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Annual Red Clay Conference to focus on natural disaster planning
In the wake of last year’s devastating hurricane season, organizers of the 18th Annual Red Clay Conference have planned a day of panels and expert…
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Former U.S. Senator John Edwards to deliver keynote address at inaugural public interest law confere
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards will kickoff the inaugural Working in the Public Interest Law Conference at the University of Georgia School of Law by…
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Eighth annual UGA African American Families Conference to focus on the politics of race and persiste
The 2006 annual African American Families Conference at the University of Georgia is titled “The Politics of Race and Persistent Poverty: Impact on Families and…
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UGA names new director of Institute for Women’s Studies
The University of Georgia has appointed a new director of its Institute for Women’s Studies. Chris Cuomo, currently a philosophy professor at the University of…
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University of Georgia-Tunisia partnership brings Virtual University to reality
A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at the University of Georgia last week to take part in the second phase of the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership.…
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UGA to inaugurate new lecture series on infectious disease ecology
Leslie A. Real, Asa G. Candler Professor of Biology at Emory University, will deliver the inaugural Ecology of Infectious Diseases Lecture at the University of…
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Jon Stewart to host 65th Annual Peabody Awards
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s award-winning, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, will host the 65th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony on Monday,…
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Time Inc. editor, FACS dean will speak at Commencement
John Huey, a UGA graduate who has editorial control over one of America’s largest publishing empires as editor-in-chief of Time Inc., will be the speaker…
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Jan Crosby
JAN CROSBYProgram CoordinatorGovernmental Training,Education and Development Carl Vinson Institute of Government DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION: “The Carl Vinson Institute of Government works with government officials throughout the…
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Polaroid Stories
Drugs, prostitution and violence are among the issues faced by the troubled teens of Naomi Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories, presented by University Theatre March 23-April 2.…
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How the South went GOP
A new book posits that the South changed from a Democratic region to Republican due to economic reasons, not race, reports the Boston Globe. Yet…
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Registration deadline for Greece
March 31 is the registration deadline for “Reacting Abroad: Athens Greece,” a studies-abroad program offered this May term (May 21-June 10) through the Honors Program…
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More students ignore race question
A study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and Claremont Graduate University found a rise in the percentage of students choosing not to…
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Diversity candidate visit
After the March 6 issue of Columns had gone to press, two changes were made to the “Four finalists recommended for head diversity post” article.…
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Ground broken for new sports space
The Athletic Association broke ground last month on a 120,000- square-foot addition to Stegeman Coliseum. Scheduled to be completed in June 2007, the annex will house…
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Waiver fight
In Detroit, a 52-year-old laid-off Ford engineer is suing the company, alleging age discrimination, and is challenging the waivers Ford required terminated employees to sign…
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UGA Press names 15 members to its new Advisory Council
The University of Georgia Press has named 15 members to its new Advisory Council, which meets twice a year in Athens.
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Boon to boomers
Baby boomer inventors have an advantage in hawking their products, according to an article in the Tampa Tribune. The article on aging entrepreneurs quotes UGA…
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Volunteers sought for pregnancy, back pain, exercise research study
The kinesiology department is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must have current back pain or a history of back pain, must…
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Roe v. Wade attorney will deliver this year’s House Lecture
Sarah Weddington, the winning attorney in the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, will deliver the School of Law’s 24th Edith House Lecture,…
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Poetry collection offers ‘suite’ choices
The Infinity Sessions T.R. Hummer Louisiana State University Press $19.95 T.R. Hummer is almost as well known for his devotion to jazz and the blues…
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Asia’s new balance
The New York Times quotes Anupam Srivastava, executive director of UGA’s South Asia program, on the relationship between India and China, and how that affects…
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Rotary Grant applications
The deadline to apply for Rotary Grants for University Teachers is Aug. 1. The grants provide funds to higher education faculty to travel abroad to…
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‘Global citizen’
Delta Air Lines and the University of Georgia will present the 2006 Delta Prize for Global Understanding to R. E. (Ted) Turner, founder of Cable…