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Healthy choices
Wellness is based on making healthy choices, according to clinical assistant professor Chris Cook.
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Smart art
During the summer of 1970, John D. (Jack) Kehoe, a sculptor and University of Georgia professor of art, took a small group of UGA students…
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Teaching that teems with life
UGA professor James “Jim” Porter has never put teaching second, despite a busy research schedule. The Institute of Ecology professor has consistently gotten rave reviews…
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Smitten not Bitten
Wasp wrangling may sound like risky business, especially for children. But it’s actually quite safe, according to UGA entomologist Robert Matthews, as long as the…
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Camping in Russia
Serving as a summer camp counselor is a common experience for many college students, yet for three recreation and leisure studies majors in UGA’s College…
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Lending a hand, not a handout
It didn’t seem like much to ask. Rosemary Bonner* only wanted to read bedtime stories to her new baby granddaughter.
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Alumna wins top honor for thesis
Jennifer McMahon was awarded the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools at its 35th annual meeting in Little Rock, Ark.…
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‘Silver Streak’: Library employee prepares to mark 41 years at UGA
Working is a way of life for Merdelle Stepp. Anyone needing proof need only know that this spring she will mark the 41st anniversary of…
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Memphis U. law prof bans laptops
A law professor at Memphis University prohibited students from taking notes with laptops during her class earlier this month, USA Today reported. June Entman said…
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Administrative Changes
Appointments • Patrick Winter has been hired to fill the vacancy of senior associate director of admissions for marketing and recruitment. Winter comes to UGA…
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Bringing history to life
Randy Groomes, director of multicultural programming for the UGA Alumni Association, scanned a sea of 66 fifth graders with their arms stretched upward. A smile…
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UGA to start plus/minus grading policy
Starting this summer, UGA students could find something extra on their transcripts: Plus signs. That’s because the University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently…
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UGA Night at Six Flags
The UGA Alumni Association and the student activities department will play host to UGA Night at Six Flags on April 21, 6 p.m.-midnight. The event…
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Sneak peek
Ready for a sneak peek of the new Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences on campus? Check out its Web site. The…
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eLEARNING eVOLVING
A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at UGA last week to take part in the second phase of the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership. The two-week workshop…
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AIDS pioneer will talk about social, medical ‘imbalance’
Don Francis, one of the first scientists to grasp the devastating potential of the AIDS epidemic, will speak at UGA on March 28 at 6…
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Mayor of Savannah will deliver Lothar Tresp Lecture
Savannah Mayor Otis S. Johnson, who graduated from UGA in 1967 and went on to become the second African American to lead Georgia’s second-largest city,…
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Four finalists named in search for next Grady College dean
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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UGA students volunteer overseas and return with broad horizons
Seven UGA Honors students had the opportunity to experience other cultures with grants they received from the Foundation for Sustainable Development in summer 2005. Their…
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Anti-poverty group will meet March 27
University faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend a March 27 meeting to organize citizen participation in Partners for a Prosperous Athens, the initiative…
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Gary Hill received Distinguished Service Award
Gary M. Hill, professor of animal science from UGA’s Tifton campus, recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern section of the American Society…
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Richard LaFleur named 2006 Professor of the Year by Foreign Language Association of Georgia
Richard A. LaFleur, Franklin Professor of Classics, was named 2006 Professor of the Year by the Foreign Language Association of Georgia. LaFleur has taught at…
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Gone but not forgotten: Retired employees stay connected to UGA
They talked about the gentrification of certain Atlanta neighborhoods, the draw of Athens as a desirable place to live and the recovery of Tulane University…
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Replanting Pinewood
Around a year and a half ago, a pine beetle infestation destroyed the woods at Pinewood Estates North, home to 225 mostly Hispanic families in…