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First Visitors Center director gets ready to roll up her welcome mat
One of the first voices many visitors to campus hear may be that of Fran Lane, the director of the Visitors Center who is slated…
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At the Performing Arts Center
The Performing Arts Center presents flutist Gary Schocker and guitarist Jason Vieaux on Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $19…
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At the Georgia Museum of Art
Some of the world’s top interior designers will make the Georgia Museum of Art into their own work of art as part of GMOA at…
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Circle Gallery
The Architecture of Landscape, an exhibition by Athens artist Jim StipeMaas is on display through Oct. 31 at the Circle Gallery in the School of…
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Campaign for Charities kicks off Oct. 18
UGA’s annual Campaign for Charities will get under way Oct. 18 with a kickoff breakfast in Georgia Hall of the Tate Student Center. The event…
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Project Vote Smart’s Voter Defense System to stop at UGA on Oct. 17
Project Vote Smart will bring its Voter Defense System to UGA Oct. 17 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. to teach the public how to defend against…
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Arch Foundation adds two trustees
The University of Georgia Arch Foundation has added two members to its board of trustees. Keith Mason of Atlanta and Stan Shelton of Boston, Mass.,…
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NOAA funds graduate program on ocean sciences and health policy
The University of Georgia has been awarded a $518,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create a new graduate training program.
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Use water more efficiently
With Athens and the surrounding counties under Level 4 water restrictions and around-the-clock bans on outdoor residential water use, conserving water at UGA and in…
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‘Super toxin’
Trypanosoma is a nasty class of single-celled parasites that cause serious, even fatal diseases in humans and animals.
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Rutgers offers free tuition to low-income students in New Jersey
Rutgers University announced that it has implemented a new program that will allow minority and low-income students in New Jersey to enroll at one of…
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Essay: Drug companies found to influence writing in medical journals
Drug companies may have a more influential role in how professors publish articles in medical journals, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. In an essay…
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Four innovative faculty members receive 2007 D.W. Brooks Awards
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presented its annual D.W. Brooks Faculty Awards for Excellence on Oct. 2. The 2007 winners are Adam J.…
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Political consultant will speak about 2008 political race
On Oct. 22, Paul E. Begala, political contributor on CNN’s The Situation Room and former counselor to President Bill Clinton, will comment on the 2008…
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Interdisciplinary artist Elliott Earls to visit campus for week-long residency
Renowned designer, performance artist and filmmaker Elliott Earls will spend Oct. 15-19 in residence at UGA.
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UGA undergraduates give good marks to their overall educational experience in survey
UGA students who participated in the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement have again evaluated their overall educational experience more positively than students from selected…
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‘Permanent tribute’
The Arch Foundation for the University of Georgia has established a scholarship fund to help students study in other countries and has named the fund…
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$1.18 million NIH grant will help to develop rabies vaccines
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has awarded the College of Veterinary Medicine a $1.18 million grant…
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Task force formed to study water use, conservation efforts
A task force has been formed to recommend ways the university can immediately reduce water use during the current drought, and actions that can be…
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Ginter named director of UGA’s Division of Academic Enhancement
Earl J. Ginter, who has served as assistant director and interim director of the Division of Academic Enhancement at the University of Georgia, has been…
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Go Green Alliance hosts 8 Days to Go Green
The University of Georgia’s student-led Go Green Alliance will host 8 Days to Go Green, Oct. 14-21, with activities every day to raise awareness for…
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Criminalization of children subject of faculty symposium
Research shows that in many cases, once children enter the juvenile justice system they never leave it. Instead, when they turn 17, they transition into…
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Children sought for study on effects of zinc on bone health
University of Georgia researchers in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences are seeking girls between the ages of 9 and 10 to participate in…
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National authority on higher education to deliver Louise McBee at UGA Oct. 31
Patrick M. Callan, an authority on the quality of higher education in America and issues such as access and accountability in higher education, will deliver…