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Plant biologist is named inaugural SURA Distinguished Scientist
Susan R. Wessler, Regents Professor of Plant Biology at UGA, will receive the first Distinguished Scientist Award from the Southeastern Universities Research Association.
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UGA’s graduate programs remain strong nationally in magazine’s annual ranking
Several of the university’s graduate programs are once again ranked in the top 50 nationally according to the latest issue of “America’s Best Graduate Schools”…
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University notifies applicants of final admissions decisions
After a second record-breaking year of applications for in the incoming freshman class, final offers of admission were posted online and mailed the last weekend…
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Deep Impact
Honors student Deep Shah has been named a recipient of a 2007 Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a leading national award for academically outstanding juniors who…
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Julianna Reed
M.B.A. student JB Reed is a champion for the less fortunate. For more than five years, she practiced law with a legal aid organization in…
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University of Georgia professor of classics wins two major awards
Richard LaFleur, a professor of classics at the University of Georgia, has been named recipient of professional accolades from two organizations.
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UGA counseling professor Edward Delgado-Romero voted president-elect
University of Georgia counseling professor Edward Delgado-Romero has been voted president-elect of the National Latino Psychological Association (NLPA).
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UGA pharmacy students conduct health fairs for Rocksprings and Pinewoods
University of Georgia pharmacy students will conduct health screenings for residents of Rocksprings and Pinewoods communities this month. The students will offer information on pediatric…
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Graduate student in department of anthropology at UGA wins government fellowship
A graduate student in the department of anthropology at the University of Georgia has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
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Antibiotic resistance in poultry
A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little –…
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No thanks to dinosaur-killing asteroid for mammalian success
It is a natural history tale that every third grader knows: The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for hundreds of millions of years, until an asteroid…
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Tiny Motors
A team of physicists from the University of Georgia has demonstrated for the first time a new technique to create tiny “natural motors” that could…
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Looking beyond the bell
As a shrill vibrato tears through a high school, teenagers disperse for study halls and science class.
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Researcher finds way to halve greenhouse water use
The well could eventually run dry. The water from a city main could stop flowing. As Georgia’s population keeps increasing—up more than 25 percent from…
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A new, green fuel
A team of UGA researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed…
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The high cost of violence
The most comprehensive study of its kind has found that violence costs the United States $70 billion annually, a figure that rivals federal education spending…
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Bioenergy: Plant cell walls hold the secret
UGA scientists have teamed up with researchers at major universities, national laboratories and industry in a new $125 million federal bioenergy research center to achieve…
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Modeling dengue fever
Infectious diseases are literally a moving target, with their incidence waxing and waning over time and the pathogens themselves constantly mutating and evolving.
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A cancer killer
A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other…
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Tracking a killer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose…
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Mapping genes for fuel
Jeffrey Dean, professor of forest biotechnology in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, is spearheading a project at the U.S. Department of…
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Love the one you’re with
New research that crosses several species boundaries shows that when animals must choose less-than-preferred mates, females and males apparently have ways to compensate that increase…
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Surviving a stroke
A new UGA study suggests that commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure may help reduce brain damage when given within 24 hours of…
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The skinny on fat
Ruth Harris wants to understand fat, in all of its intricacies: how fat increases and decreases; why our bodies sometimes disregard internal signals to quit…