor of the Journal…
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Kurt Binder, Gutenberg Fellow
Kurt Binder, adjunct professor in the Center for Simulational Physics and the department of physics and astronomy, was named one of the only two Gutenberg…
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March 2008
Seven UGA employees retired March 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Dorothy K. Allen, administrative assistant I, parking services, 17…
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Willie L. Banks Jr., Georgia 4-H Advisory Committee
Willie L. Banks Jr., director of the department of campus life and the Tate Student Center, has been named to the Georgia 4-H Advisory Committee.…
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Health economist appointed inaugural George D. Busbee Professor in Public Policy
The department of public administration and policy has appointed W. David Bradford as the first holder of the George D. Busbee Chair in Public Policy.…
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Director will take ‘legion’ of memories with her into retirement
When Candy Sherman retires April 30, she will take many memories with her, but none will compare what happened on Legion Field in 1983.
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UGA Choirs and Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms’ ‘German Requiem’
The UGA Choirs and Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Cedel, will perform Brahms’ German Requiem on March 20 and March 21 at 8…
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george
The Ugly American, starring Marlon Brando and directed by George Englund, was released in 1963 and has since gathered a reputation among many critics as…
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C!oris
Cloris Leachman will perform a new one-woman show, Cloris, about her life and years in show business. The play is written and directed by George…
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University’s health and physical education program receives national recognition
UGA’s health and physical education program is one of less than 24 programs in the country to receive full recognition from the National Association for…
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LACSI receives grant for graduate student research in Latin America, Caribbean
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute has been awarded a $10,000 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant to provide funds in support of travel for…
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Developer of unique performance-based assessment to deliver Torrance Lecture
C. June Maker, an education researcher who developed a unique performance-based assessment designed to identify the academic and creative strengths of children, will deliver the…
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Novel genes
The word Apicomplexa may be unfamiliar to most people. But the parasites it describes are all too familiar—causing malaria, toxoplasmosis and several other diseases. These…
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New law gives employees leave if relatives injured while on active duty
A new federal law gives families of service members injured while on active duty up to 26 weeks of leave time off of work to…
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Report shows states spend more on prisons than they do on colleges
Five U.S. states are spending more money on prisons than on higher education, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. A recent study conducted by the…
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British to build new universities
The British government has announced plans to build 20 new universities within the next six years, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Citing the need…