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Students find themselves learning a variety of disciplines in Balkans
The trip 21 students took to Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro this summer wasn’t just UGA’s first public health-involved study-abroad program to the Balkan states. It…
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Grant deadlines
The deadline for submitting proposals for Learning Technologies Grants is Sept. 18. Administered by the Committee for Academic and Instructional Technologies, the guidelines can be found at uga.edu/cait/ltg_guidelines.htm.…
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Waterlogues: The story of Southern water
Interstate Water Allocation in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia: New Issues, New Methods, New Models Edited by Jeffrey L. Jordan University Press of Florida $59.95 Water…
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Technology fee disbursement
Wondering where the money goes? Since 2000, the student technology fee has provided students with computing equipment in the Student Learning Center, improvements to WebCT,…
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Barbara White selected as finalist in Women of the Year in Technology Award
UGA Chief of Information Barbara White was selected as a finalist in the Women of the Year in Technology Award in the not-for-profit / public…
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Forestry School plans to create chestnut tree research orchard
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has reached an agreement with the American Chestnut Foundation to develop a chestnut tree orchard at the…
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Mentoring program at mobile home park helps students make strides in school
Selene Angel, 8 years old, has difficulty with math, but still claims it as her favorite school subject.
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Jooyoung Kim honored for paper by American Academy of Advertising
Jooyoung Kim, assistant professor of advertising in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was first author of a research paper that was recently…
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Helmet up for bid
The Georgia 4-H Foundation will auction a UGA football helmet autographed by D.J. Shockley and Mark Richt in honor of 4-H Day at UGA. The…
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2nd Thursday Scholarship Series announced
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music has announced its 2006-2007 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series-a monthly concert series designed to raise scholarship funds-featuring the school’s top…
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CTL events
The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering the following events in September: A book group discussion of Ken Bain’s What the Best College Teachers…
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Regents approve Latin American and Caribbean studies undergraduate major
The board of regents approved the new UGA undergraduate bachelor of arts major in Latin American and Caribbean studies during its August meeting. The Latin…
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Freida Thornton received Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit
The College of Education’s Freida Thornton is one of only seven academic advisers in the nation to receive the Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit from…
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Doug Jackson
It was enough that Doug Jackson was selected from all the students at UGA to compete for a $25,000 scholarship from the J. Edgar Hoover…
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Hispanics will top all U.S. minority groups for purchasing power by 2007, according to annual buying
Hispanic buying power in the United States will draw even with African-American buying power in 2006 – at just under $800 billion – and is…
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Airing it out: Environmental health students’ pollution tests let community breathe easier
The industrial solvent trichloroethylene is classified as an animal, and possibly human, carcinogen. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Georgia produces more TCE air pollution…
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Miami University offers free tuition
Thanks to a $10 million donation, Miami University plans to launch a program to fully fund tuition and fees for Ohio students with family incomes…
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Internet savvy
Tom Reichert, who teaches advertising at UGA, was quoted in the L.A. Times in an article highlighting the ability of Internet merchants to bypass traditional…
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Faculty research grants
Proposals from faculty for internal financial support of research projects through the Faculty Research Grants Program must be received by Oct. 3. Eligibility is limited…
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Energy conservation committee issues its recommendations
A committee studying energy conservation said the university can potentially lower energy usage and costs through such steps as auditing buildings for energy waste, closely…
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Plan for a fall garden
Want some homegrown vegetables this fall and winter? Time to plan now. First, decide what you want to grow. Georgia’s mild winters give you several…
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Magazine ranks UGA among top U.S. public universities
For the eighth consecutive year, UGA is ranked 22nd or higher among the top public universities in the nation, according to the 2007 edition of…
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‘Lasting impression’
Through exchange and collaboration, the university provides people from different parts of the world the opportunity to establish inroads where none existed and to understand…
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Spreading the law
Michael Kline and Milind Dongre, UGA law students interning in Guyana, were quoted in the Kaieteur News. “There’s so much work to be done here,…