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Employees honored for charitable gifts
UGA was one of nine University System of Georgia institutions recognized by the Georgia Merit System with awards for employee participation in the state’s annual…
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Biologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Susan R. Wessler, Regents Professor of Plant Biology at UGA, has been named one of 20 scientists at research universities across the nation as a…
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Conference brings back alumni from early days of desegregation
More than one panelist commemorating the 45th anniversary of UGA’s desegregation almost didn’t make it to the 2006 Alumni Networking and Professional Development Conference, sponsored…
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UGA celebrates excellence at annual Honors Day program
Amid increased focus on the quality of its academic programs, the university will pay tribute to its best students, teachers, advisers and mentors at the…
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Research winners
Due to space limitations, the entire article about this year’s research award winners was not printed in the April 17 issue of Columns. The article…
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Promotions
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved the promotion of 169 UGA faculty members at its April meeting. Those receiving a promotion are:
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International insight: Course incorporates realities of global life into curriculum
Disease, toxic environments, rudimentary labor practices, human rights abuses and cultural intolerance are fixtures in the world graduates enter year after year. By weaving the realities…
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Alumni Association will honor four at annual awards luncheon on April 28
The Alumni Association will honor Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham and television and movie actor and director Monte Markham at its annual awards luncheon…
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New fixed tuition policy implemented
Beginning this fall, new students enrolling in the University System of Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities will pay a guaranteed tuition rate aimed at providing…
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NRC program director to speak April 27
Leading education research and policy analyst Michael Feuer, a program director with the National Research Council in Washington, D.C., will speak on national educational policy issues April…
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Tenure
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved tenure for 73 University of Georgia faculty members at its April meeting. Those receiving tenure are:
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Book offers model for disaster response
LSU in the Eye of the Storm: A University Model for Disaster Response Renée Bacher, Teresa Devlin, Kristine Calongne, Joshua Duplechain and Stephanie Pertuit Louisiana…
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College grads with debt decrease chance to enter public-service careers
Graduating college students faced with student-loan debt may be dissuaded from entering public-service careers like teaching and social work. The high cost of education could…
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New York University officials debate returning multi million-dollar donation
Administrators and faculty at New York University are deciding whether to return a $200 million donation from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an Institute for the…
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Finalists named for family and consumer sciences deanship
Four finalists have been identified in the search for the next dean of UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
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Latino students aim to buck higher education trend
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.”
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Wild-Life opens at Circle Gallery
Wild-Life, an exhibit by Tad Gloeckler, UGA associate professor of art, is on display in Circle Gallery (G14 Caldwell Hall) through May 30. In conjunction…
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Course reserve lists
UGA Libraries are now accepting course reserve lists for summer and fall semesters of 2006. The course reserve deadline for summer semester is May 1;…
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Hugh Hodgson School of Music offers UGA String Project
The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music presents the UGA String Project spring concert Monday, April 24, at 5 p.m. in Hodgson Concert…
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The American chestnut tree featured at UGA Warnell School Lecture Series
The Warnell School Lecture Series at the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources will present Fred Hebard, staff pathologist for the American…
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UGA Health Center to cosponsor “Take Back the Night” in Athens
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Campus and community organizations have come together and planned this year’s Take Back the Night, a community-wide event to…
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The Roosevelt Institution at UGA to present first Roosevelt Policy Symposium April 22
The Roosevelt Institution, a UGA student think-tank, will hold its annual Roosevelt Policy Symposium featuring Rep. Tom Price on Saturday, April 22, 4-6 p.m. in…
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UGA’s Grady College Students win national Fox News competition
Two students in the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication have been named winners of the second annual “Fox News Channel…
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UGA Health Center invites students to celebrate Patient Appreciation Week
The University Health Center is hosting the 6th Annual Patient Appreciation Week, April 17 – 21. Patient Appreciation Week is an opportunity for staff to…