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Web site chronicles upcoming conference
Planning for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s visit to UGA for the conference, “Lessons for the 21st Century,” is growing by the minute, and a…
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Talking points
Members of the UGA and Athens communities attended the recent roundtable discussion, “How Can the United States Ethically Extricate Itself from the War in Iraq?”…
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Working hard for the money
Roger B. Hill, an associate professor in UGA’s workforce education program, commented on the out-dated notion of Protestant minister’s spurring the economy by preaching salvation…
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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…