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Anna C. Beale will serve as resource coordinator on Commission for Social Justice Educators
Anna C. Beale, coordinator of the Volunteer UGA office, will serve a three-year term as a resource coordinator on the Commission for Social Justice Educators.…
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Harvard health expert to explore connection between public health and mass communication in UGA lect
A Harvard health expert will discuss how journalism, sitcoms and carefully orchestrated health campaigns in the United States can lessen disparities between rich and poor…
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Run/walk event to benefit Savannah school sponsored by UGA’s Marine Extension Service
The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service presents the second annual Trees to Seas 5K Train Run and Walk on May 20, from 8 a.m.…
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Author Lydia Davis to read at UGA and hold master class in Creative Writing Program
Award-winning author Lydia Davis will read from her work on Tuesday, May 16 at 3:30 p.m. in the UGA Chapel. The event is sponsored by…
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Warnell School faculty and students highlight international timberland investment conference in New
In response to the dramatic alteration of Georgia’s forest and landscape caused by large transfers of ownership from traditional forest service product companies to conservation…
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UGA Honors student awarded 2006 Merage American Dream Fellowship
Oluwamuye Felix Akinbote, a senior Honors student at the University of Georgia, has been named a 2006 Merage American Dream Fellow. The biology major from…
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University will remember 18 deceased students, faculty and staff at candlelight ceremony
Eighteen UGA students, faculty and staff members who have died since May will be remembered at “Georgia Remembers. . . A Candlelight Memorial,” on April…
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Smile for the camera
The New Media Institute’s Archcam is ready for a move. The camera that takes snapshots of the North Campus Arch on demand will be moved…
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Leaving an impression
A student walks down the second phase of Brooks Mall where leaves, such as this Big Leaf Magnolia, have been pressed into the concrete of…
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Living and learning: Residential and academic partnerships honored
Ashley Lester is 26 and has her master’s degree in counseling education from Auburn University, but there’s something about her easy-going manner that makes it…
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Pianist Wonny Song will perform in Ramsey Concert Hall
The Performing Arts Center presents award-winning pianist Wonny Song April 29 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. The Korean-Canadian musician won first prize in…
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Roots to shoots
Environmental arsenic pollution is a serious and growing environmental problem, especially on the Indian subcontinent. Researchers at UGA had, several years ago, used genetic techniques…
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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…