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NEH workshop
Douglas Arnold, senior program officer, NEH education division, will conduct an information session and workshop for faculty and administrators on the funding programs of the…
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Break in publication
Because of spring break, Columns will not be printed on March 13. Regular weekly publication of the newspaper resumes March 20. Deadline to submit announcements…
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MIT will help build $100 laptops
The United Nations Development Programme and the nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child signed an agreement to develop $100 laptops for schoolchildren around the world.…
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J. Marshall Shepherd elected to Executive Council and Committee of American Meteorological Society
J. Marshall Shepherd, associate professor and physical meteorologist/climatologist, was recently elected to the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the American Meteorological Society. The AMS…
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Caroline Salter
Caroline Salter doesn’t horse around. She is a UGA Charter Scholarship Award recipient, and member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Caroline works in…
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UGA telecommunications students recognized at DGK banquet
Three University of Georgia telecommunications students received awards during the annual DiGamma Kappa banquet held on Feb. 27 in Athens. DGK is the nation’s oldest…
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Works of Marguerite Koepke featured in UGA Circle Gallery exhibit Imprints: investigations in design
The UGA College of Environment and Design Circle Gallery presents Imprints: investigations in design by UGA professor Marguerite Koepke, on display March 1 through March…
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U.S. Coast Guard singles out Grady master’s program
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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Barrow Elementary students receive civil rights history lesson during University of Georgia visit on
Students from Sara Cross’ fifth-grade class at Barrow Elementary School will take a March 3 field trip to the University of Georgia to learn about…
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Media Advisory: UGA pharmacy students sponsor help session for Medicare Part D
Students from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy will hold a help session for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare to help them select and…
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UGA Real Estate Foundation Inc. now under UGA Research Foundation Inc.
As a result of actions at separate meetings earlier this month, the UGA Real Estate Foundation Inc. will be transferred from the University of Georgia…
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Bush on his own terms
While President Bush and his senior aides continue to defend the legality of the wiretapping program he ordered after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,…
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Harvard president calls it quits
In a public letter dated Feb. 22 Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, resigned his post effective June 30. “I have reluctantly concluded that the…
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Alarming art
While furor builds over the satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad in Danish and European newspapers, lost is the fact that his likeness has long…
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Women’s History Month at UGA will honor the ‘overlooked’
Women’s History Month kicks off across campus in March, drawing together the often-overlooked contributions women make to society. The month is peppered with lectures, conferences…
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No more mint
In a story discussing whether the 1,100-year-old and financially troubled Royal Mint should close, The London Financial Times quotes UGA economics professor George Selgin. The…
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Deborah Roberts, ABC news correspondent, will deliver this year’s Holmes-Hunter Lecture
Globetrotting news reporter Deborah Roberts of 20/20 will deliver the annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture at 2 p.m. March 7 in the Chapel. The lecture honors Charlayne…
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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
UGA’s Performing Arts Center presents the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at 8 p.m. March 3 in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets, $23 (rear balcony) and $28…
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Senior VP will direct Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Steve W. Wrigley, who has served as senior vice president for external affairs at UGA since 2002, will become director of the university’s Carl Vinson…
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Digging up the past
For generations, schoolteachers taught Georgia children that the state’s history began with the arrival of James Edward Oglethorpe near what is now Savannah in 1733.…
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Law school program heads to Far East
UGA’s School of Law is expanding its study-abroad opportunities with the addition of a three-week program in China this summer. Partnering with two of that…
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University wins 13 regional awards for its education advancement efforts
UGA garnered a total of 13 accolades at the 2006 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District III awards competition.
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Salsa Night
The Department of Recreational Sports, the Ballroom Dance Club, the Hispanic Student Association and the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. will present a Salsa…
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Breaking Records
The university has received a record number of applications from students seeking admission to the freshman class that will enter in 2006. More than 15,700…