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Energy audit
This semester, seven students armed with sensors, data loggers and other monitoring devices will poke around the Driftmier Engineering Center searching for evidence of energy…
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UGA’s Terry College of Business and IBM launch study of innovation
IBM and the University of Georgia have launched a research initiative to find out how great inventions, business models, technology and profit influence innovation.
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Paintings by legally blind artist from Missouri on exhibit in UGA College of Education’s Office
Beethoven created much of his music without ever hearing the finished work. American expressionist David Kontra paints without ever seeing his.
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Hispanic heritage month
September, a month of great significance to many Latin American countries, is appropriately designated Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Hui-Chin Hsu quoted in Taiwan Journal
An article in the Taiwan Journal about Fulbright scholars’ experiences in Taiwan, quotes Hui-Chin Hsu, an associate professor in the child and family development department…
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Performance cancelled
The Oct. 3 flute performance by Fethi -Lahdhiri in the Chapel has been cancelled.
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Showcase will feature UGA experts, innovators in technology education
The 2006 Learning Technologies Showcase on Oct. 4 in the Tate Student Center will feature faculty presentations on wiki media, blogs, scholarly writing solutions and…
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Sharon Crowell-Davis quoted in News-Democrat
The Belleville, Ill., News-Democrat turned to professor Sharon Crowell-Davis of UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine Behavior Service for an expert take on why cats sometimes…
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Put out the unwelcome mat for snakes
Late summer and early fall is the time for snakes, and while repellents have been shown to be unreliable, there are many common sense approaches…
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Sherrie Nist quoted in Newhouse News
A Newhouse News story quoted Sherrie Nist, retired academic enhancement director, in an article about new students adjusting to collegiate life. Nist, also the author…
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Terence J. Centner quoted in Nogales International
Terence J. Centner, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at UGA, lent his expertise to the Santa Cruz, Ariz., Nogales International in an article…
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Forum will examine potential biosecurity challenges facing American universities
As a part of the university’s efforts to respond to potential bio-security threats against the U.S., the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the Center…
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Former football coach remembered for his tenacity, motivation
Legendary football coach Erk Russell, who led UGA’s “Junkyard Dawgs” defense and built a small-college powerhouse of his own at Georgia Southern University, died Sept.…
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Ohio State win leads to havoc at home
Local police and firefighters in Columbus, Ohio, responded to a high number of incidents Sept. 9 after the No. 1 ranked Ohio State University football…
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Douglas Peterson quoted in Maine Morning Sentinel
In an article about dwindling sturgeon populations, the Portland, Maine Morning Sentinel quoted UGA’s Douglas Peterson, an assistant professor in the School of Forestry and…
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Participation sought for NRC study
This year UGA is participating in the National Research Council Study of Research Doctorate Programs, which examines then summarizes and ranks 200 institutions across the…
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On your mark, get fit, go!
Celebrity treatment: $90 a week.
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September
Fourteen UGA employees retired Sept. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Peter Albersheim, co-director, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 20 years/11 months;…
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UGA author examines morning in new book
In the Morning: Reflections from First Light By Philip Lee Williams Mercer University Press $23 In Philip Lee Williams’ follow up to the acclaimed novel A…
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Gender research database
The Institute for Women’s Studies has launched the Database for Gender Research, or genDIR, a directory of gender-related scholarship and research connecting interested faculty at…
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Education expert is new Goizueta Chair
Pedro R. Portes, an authority on cultural influences on educational achievement, has been named to The Goizueta Foundation Distinguished Chair of Latino Teacher Education at…
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UGA community observes Hispanic Heritage Month
The university’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute is sponsoring several events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
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University Theatre’s season opens in ‘Gilead’
University Theatre will open its 2006-2007 season with Balm in Gilead, Lanford Wilson’s gritty mosaic of New York City outcasts. Directed by Kristin Kundert-Gibbs, assistant…
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Noah Harris honored for service by President
In a recent speech in Atlanta, President George W. Bush praised UGA graduate Noah Harris for his service in the war in Iraq. Harris was…