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Book examines American foreign policy
American Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis William O. Chittick CQ Press $64.95 How can students best understand the ideas that animate U.S. foreign policy…
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Trading up: Physical Plant program offers employees a chance to learn new skills
In a first-of-its-kind program designed to fill positions at the Physical Plant and train Athens-area residents, the university recently launched an apprenticeship program.
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Gwynn Powell, American Camp Association
Gwynn Powell, an associate professor of recreation and leisure studies, has been elected to the national board of directors of the American Camp Association. She…
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R. Baxter Miller, keynote paper
In February, R. Baxter Miller, professor of English and African-American Studies, completed a course of lectures in Minsk and Bobruisk Belarus. Invited by the Belarusian…
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David P. Landau, invited plenary talk
On March 27, David P. Landau, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and director of the Center for Simulational Physics, presented an invited plenary talk at…
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William U. Eiland, Lifetime Achievement Award
William U. Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries during its…
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Laura Dean, Annuit Coeptis Senior Professional Award
Laura Dean, an assistant professor in the department of counseling and human development services, is one of only three people in the nation to receive…
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Diane L. Cooper, Senior Scholar Award
Diane L. Cooper, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services and coordinator of UGA’s master’s degree program in college student affairs…
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Kansas professor named new director of bands at UGA
John Lynch, the current director of bands at the University of Kansas, has been named new director of bands in UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of…
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International affairs professor studies underlying causes of war
Jaroslav Tir was finishing his last term of high school in the U.S. when war broke out in Croatia and Bosnia.
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Women’s studies director to deliver 13th annual Coley Lecture
Chris Cuomo (above), director of UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies and professor of philosophy and women’s studies, will give the 13th annual Andrea Carson Coley…
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University Theatre finale honors late playwright August Wilson
When playwright August Wilson died in October 2005, he left a literary legacy that includes a celebrated cycle of 10 plays, of which two—Fences and…
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‘Take Back the Night’ set for April 12
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, campus and community organizations will hold a “Take Back the Night” rally and march on April 12. The…
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Ga. Writers Hall of Fame to induct five
The first Georgian to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, a physician and best-selling novelist, a newspaper columnist, a novelist whose works focus on the…
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Artist to lecture for Lanier Speaker Series
Jondi Keane, artist and researcher, will present two talks on April 10 and 11. Keane’s presentations, part of the Lanier Speakers Series sponsored by the…
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UGA will recognize student employees
The Career Center will honor more than 100 student workers and their departmental nominators during a luncheon on April 10 as a part of UGA’s…
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Germ of an idea
A surprising finding by a team of UGA scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little—if anything —to reduce…
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Conduct home tornado drills
Tornado drills are common in schools and offices, but they aren’t very common at home. To be prepared for one of nature’s most violent storms,…
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Ohio U. revokes master’s degree
Ohio University has taken a strong stance against plagiarism by revoking a master’s degree from a student accused of copying parts of his thesis, according…
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Princeton lowers grades
Princeton University’s three-year crackdown on grade inflation is working, according to a report in USA Today. After two years, the percentage of A’s has decreased…
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BHSI symposium will explore role of climate, ecology on infectious disease
The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute will host its fourth annual spring symposium entitled “Climate, Ecology and Infectious Disease” April 16-17 at the Paul D.…
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Finalists named for two deanships; campus visits set
Finalists have been chosen for two vacant dean’s positions at UGA, and candidates will be visiting the university over the next several weeks.
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Alumni Association will honor four individuals, one family at luncheon
The university’s Alumni Association will honor famed Georgia cartoonist Jack Davis, retired UGA professor Tom Dyer and retired UGA vice president Hank Huckaby at the…
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This year’s CURO Symposium will showcase undergraduate research on local, state issues
UGA students will have the opportunity to present their faculty-sponsored research projects April 9 at the annual Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium at the…