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BFSO holiday party
UGA’s Black Faculty and Staff Organization will host its annual holiday party on Dec. 16 from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Navy Supply Corps School (1425…
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Board of regents rejects proposed amendment to university statutes
A proposed amendment to the University Statutes that would give the university president more time to consult with the University System Board of Regents, the…
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Women’s Studies presents lecture on ‘The Modern Colonial Gender System’
UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies will present a lecture by Maria Lugones, professor of philosophy, interpretation and culture and comparative literature at Binghamton University. Lugones’…
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Basic math
In a New York Times story summarizing a national report advocating teaching only a few basic math skills in each grade instead of many, mathematics…
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Why we’re here
The Baltimore Sun quoted UGA geologist Paul Schroeder in an article about scientists examining eastern Russia’s soil for information about how life on Earth began.…
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‘Croatia Through the Digital Lens’
Croatia Through the Digital Lens: The Photo Journal of an Unforgettable Study Abroad Experience, an exhibition of photographs taken by students enrolled in the multi-disciplinary…
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Safety tips for fresh fruits, veggies
Due to the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, spinach and other bagged produce are on the minds of many Americans. But UGA food microbiologist Larry…
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Microscopic drifters
The number of plankton in the seas is almost beyond comprehension. A single teaspoonful of ocean water holds several million of these microscopic drifters, and…
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Scientific discovery
A moonless Saturday night in September found a group of UGA freshmen playing duck-duck-goose in the waves of Sapelo Island’s shoreline.
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New telephone prefix
This month, UGA Telephone Services is now assigning the 227 prefix to new telephone numbers allocated on the Athens campus. The 227 prefix joisn two…
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University Woman’s Club
The University Woman’s Club will hold its next monthly meeting Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Central Presbyterian Church at 380…
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New head of new intercultural affairs recasts the diversity debate
Melissa Shivers, the director of the newly created Intercultural Affairs Department, has only been at UGA a few months, but she’s already talking change. Specifically…
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Extended library hours
At the request of the Student Government Association, the main and science libraries will extend their closing time by two hours on weekdays to give…
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Asia’s critical mass
In an article entitled “Breaking Out of the Invisible Mode,” The Asian Journal quotes Jeffrey Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at…
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Research team will use $4.1 million grant to study ‘jumping genes’
Transposable elements, popularly called “jumping genes” when they were discovered more than a half-century ago, are sequences of DNA that can move around chromosomes in…
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Leading Thomas Hardy scholar will deliver BISP lecture
Simon Gatrell, UGA professor of English and a leading scholar of the work of the English poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, will deliver the annual…
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New director named for UGA’s Institute of Higher Education
Libby V. Morris, a professor of higher education and graduate coordinator in the university’s Institute of Higher Education, has been named director of the institute…
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It doesn’t smell right
In a story about the vigilante Web site that first exposed Rep. Mark Foley’s inappropriate relationship with congressional pages, The St. Petersburg Times, a Florida-based…
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The English Concert
The Performing Arts Center presents The English Concert on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The acclaimed British orchestra, led by artistic…
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Book is guide for planning adult education
Working the Planning Table: Negotiating Democratically for Adult, Continuing and Workplace Education By Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson Josey-Bass $35 Ronald Cervero, UGA…
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Skept-onomic forecast
As its city makes a bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Chicagobusiness.com ran an article on the possible economic impact. The Web site asked…
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University named to national honor roll for its relief efforts
The University of Georgia recently was named to the first President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for distinguished community service. This award recognizes extraordinary…
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Living off the fat of the land
It turns out that what’s good for one’s health also can be good for the environment. In a widely reported pilot study in 2002, University…
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Laughter and penguins
It isn’t funny when your holidays are ruined by a grumpy, gruff, mean, acerbic, portly man who’s not even a relation-but when it happens to…