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UGA’s Grady College presents Pulitzer Prize-Winners Tucker and Wilkerson
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will present “Women’s Voices: An Evening with Cynthia…
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Media Advisory: UGA to hold Digital Bootcamp event, basic training for interactive media
The University of Georgia has been chosen as the inaugural host site for Digital Bootcamp, a basic training program to teach public relations students and…
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Field trip volunteer training
Volunteers are needed to lead small student groups for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia’s Field Trip Program. Field trips are scheduled from March–May and…
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Lilly Teaching Fellows applications
The Center for Teaching and Learning is currently accepting applications for the 2008-2010 Lilly Teaching Fellows. The application deadline is March 3. Information and application…
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Conference speakers: African Americans must be resourceful to succeed in academe
Speakers at UGA’s recent 2008 Black Issues in Higher Education Conference emphasized the need to support the next generation of African-American educators and academic leaders,…
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Physical Plant site helps track accounting costs
The Physical Plant has launched a Web site that allows users to track departmental accounting costs associated with work orders. By entering a work order…
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Book compiles essays on globalization
Globalization: Universal Trends, Regional Implications Edited by Howard J. Wiarda Northeastern University Press $35 paperback $65 cloth Globalization: Universal Trends, Regional Implications explores globalization—a concept…
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Bard borrowers
A bit more than half a century ago, a musical called West Side Story opened on Broadway. The story of two warring gangs, the Sharks…
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Melissa Shivers, national lead facilitators for the LeaderShape Institute’s 2008 faculty
Melissa Shivers, director of intercultural affairs, has been named one of 23 national lead facilitators for the LeaderShape Institute’s 2008 faculty. Since 1986, more than…
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Jean-Pierre Piriou, Commandeur” in the order of the French Academic Palms
Jean-Pierre Piriou, a professor of French in the department of Romance languages, was recently elevated to the rank of “Commandeur” in the order of the…
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Richard Mullendore, editorial board of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
Richard Mullendore, a professor in the College of Education’s department of counseling and human development services, has been appointed to the editorial board of the…
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Monique Y. Leclerc, Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology
Monique Y. Leclerc, crop and soil sciences professor, has received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology from the American Meteorological Society.The award recognizes pioneering…
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Ruthann Weaver Lariscy, Loren Reid Distinguished Scholar lecture
Ruthann Weaver Lariscy, a professor in the department of advertising and public relations at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, presented the University…
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Building services operation undergoes reorganization
To streamline and enhance its services to campus, the Physical Plant has reorganized its building services operation. The change is effective March 1.
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Architect’s community volunteer efforts are beyond measure
With a tape measure always in hand, Esther Sherman, a project architect in the Physical Plant, makes sure that campus building renovations measure up. But…
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St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre stages ‘Romeo and Juliet’ March 2
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet on March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine…
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UGA Wind Ensemble to perform the ‘neXt’ best thing
New band director John Lynch and the UGA Wind Ensemble will celebrate the ‘neXt’ best thing in music with a Feb. 26 concert highlighting Generation…
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Dance, Dance Evolution: CORE’s new collection springs to life
Dancing while suspended in mid-air by only thin sheets of fabric will be just one of the techniques that the CORE Concert Dance Company will…
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Preservationist to lecture Feb. 28
Béatrice de Andia, French preservationist and author, will give a lecture entitled “Gardens of the Loire Valley Castles,” Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in the…
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Spring semester enrollment tops 32,000
Spring semester enrollment at UGA totals 32,177, a 1 percent decrease from last year’s record spring enrollment. The total includes 31,210 students attending classes at…
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Fossil expert to speak Feb. 27
Kirk Johnson, author of four books and chief curator and vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, will…
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Regents adopt plan to expand, boost medical school enrollment
The board of regents approved a resolution Feb. 13 that commits the university system to a 60 percent expansion of physician education through the Medical…
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Veterinarian studies role of public policy and international trade in animal disease transmission
At first glance, there would appear to be only the most tenuous connection between veterinary medicine and international trade and security policy.
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‘Tidewater infielders’
Marine bacteria come almost a billion to a cup. Until recently, however, little has been known about how these minute creatures live or what they…