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UGA Night at Six Flags
The UGA Alumni Association and the student activities department will play host to UGA Night at Six Flags on April 21, 6 p.m.-midnight. The event…
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Sneak peek
Ready for a sneak peek of the new Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences on campus? Check out its Web site. The…
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eLEARNING eVOLVING
A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at UGA last week to take part in the second phase of the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership. The two-week workshop…
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AIDS pioneer will talk about social, medical ‘imbalance’
Don Francis, one of the first scientists to grasp the devastating potential of the AIDS epidemic, will speak at UGA on March 28 at 6…
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Mayor of Savannah will deliver Lothar Tresp Lecture
Savannah Mayor Otis S. Johnson, who graduated from UGA in 1967 and went on to become the second African American to lead Georgia’s second-largest city,…
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Four finalists named in search for next Grady College dean
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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UGA students volunteer overseas and return with broad horizons
Seven UGA Honors students had the opportunity to experience other cultures with grants they received from the Foundation for Sustainable Development in summer 2005. Their…
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Anti-poverty group will meet March 27
University faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend a March 27 meeting to organize citizen participation in Partners for a Prosperous Athens, the initiative…
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Gary Hill received Distinguished Service Award
Gary M. Hill, professor of animal science from UGA’s Tifton campus, recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern section of the American Society…
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Richard LaFleur named 2006 Professor of the Year by Foreign Language Association of Georgia
Richard A. LaFleur, Franklin Professor of Classics, was named 2006 Professor of the Year by the Foreign Language Association of Georgia. LaFleur has taught at…
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Gone but not forgotten: Retired employees stay connected to UGA
They talked about the gentrification of certain Atlanta neighborhoods, the draw of Athens as a desirable place to live and the recovery of Tulane University…
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Replanting Pinewood
Around a year and a half ago, a pine beetle infestation destroyed the woods at Pinewood Estates North, home to 225 mostly Hispanic families in…
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Gene Brody and Velma McBride Murry received Reuben Hill Award
Gene Brody and Velma McBride Murry, professors of child and family development, were part of a team of researchers to receive the Reuben Hill Award…
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Chancellor makes first official visit to campus
University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis (right) got an opportunity to meet UGA employees during his first official visit to campus since taking office…
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Book recounts life of black expatriate
Eugene Bullard, Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris Craig Lloyd University of Georgia Press $19.95 In Paris, Georgia-born Eugene Bullard was recognized for valor in the…
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Pedro Villegas honored by Georgia House of Representitives
The Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution last month honoring Pedro Villegas, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, for his contributions to the…
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Georgia Center open house
UGA’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education will unveil its newly renovated conference and hotel rooms on April 13, 4-6 p.m. There will be tours and…
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Obituary: Bill Hartman
College Football Hall of Fame member William C. “Bill” Hartman, 90, who spent a lifetime supporting the University of Georgia and its athletics programs, died…
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UGA marks first observance of Asian Heritage Month in April
UGA’s Asian-American Student Association has planned several events to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in April. Highlights include an International Field Day, a lecture by former…
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Nancy Kropf is recipient of alumni award from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work
Nancy Kropf, professor of social work, is the first recipient of an alumni award from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. Kropf received…
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Georgia Museum of Art celebrates 10th anniversary of Performing and Visual Arts Complex
In honor of the tenth anniversary of the Georgia Museum of Art’s move from its former location on North Campus to its current building on…
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Penn State steps up safety
Penn State President Amy Guttmann recently announced a plan by the university to increase its safety budget by $5 million, according to a university press…
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Ten-digit dialing goes into effect next month
Accompanying the global increase in computer lines, fax machines and cell phones came a rising demand for new telephone numbers. To accommodate this growth, all…
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Latin love stories
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, associate professor of advertising and public relations, stood in front of a television set playing a video of snippets from several telenovelas, narrating…