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  • Michael Brewer, present a lecture

    Michael Brewer, who develops computer applications and creates and manages databases for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to present a…

  • Kurt Binder, top award

    Kurt Binder, a professor of physics at the University of Mainz in Germany and an ­adjunct professor in UGA’s Center for Simulational ­Physics, has been…

  • Tony Ball, Athletics Hall of Fame

    Running backs coach Tony Ball was inducted into the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Athletics Hall of Fame last month. Ball was a record-setting running…

  • Administrative changes

    • Karen Paige Carmichael, acting associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been appointed permanently as the associate dean of…

  • March

    Thirteen UGA employees retired March 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Julia M. Adkins, administrative associate I, College of Agricultural…

  • Professor’s research into hunger, appetite is more than a mouthful

    Eating is a pleasure. But for too many of us, the signals that should tell us to stop with one piece of pie or one…

  • Partners for a Prosperous Athens

    Partners for a Prosperous Athens, a community group partnered with the university to reduce the town’s abnormally high poverty rate, is spreading its message ­online.…

  • Professor pens book of feminist essays

    The Philosopher Queen: Feminist ­Essays on War, Love and Knowledge is a collection of essays and monologues addressing deep questions about gender, race, science and…

  • New women’s studies director wants to address needs of state’s women, girls

    Chris Cuomo is running late. The new director of the Institute for Women’s Studies is returning from a business lunch where she greeted another group…

  • Dora Seres

    The Performing Arts Center presents award-winning flutist Dora Seres March 30 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Tickets for the concert are $18 (half…

  • Puccini’s Turandot

    The Performing Arts Center presents Opera Verdi Europa in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot March 31 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The company will perform…

  • UGA sets spring enrollment record

    The University of Georgia has set a record for spring semester enrollment as 32,510 students are registered for classes this semester. The total includes 31,466…

  • Senior named NCAA swimmer of year

    Senior Kara Lynn Joyce was named Swimmer of the Year following the recent conclusion of the NCAA championships. This is the second consecutive year Joyce…

  • Peach State Poll: Touch-screen voting machines are OK with Georgians

    Eighty-nine percent of Georgians who voted in the 2006 general election are either very confident (61 percent) or somewhat confident (28 percent) in regards to…

  • Ceremony will honor emeritus vice president

    The Athens Justice Project thanked former state Rep. Louise McBee for her long-time support by planting a tree in her honor on North Campus.

  • Baby food

    Mother’s milk is always best, but grandmother’s advice can get in the way of babies receiving their best source of nutrition.

  • Airline tickets

    The state’s contract with Delta Airlines, which allows employees to benefit from contracted rates, will continue for one extra month, according the department of administrative…

  • Latino research

    Faculty, students and staff who have conducted research related to Georgia’s Latino population are invited to a brown bag lunch and research sharing session on…

  • Scientists develop mobile rdiation monitoring system

    In the event of an accident or a terrorist attack that spreads radioactive material, several questions must be answered—and the sooner the better: What are…

  • Rotavirus fighter to discuss battle for global health

    Rotavirus infections hospitalize 55,000 U.S. children each year and kill more than 600,000 worldwide.

  • New Faculty Learning Communities will enhance teaching, learning

    On campus, UGA freshmen reap the social and academic benefits of participating in year-long Student Learning Communities.

  • Arch support

    The university’s 2007 Archway to Excellence Faculty and Staff Campaign will kick off this spring with a goal of maximum participation for all 9,550 active…

  • Stanford scholar, author will discuss science of stem cells

    Life sciences scholar and author Christopher Thomas Scott will explain the science, outline the issues and discuss the possible achievements of stem cell research as…

  • Conference to explore role of researchers in national security

    An upcoming conference will inform UGA researchers about what they should know and do to prevent data theft abroad or the illegal transfer of intellectual…