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Filtering the message
Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light up. Fortunately, some are successful, and a UGA study helps…
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Find ways to re-use ‘wasted’ water
With a complete outdoor watering ban now in effect in Clarke, Barrow, Jackson and Oconee counties, the answer to some water woes may be hiding…
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New Orleans colleges will receive millions in grants to rebuild
Two years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on many of New Orleans’ colleges and universities, the Carnegie Corporation of New York plans to provide $14…
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American Council on Education revamps stance on affirmative action
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in two cases involving race-based public school assignment policies, the American Council on Education issued a paper updating its legal…
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U.S. Navy and University of Hawaii agree to open new research lab
A new deal to open an applied research laboratory that will bring in $10 million a year in military-research projects was recently announced by the…
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Greek Life Office being restructured on Oct. 1
Supervision of UGA’s Office of Greek Life will be reassigned from Campus Life to a direct report in the Office of the Vice President for…
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Public symposium will honor Frank Golley, past ecology director
The Odum School of Ecology will host a two-day symposium memorializing past director Frank B. Golley, who died Oct. 6, 2006. To be held Oct.…
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Behind the music: Concert showcases songwriters, honors late UGA alumnus
On a recent night in Gainesville, Bruce Burch, director of the Music Business Program in the Terry College of Business, took center stage to pay…
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Hands-on experience
UGA students will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in U.S. politics and public policy-making through the new Washington Semester Program beginning in spring…
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Media Advisory: UGA cabinet meeting and media briefing Sept. 27
The University of Georgia Cabinet will conduct its regular meeting Thursday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m., in the Peabody Board Room of the administration building
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UGA’s Whorton wins state public service award
The winners of the 2007 Georgia Excellence in Public Service awards include Joe Whorton, senior fellow at the Fanning Institute and associate professor of public…
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New use for stem cells found in war on terrorism
For more than a decade, Steve Stice has dedicated his research using embryonic stem cells to improving the lives of people with degenerative diseases and…
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Institute for Women’s Studies to host inaugural conference on Women and Girls in Georgia
The Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia is hosting the inaugural conference on Women and Girls in Georgia, October 12-14, at the…
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UGA NABJ Organization names student chapter of the year
The University of Georgia’s Grady College chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) was named Student Chapter of the Year during the NABJ…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology professor receives grant to study West Nile Virus in New York City
Although West Nile virus has been widely studied, there is still little known about how the ecology of mosquito-borne diseases differs between urban and rural…
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UGA fall plant sale cancelled
The Friends of the State Botanical Garden announce that the annual fall plant sale scheduled for Oct. 6 has been cancelled.
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Patrick Henry
Senior Patrick Henry is an amazing student. He is a triple major in German, Japanese, and Chinese and he spent a year abroad in Taiwan.…
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New study shows species still have more viable offspring if they can choose their best mate
New research that crosses several species boundaries shows that when animals must choose less-than-preferred (to them) mates, females and males apparently have ways to compensate…
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UGA Student Chapter of NRTT Society holds inaugrual meeting
Warnell School natural resources recreation and tourism faculty and graduate students recently held the inaugural meeting of the University of Georgia student chapter of the…
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UGA conference to highlight social media’s impact on public relations
If social media tools such as microblogging, podcasting, wikis and Second Life leave you scratching your head, the University of Georgia may help connect the…
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New Lamar Dodd School of Art building will be ready for students and faculty in fall 2008
Welcome to the new Lamar Dodd School of Art, which has leapt from a parking lot on UGA’s East Campus into being after less than…
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UGA College of Education Student Chris Bell receives APA Graduate Research Award
Chris Bell, a fourth-year doctoral student in counseling psychology in the University of Georgia’s College of Education, has received the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Research…
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UGA Professor Emeritus Andy Horne named Fellow of APA
University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus and interim director of the Educational Policy and Evaluation Center Andy Horne has been named a Fellow of…
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UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences name professor Kecia Thomas as senior advisor
Kecia Thomas, who has been a faculty member in the University of Georgia department of psychology since 1993, has been named to a newly created…