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Three Franklin College professors at UGA named Fellows by the American Association for the Advanceme
Athens, Ga. – Lawrence Shimkets, William Whitman and Juergen Wiegel, professors in the department of microbiology at the University of Georgia, have been named to…
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Governance is no longer a foreign concept
Public policy, human resource development, regionalism, and program evaluation are no longer foreign concepts to a growing number of Chinese local officials.
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Media Advisory: Sigma Xi fall lecture features UGA professor Han Park speaking about U.S.-Korean rel
The University of Georgia Chapter of Sigma Xi fall lecture will be held from 4-5 p.m. on Nov. 29, in Room 175 of the Coverdell…
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Senator Saxby Chambliss will speak at UGA Commencement
Sen. Saxby Chambliss will deliver the address for the University of Georgia’s fall semester undergraduate Commencement at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 15 in Stegeman Coliseum.…
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‘Economic driver’
The university has developed a proposal to turn the Navy Supply Corps School property in Athens into a Health Sciences Center that would be home…
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Poverty, economy research grants recipients announced
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach has awarded five grants under the Poverty and the Economy Faculty Research Grants Program.
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Study: Social exclusion changes brain function, can lead to poor decision-making
Poor Bridget Jones. At the beginning of the first film about her diary and life, the character, played by actress Renée Zellweger, is fat and…
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Mercury rising
UGA astronomers were busy earlier this month setting up telescopes on Myers Quad for viewing the planet Mercury in a moderately rare transit directly between…
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SIU chancellor becomes professor
The chancellor of Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus, who recently faced accusations of plagiarism by an informal group at SIU, will become a tenured professor…
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‘American Impressionism’ on display at Georgia Museum of Art
American Impressionism, an exhibition featuring paintings by some of the most .influential artists of the early 20th century, is currently on display at the Georgia…
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Former VP will take part in upcoming Carter conference
Walter F. “Fritz” Mondale, who was Jimmy Carter’s vice president and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1984, will participate in a major conference examining the…
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Partners for a Prosperous Athens will hold final community meeting on Dec. 4
Partners for a Prosperous Athens, the initiative to combat persistent poverty in Clarke County, will hold its final community meeting Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.…
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Gallaudet U. still facing critics
Despite dwindling student protests over the would-be hiring of its new president, Gallaudet University is facing criticism from its administration, faculty and students’ parents, reports…
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Murray S. Blum honored by symposium
Murray S. Blum, who retired as Research Professor from the department of entomology in l995, was honored by a symposium at the XV Congress of…
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Former World Bank Group director will discuss shaping global markets
Carole Brookins will present the 2006 J.W. Fanning Lecture on “Major Forces and Factors Shaping Global Markets and Their Structure” Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m.…
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Nine doctoral students receive ARCS Foundation scholarships
Nine UGA doctoral students received scholarships worth a total of $48,000 from the Atlanta chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation for the…
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Eat healthy holiday meals
Kelly Bryant, a UGA Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist, offers several ways to cut calories in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. “When eating turkey, choose white meat…
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Whit Gibbons received Henry Fitch Distinguished Herpetologist Award
Ecology professor Whit Gibbons received the Henry Fitch Distinguished Herpetologist Award at the national Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The recipient of the award…
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Creative writing will host book reading
Author Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop will read from her work on Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. in Room 261 of Park Hall. Sponsored by the Creative…
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‘A Scottish Christmas’ returns to Hodgson Concert Hall
The Performing Arts Center presents A Scottish Christmas on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $23 (rear balcony) and $28 (orchestra/front…
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Spam over snail
You open up your e-mail inbox and are inundated with spam that offers everything from inkjet cartridges to “investment opportunities” that are obviously too good…
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Organizer of nationwide climate change educational initiative to speak at UGA
The organizer of a major initiative on climate change will speak at UGA on Nov. 27. Eban Goodstein, an economics professor at Lewis and Clark…
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Employees can collaborate to reduce spam on UGA campus
Weird Al Yankovic once wrote a parody of R.E.M.’s “Stand.” The chorus went, “Spam in the place where I live. . . Spam in the…
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‘If you want to see change, be change’
When Americans are willing to sacrifice freedom in order to preserve it, there’s something amiss with democracy, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts told an audience…