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UGA cracks down on laptop theft
Roughly 20 UGA-owned laptops go missing in an average year, and with the increasing worries about employee records leaking, the university is taking measures to…
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Physical plant employee still going strong after nearly 30 years
At 5:30 p.m. every workday, when most UGA employees are on their way home, Wylie Powers begins his shift, just as he has done nearly…
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Grade-A expert
A worldwide search for a researcher to help lead the state’s avian vaccine development efforts has brought German scientist Egbert Mundt to the University of Georgia.…
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Fuel up on breakfast
When it comes to starting the day off right, the best breakfast is the one that gets eaten. “People who skip breakfast miss out on…
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Build a better garden
Would-be master gardeners can learn from plant experts at the “Landscape Design Basics for the Do-It-Yourself Gardener” seminar Sept. 9 at the Student Learning Center.…
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Anthony E. “Tony” Waller elected to board of directors for National Association for Law Placement
Anthony E. “Tony” Waller, associate director of legal career services at the School of Law, has been elected to the board of directors for the…
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Carl Glickman selected to serve on steering committee
Carl Glickman, scholar-in-residence and past University Professor of Education at UGA, has been selected to serve on the steering committee for the Campaign for the…
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Four finalists named for public health deanship; campus visits scheduled
Four finalists to become the first permanent dean of the new College of Public Health at the University of Georgia have been named by Svein…
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Squashing a bug
Toxoplasma gondii is one nasty bug.
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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…