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All UGA sports OK’d by NCAA
None of the university’s 21 varsity intercollegiate sports teams will incur any penalties resulting from the annual NCAA Academic Progress Report released as a part…
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Press on
It was a lecture 45 years in the making.
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Mathematician will deliver 12th annual Cantrell Lectures
Fields Medal winner Stephen Smale, professor at Toyota Technological Institute and the University of Chicago, will deliver the annual Cantrell Lectures March 22-24.
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True grits
While grits are gaining popularity above the Mason-Dixon line, the Southern mainstay still remains a mystery for many. The Boston Globe recently broke it down…
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Building on a legacy
Pauline M. Berger served on the faculty of the School of Social Work from 1966 to 1976 and was the school’s first director of admissions.…
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NCAA will more closely scrutinize transcripts from high school athletes
To better judge the academic merit of potential athletes, the NCAA will begin deeper investigations of high school transcripts submitted by unregulated prep schools. The…
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Coast Guard ships students to UGA
The U.S. Coast Guard knows a good thing when it sees one. As a result, it will be sending future public affairs graduate students to…
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Alumni-employees breakfast
The UGA Alumni Association’s annual “Workin’ Like a Dawg” Alumni-Employees Breakfast will be held April 5, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. in the banquet area of the…
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Crossing over: CDD brings scientists together to help state of Georgia
Seinfeld had Larry David. Apple Computer Inc. had Steve Jobs. UGA’s new Center for Drug Discovery has Vasu Nair.
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Bombs away
During March-which traditionally comes in like the proverbial lion, bringing cold, windy and irritable weather-a trip to the beach sounds better all the time. And…
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Spring enrollment up over last year
Enrollment at UGA for spring semester shot up to 32,154, an increase of 141 students over spring 2005. The total includes 30,949 students attending classes…
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Pricey petunias
Despite mild winter weather, greenhouse growers are facing high heating bills, meaning that there may be fewer staples-such as Easter lilies and poinsettias-this year. The…
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Little bird, big memory
The ScienceNOW Daily News reports on a new study led by University of Edinburgh biologists which shows that the hummingbirds have a remarkable capability for…
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Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre performs in Ramsey Concert Hall
The Performing Arts Center presents the Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand on March 24 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Kahurangi, which…
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UGA search committee identifies three candidates for Lamar Dodd School of Art directorship
Three candidates for the directorship of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia have been selected by a university search committee.…
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Finalists named in UGA Journalism dean search
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security to train industry executives from India and C
The University of Georgia’s Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) will hold a landmark workshop to train industry executives from India and China on…
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Georgians split on Iraq War
The most recent Peach State Poll, a quarterly survey of public opinion conducted by the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, found that…
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Collins Lecture to focus on public innovation
A leading proponent of helping citizens create positive change will be the speaker at this year’s Morris W.H. Collins Jr. Distinguished Practitioner Lecture on Wednesday,…
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Monica Arboleda
Graduate student Monica Arboleda does not quit. She only had a bachelor’s degree and was competing with applicants who had completed their Ph.D.s when she…
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Drive time
The Georgia Navigator site, run by the Department of Transportation, provides up-to-the-minute information about the state’s top traffic incidents and roadway news. Designed for quick…
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Book reading, signing
UGA alumnus Scott Walker, author of Hell’s Broke Loose in Georgia, will read from and sign copies of his book March 11 from 2-4 p.m.…
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Renowned legal and literary scholar Stanley Fish will deliver Sibley Lecture
Prominent literary theorist and legal scholar Stanley Fish (above), the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University, will deliver the…
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Four finalists recommended for head diversity post
A UGA search committee has recommended four finalists for the position of associate provost for institutional diversity.