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Academy of the Environment fall luncheon and meeting
The Academy of the Environment will hold a fall luncheon and meeting Nov. 29 from 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hall ballroom. UGA President…
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Holiday open house
The UGA Alumni Association will hold its annual Holiday Open House and Toy and Food Drive Nov. 29 from 4-7 p.m. at the Wray-Nicholson House,…
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Kenneth Miller, religion and evolution authority, to discuss ‘God, Darwin and Design’
Kenneth R. Miller, a Brown University biologist and noted authority on the intersection of religion and evolution, will speak at UGA Nov. 27.
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‘Unsolved puzzle’
Experiments show that simple molecules can combine chemically rather than biologically to form the building blocks of DNA, the key component of all life forms.
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November
Ten UGA employees retired Nov. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Gene P. Austin, director, Physical Plant operations and maintenance…
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Turtle Island Quartet, Leo Kottke perform ‘Solstice Celebration’
The UGA Performing Arts Center presents a holiday concert with the Turtle Island Quartet, above, and Leo Kottke on Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. in…
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Nuclear option
A forward-looking article in the Hindustan Times in India, asked a number of experts including UGA’s Anupam Srivastava, director of the Asia Program at the…
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Hands-on research part of daily routine for CURO apprentices
UGA freshman Alex Orellana knows from personal experience how painful and intensive the rehabilitation process can be when he suffered serious leg injuries after playing…
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Blame it on no rain
A Christian Science Monitor article about Georgia’s drought troubles quoted David Stooksbury, associate professor of engineering and atmospheric sciences and state climatologist. “The three reasons…
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‘Just Joe’ cranks up diversity recruitment plans at Grady College
Listeners of WPUP-FM, “Bulldog 103.7,” already know him as weeknight radio host Just Joe, but they may not know that the man behind the microphone…
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Instructors go without pay at Baltimore City Community College
Due to what the institution called a “process failure,” part-time faculty members at Baltimore City Community College went for as long as two months without…
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Book details evolution of U.S. capitalism
A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men and the Making of the United States Stephen Mihm Harvard University Press Harvard University Press In his new…
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‘Starting point’
There are dozens of ways the university can cut water consumption to help cope with one of Georgia’s worst droughts in modern times, according to…
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Doctoral students lend a hand at local domestic violence shelter
When UGA doctoral students Ben and Ruthie Neustifter aren’t knee deep in interpreting statistical data or assisting with grant-driven faculty research, they might be found…
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States’ rights
Business Week magazine quoted Walter Hellerstein, a professor of tax law at the School of Law, in an article about an upcoming Supreme Court case…
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Parasites may spur evolution of amphibian breeding habits
Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one UGA researcher believes they also might play a role in spurring the evolution of new and sometimes bizarre…
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Northwestern University will take its journalism program to Qatar
Northwestern University announced Nov. 7 that it will open a branch campus in Qatar, bringing journalism classes to the Arab emirate, The Chronicle of Higher…
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Fundraising concert to benefit Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival
Patterson Hood and friends will perform at Farm 255 Restaurant on Nov. 28 at 10 p.m. to raise money in support of Robert Osborne’s Classic…
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Peers rank UGA math education doctoral program ‘strongest’ in nation
The University of Georgia’s doctoral program in mathematics education is ranked as the strongest in the nation in a recent survey of more than 70…
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UGA’s Dean Rusk Center to host training session for Brazilian legal group
The University of Georgia Dean Rusk Center – International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies will host a group of Brazilian judges, lawyers and prosecutors as…
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Redcoat Band launches ‘100 Yards for 100 Years’
The Redcoat Marching Band’s Alumni Association has started a campaign to raise $1 million for a dedicated permanent practice facility. The facility will be on…
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Michael Thurmond to deliver Holmes-Hunter Lecture at UGA
Michael Thurmond, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, will give the 23rd annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. in the UGA…
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Media Advisory: UGA water conservation task force recommendations available online
There are dozens of ways the University of Georgia can cut water consumption to help cope with one of Georgia’s worst droughts in modern times,…
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UGA sees increase in number, diversity of new teachers prepared
Like the University System of Georgia as a whole, the University of Georgia has seen an increase in the number of and diversity of teachers…