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UGA Disability Resource Center will host Leadership Academy next month
UGA’s Disability Resource Center is gearing up to host the Leadership Academy for the Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center March 20-21 at the…
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Tina M. Harris received 2005 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Tina M. Harris, an associate professor of speech communication, received the 2005 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award from the University System of Georgia Board…
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David P. Landau spoke at Zhejian University
David P. Landau, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and director of the Center for Simulational Physics, visited China late last year where he spoke at…
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Amit Sheth named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Amit Sheth, a professor of computer science, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. With a global membership, the…
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Family and consumer sciences professor is a woman of the cloth
Has the North American Free Trade Act created a “giant sucking sound” of jobs escaping into Mexico? Will China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…
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Shaping the initiative
UGA freshman María Duarte spends 19 hours a week at Pinewood Estates North, an Athens mobile home community of more than 200 Hispanic families.
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Norman Herz’s book named 2005 Book of the Year by Portuguese Tribune
The book, Operation Alacrity: The Azores and the War in the Atlantic, written by Norman Herz, professor of emeritus of geology, was named 2005 Book…
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Making a place
“We have a space, but do we have a place at the University of Georgia or in higher education to tell our African-American stories, and…
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Lecturer: Zero tolerance needed with federal gov’t.
David Walker, the U.S. Comptroller General, used the inaugural Getzen Lecture in Government Accountability earlier this month to dissect the mismanagement of Washington, D.C., in…
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Experts will discuss global problems of having ‘two Koreas’
Korea is a nation sliced into separate but unequal portions. As one side’s economy grows, nourished in a democracy with friendly ties to the U.S.,…
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Hookworm expert will speak at global diseases lecture series
Peter Hotez, a scientist who has devoted his career to battling hookworm, will tell his story at UGA on Feb. 28 as the second speaker…
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Office of Security Preparedness undergoes several significant changes
UGA’s Office of Security Preparedness has undergone several significant changes designed to clarify its mission and better prepare the university to respond to large scale…
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University Council mulls substance education program for freshmen
The University Council will likely consider requiring first-year students to complete a mandatory substance abuse education program by the end of their first semester.
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Paul Roman named to national Blueprint for States Policy Panel
Paul Roman, director of the Center for Research on Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery at UGA’s Institute for Behavioral Research, has been named to…
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Forest resources to celebrate centennial
UGA’s Warnell School of Forest Resources will begin its centennial anniversary celebration the week of Feb. 20-24. All scheduled events are open to the public…
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LSU System president steps down
William L. Jenkins, president of the Louisiana State University System, recently announced plans to step down as president and devote more time to fundraising and…
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Getting involved
Tre’Ross, Bodhi Roberts and Noe Recendiz recently took the stage in front of several hundred UGA faculty and staff. The middle school boys stared at…
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Chancellor shares priorities with regents
In his first formal remarks to the board of regents this month, newly appointed University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. said his…
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Pruitt named DiGamma Kappa honoree for distinguished achievement in broadcasting
John Pruitt, WSB-TV anchor in Atlanta, has been selected to receive the DiGamma Kappa Distinguished Achievement in Broadcasting Award.
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Documentary on Spanish artist Alvar Suñol to premiere at the Georgia Museum of Art on March 1
Alvar Suñol, a world-renowned Spanish painter, sculptor and lithographer with many ties to the University of Georgia, is the subject of a new documentary that…
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Warnell School of Forest Resources celebrates centennial anniversary
The University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forest Resources will celebrate its centennial anniversary the week of February 20-24. All scheduled events are open to…
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UGA ceramics faculty member Sunkoo Yuh receives Joan Mitchell Foundation grant for sculpture
Sunkoo Yuh, a faculty member in ceramics at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, has received a $25,000 grant in sculpture from…
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$2 million gift will create alcohol education center
Jack and Nancy Fontaine’s lives were shattered five years ago when their teenage son died in an alcohol-related car accident. But from the tragedy, the…
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Infant-feeding study volunteers
Volunteers are being sought for two studies currently under way at the Infant Feeding and Body Composition Research Laboratory of the Department of Foods and…