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UGA’s Michael Winship named E. Merton Coulter Professor of History
Athens, Ga. – Michael Winship, a faculty member in the University of Georgia department of history since 1993, has been named the new E. Merton…
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Lisa Hoffman
Lisa Hoffman knows that she can make a difference in the world. She is a senior public relations major and Honors student from Mandeville, La.…
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Jackson named UGA vice president for public affairs
ATHENS, Ga. – Thomas H. Jackson Jr., who has directed the University of Georgia’s media relations and public affairs efforts since 1988, has been named…
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Landscape architecture ranked number one
The landscape architecture program in UGA’s College of Environment and Design has moved to the top of the rankings recently released by DesignIntelligence magazine. DesignIntelligence…
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Seed grant program recipients announced
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach has announced the grant recipients for two programs that encourage development of sustainable domestic…
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Found in translation
A letter written some 100 years ago by a woman living in what is now the nation of Croatia was the unexpected key that led…
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Pregnant volunteers sought
The College of Education’s department of kinesiology is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must have current back pain or a history…
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Fitness, cardiac rehab program
The Fitness Center is accepting new applications for participation in its adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation programs. The adult fitness program is designed to develop…
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Learning in Retirement
The Athens Learning in Retirement group is holding registration for winter and spring sessions. Registration may be by mail or by attending registration on Jan.…
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Freedom Breakfast
UGA and the Athens-Clarke County government and school district will host the third annual “Freedom Breakfast” in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. national…
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Pilot service-learning project connects students, community
Working with a pilot school in Spalding County, UGA researchers hope to improve poverty level students’ educational success through service-learning projects.
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CONTINUED SUPPORT
This fall, the UGA community contributed $55,208 to the UGA Katrina Relief Fund to provide support to victims of Hurricane Katrina. A portion of the…
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Professor, critic join Peabody Board
The board of regents has approved two new members for the board of the George Foster Peabody Awards program. Joining other experts who select television’s…
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‘Pent-up’ demand for hiring will fuel modest growth of Georgia’s economy
The state’s economy will grow at a faster pace in 2006, while the “go-go growth” of Atlanta’s economy appears to be gone for the foreseeable…
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Students awarded leadership scholarships
Ten UGA Honors Program students have been awarded William Moore Crane Leadership Scholarships for the 2005-2006 academic year. Administered by the Honors Program and the…
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Swim lessons
The Department of Recreational Sports’s Learn to Swim program for adults and children begins mid-January. Classes, private and semi-private lessons will be offered to those…
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Executive named chancellor-designate of University System
The board of regents has named Erroll B. Davis Jr., chairman of Madison, Wis.-based Alliant Energy Corp., chancellor–designate of the University System of Georgia.
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Admissions applications up 60 percent from previous year
A new two-part application -process may be responsible for a 60 percent increase in the number of prospective students applying for an “early-action” decision on…
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UGA continues to fund Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
On Thursday, Dec. 22, the University of Georgia continued to support hurricane relief efforts by donating to two local charities.
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UGA faculty and staff receive Fulbright awards
Dorothy Fragaszy, Tammy Lyskowinski, and Hui-Chin Hsu have recently received unique and distinguished Fulbright Scholar grants to travel abroad for professional development and research in…
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Digital maps share history of Georgia towns and cities
Want to know what your block looked like at the turn of the century? Did your Victorian bungalow once have a porch or a barn…
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Chisholm receives outstanding pharmacist award
Marie Chisholm, associate professor of pharmacy practice with the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, has been named recipient of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of…
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Scientist and entrepreneur kicks off UGA’s “Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard”
Victoria Hale, an award-winning scientist and entrepreneur who defied skeptics by launching the first successful non-profit pharmaceutical company, will be the inaugural speaker for a…
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Coastal snails contributed to marsh destruction: Georgia Sea Grant funded research finds new culprit
Periwinkle snails played an important role in saltmarsh die back on barrier islands in Georgia and the Southeast in recent years, according to an article…